SIDS and safer sleep for babies training

This in-depth training is designed for professionals and practitioners who work closely with families and have a core responsibility for providing safer sleep advice. This course will deepen your understanding of SIDS and equip you with tools to confidently share safer sleep guidance.

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Training overview

This in-depth training is designed for professionals and practitioners who work closely with families and have a core responsibility for providing safer sleep advice. Whether you’re a health visitor, midwife, family support worker, or other family-facing professional, this course will deepen your understanding of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and equip you with the tools to confidently share The Lullaby Trust’s evidence-based safer sleep guidance in your everyday practice.

The course features informative video presentations, supported by additional reading materials and publications to reinforce key learning points. You’ll gain a clear understanding of  safer sleep advice to help support families in reducing known risks.

Within the training you’ll explore the fundamental messages around creating a safer sleep environment for babies and how these practices can help reduce the risk of sudden infant death. We will also build on this by discussing the wider risk factors that increase a baby’s risk of  SIDS. This includes the effects of second-hand smoke, smoking during pregnancy, the importance of antenatal care, supporting breastfeeding, and immunisations. It also examines co-sleeping, including how to bed-share more safely and  some of the risks associated with co-sleeping.

Cost per person: £30

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Key skills

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the key messages for helping keep babies safer during sleep and reducing the risk of SIDS.
  • Identify and communicate the factors that increase a baby’s risk of SIDS.
  • Understand the evidence behind safer sleep advice, including topics such as second-hand smoke, co-sleeping, antenatal care, breastfeeding, and immunisation.
  • Confidently share safer sleep information with families as part of your professional role.
  • Access and use trusted resources and publications to support your conversations with families.
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4098

professionals trained in our safer sleep advice last year.

98 %

of professionals said they can apply our training to their daily work.

95 %

believe The Lullaby Trust's training is of a high quality.

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    What professionals say about our training

    I will be able to communicate key safe sleep messages better with the families I come into contact with and I feel more confident in being able to communicate about safe sleep.

    Children’s outreach service nurse
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    What professionals say about our training

    I will feel more confident in initiating and generally having more open conversations with parents about safer sleep.

    Family support worker/practitioner
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    What professionals say about our training

    I will be able to effectively pass factual information and advise to parents during my health reviews.

    Health visitor

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