Safe Baby, Safe Child
Training to help you recognize sentinel injuries, prevent abusive head trauma, and use practical strategies to soothe crying infants.
Course Overview
This course applies to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
In this course you will learn the importance of identifying sentinel injuries and how to recognize symptoms of and ways to prevent traumatic brain injuries in children. This course covers information on and risk factors for abusive head trauma (previously called shaken baby syndrome). Learn ways to manage stress and handle children's difficult developmental stages, including several helpful strategies to soothe crying babies.
See the learning outcomes and topics listed below for more information on what is covered in this course.
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Course formats
This course is offered in both our coursebook (with required online component and testing) and our fully online format. The online format of this course includes audio in most course sections. Click here to learn more about Care Courses' training formats.
Acceptance information
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This course is accepted in:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri - this course is not accepted for your safe sleep training requirement.
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina - this course is not accepted for North Carolina’s required SIDS training.
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington - this course is not accepted for Washington Merit or Washington Stars clock hours.
- Washington, DC
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
This course is not accepted for Missouri’s safe sleep training requirement.
This course is not accepted for North Carolina’s required SIDS training.
This course is not accepted for Washington MERIT or STARS clock hours.
The NECPA Commission, Inc. has approved this educational program as meeting the criteria for continuing education for renewing the National Administrator Credential (NAC).
Browse more approved courses: NAC renewal training.
Learning outcomes
After completing this course you will be able to:
- Explain the types, causes, and symptoms of traumatic brain injuries to infants and young children and ways to prevent such injuries
- Describe the symptoms and risk factors of shaken baby syndrome
- Describe the reasons for infants’ crying and ways to soothe infants
- Identify infants’ and young children’s other difficult developmental phases and strategies for handling their difficult behaviors
- Identify strategies for handling and responding to caregiver stress.
Topics covered
- Results of traumatic brain injury
- Sentinel Injuries
- Ways to prevent traumatic brain injury for young children
- Ways to recognize and prevent abusive head trauma
- Results of abusive head trauma in infants and young children
- Major reasons adults shake infants and young children
- Risk factors for becoming a victim of abusive head trauma
- Ways to soothe crying babies
- Ways to cope with young children's difficult developmental stages
- Ways to manage stress as a caregiver
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Course Details & Support
Prerequisites
- Language: Fluent reading and writing in the language of instruction (English or Spanish).
- Technology: Internet access and a web-enabled device (computer, smartphone, or tablet).
Access & Completion Deadline
- This training expires 12 months from the date of purchase.
- To receive a certificate of completion, you must successfully finish the course before the expiration date.
Learning Methods
- Read instructor-written material
- Watch videos
- Listen to audio segments
Assessments
- Multiple-choice quizzes
- Written assignments
Requirements for CEUs and Clock Hours
To earn CEUs and Clock Hours for a course, you must:
- Agree to and acknowledge our Honor Code & Policy
- Follow all instructions for written assignments
- Demonstrate comprehension of the course content
- Achieve the passing score specified in your course.
Quizzes and Assessments
- If your score falls below the passing mark, a trainer will review your work. If needed, you may be asked to speak with a trainer.
- You will have a second chance to retake any quiz or assessment.
- If you do not pass on your second attempt, contact us at info@carecourses.com. We will review your course and follow up directly.
- All quizzes are open book; all answers are found in the course material.
Certificates
- Official Care Courses certificates of completion record your clock hours and CEUs.
- Certificates are available in the My Courses area of your account.
- Please note: All course and certificate dates and times are on Eastern Time.
Getting Started
- See how our training works on the training process page.
- Watch our course navigation video for a quick tour of the online portal.
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- Phone: 1-800-685-7610 (Mon–Fri, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Eastern)
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About Care Courses
- Care Courses offers over 50 professional development courses and one non-credit training tutorial on the CDA process.
- All professional development courses include clock hours, CEUs, and an official online certificate of completion.
- (The free CDA tutorial does not offer clock hours or a certificate.)
Tuition & Bundles
- Course tuition entitles one person to receive the clock hours and CEUs granted upon successful completion.
- Bundle pricing covers tuition for all courses included in the bundle.
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