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SIDS and Safer Sleep Training for Early Years Professionals

Help keep babies safe while they sleep

Ensuring that babies sleep safely is a key responsibility for all early years providers. The Lullaby Trust has developed a specialist SIDS and Safer Sleep Training for Early Years Professionals course to support practitioners, childminders, foster carers and other professionals who are responsible for placing babies to sleep. 

This training is designed to build knowledge and confidence around safer sleep practices, helping professionals understand how to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) through evidence-based approaches. 

What does the training cover?

Participants will explore:

  • The difference between SIDS and SUDI.
  • Factors that can increase a baby's risk of SIDS. 
  • Evidence-based safer sleep guidance for early years settings. 
  • How sleep positions and environments help protect a baby's airway. 
  • Products that are not suitable for infant sleep.
  • The influence of smoking, breastfeeding and infections on sleep safety.

The course also includes practical information that can be applied immediately within early years environments to support babies and provide consistent messages to families. 

Why consider this training?

A strong understanding of safer sleep is essential for anyone caring for babies in an early years setting. This course offers an opportunity to refresh knowledge, strengthen practice and ensure that staff remain informed about current safer sleep recommendations. 

The training is delivered by The Lullaby Trust, the UK's leading charity dedicated to reducing sudden infant deaths and promoting safer sleep guidance.

Find out more

We encourage all providers caring for babies to explore the full course details, including costs, learning outcomes and booking information, directly through The Lullaby Trust website:

SIDS and Safer Sleep Training for Early Years Professionals
https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/professionals-hub/training/sids-and-safer-sleep-training/for-early-years-professionals/ [lullabytrust.org.uk]

Please note that this training is provided and administered by The Lullaby Trust. Providers should refer to the organisation's website for the latest information and booking arrangements.