Iowa Public Television

To assist early childhood care, health and education consultants and providers in promoting safe sleep behaviors and maintaining safe sleep environments for infants in child care.

Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:

1. Understand current research in regards to the definition, myths, facts, and scientific models of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
2. Identify the American Academy of Pediatrics' risk reduction recommendations and the importance of implementation and modeling of these recommendations in the child care setting to reduce SIDS and other accidental sleep related infant deaths.
3. Discuss the role of the child care provider and child care consultant in providing safe sleep environments for infants, to include safe sleep policy, unresponsive infant drills, and the caregivers role in the event of an infant death

Target Audience:

Consultants working with the following programs:
Child Care Business owners/directors, Child Care Home Consultants, Child Care Licensing Consultants, Child Care Nurse Consultants, Community Empowerment Consultants, Early ACCESS Consultants, Early Childhood Educators, Head Start or Early Head Start Consultants, Iowa State University Extension Consultants, PITC Consultants, School Personnel, Shared Visions Consultants

Sponsors:

• Department of Human Services (DHS)
• Healthy Child Care Iowa (HCCI)
• Iowa Public Television (IPTV)
• Iowa SIDS Foundation

Faculty:

• Patty Keeley, BS
• Analisa Pearson, RN BSN

Planning Team:

Abby Brown, IPTV; Jody Caswell, DHS; Sally Clausen, DPH; Dawn Collins, DHS; Julie Ingersoll, DHS; Renee Larsen, DHS; and Analisa Pearson, DPH.

Registration Fee:

There is not a registration fee for this program.

CEUs & Certification

YOU MUST REGISTER INDIVIDUALLY IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE CREDIT

Nursing and Social Work CEUs are being applied for. IBON provider #94 ##CEUs for full attendance.

Nursing/Social Work/Early Childhood Care and Education Providers Continuing Education Units:
To receive your Nursing or Social Work CEU certificate or a training certificate you must complete the following steps.

1. Preregister for the course. You must be registered for the course to receive credit.
2. Print the Course Materials (Coming Soon)
3. Sign in at the site and mail, email or fax sign in sheet to Analisa Pearson at apearson@idph.state.ia.us; fax: 515-242-6013; Iowa Department of Public Health, 321 E. 12th St. Des Moines IA 50319.
4. Complete the CEU or training certificate request on survey monkey following the presentation.

Agenda:

10:00 - ICN site checks and participant sign-in
10:05 - Department of Human Services regulatory requirements related to infant sleep
10:15 - Safe sleep practices and SIDS risk reduction
11:15 - Question and answer with participants
11:25 - Safe sleep environments and equipment
11:55 - Complete evaluations and CEU/training certificate instructions
12 noon - Adjourn session

Cancellation Policy:
Participants may call 515-281-6071 to hear a recorded message about the training session status.

YOU MUST REGISTER INDIVIDUALLY FOR THIS SESSION IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE CREDIT.

Sessions are provided at no cost to PK-12 students and the adults working with or on behalf of PK-12 students in Iowa.