Safer sleep training for early years professionals in Walsall

Fully booked. Funded places have now been allocated.

Non-funded places available
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Funded places have now been allocared

Thanks to funding from Walsall Council, 100 free places for our SIDS and safer sleep training were made available to early years professionals. These have now all been filled.

If you’d still like to take part, you can purchase the course and get instant access.

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Key skills

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

  • Understand the definitions of SIDS and SUDI, and how they differ.
  • Recognise the risk factors that make some babies more vulnerable to SIDS.
  • Apply evidence-based safer sleep practices confidently in your early years setting.
  • Understand the ways in which safer sleep positions and environments help protect a baby’s airway.
  • Identify products that are not suitable for infant sleep.
  • Understand the influence of smoking, breastfeeding, and infections on infant sleep safety.
  • Access and use trusted resources and materials to support safer sleep messaging and implementation within your setting.
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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

    This course gave me the confidence to say 'this is how we should do it'.

    Early years worker
  • An illustration of a man wearing glasses side on

    What professionals say about our training

    It has given me more awareness of SIDS which will help me to ensure that the sleeping enviroment of children is safe.

    Early years practitioner
  • An illustrated woman is leaning over the cot to where her baby is

    What professionals say about our training

    This training has enabled us to carry out safer sleep procedures to all babies and children, and be able to offer parents accurate and relevant guidance and information.

    Nursery nurse
  • An illustration of a parent with her back to us, holding her baby who is facing us

    What professionals say about our training

    It has cemented my knowledge of safe sleep, and I will improve the way I carry out the role when placing babies to sleep.

    Nursery nurse

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