The following resources for professionals are described below and are available on this site for downloading and printing. Copies of all resources may be obtained from your local Alberta health region. Contact your local public health office, your local health region website [0], or contact the Alberta SBS Prevention Coordinator [0] for more information, or click here [0] for ideas about how to obtain in-kind and printing support. If local printing or purchasing is not available, anyone, anywhere in Alberta can order SBS resources through Capital Health. Click here for ordering information [0] & forms requisition [0].

The SBS Prevention Education Resource Guide was developed to educate professionals and volunteers and to help them educate others about SBS and its prevention through the provision of PowerPoint presentations and supporting materials, including suggested narrative, activities and handouts. The Guide has been designed for a variety of users - you do not need to be an educator or a healthcare professional to use the Guide.

The Guide includes a Professional Deveopment Session that you can use to:

• Learn about SBS prevention for your own education.
• Incorporate SBS prevention into the work that you already do with students, clients or peers.
• Prepare yourself to deliver education sessions to the primary target groups.
• Educate other professionals and partners.

This Guide also includes education sessions for the primary target groups of parents and expectant parents, youth, and other caregivers. These sessions include interactive components and cover:

• why babies cry
• how to soothe a crying baby
• what SBS is, how it happens, and why you must not shake a baby
• that caregiver frustration is normal and how to manage it

To download and print the SBS Prevention Education Resource Guide, click here [0].

For the Professional Development Session Slide Show, click here [0].

For the Parents and Expectant Parents Session Slide Show, click here [0].

For the Youth Session Slide Show, click here [0].

For the Caregivers Session Slide Show, click here [0].

A SBS Prevention Education Resource Kit, which is a CD/DVD set, consisting of the Powerpoints, the Eductation Guide, a five minute audio tape of a baby crying, and two videos is also available. To find out about the contact source in your area, please contact the Provincial SBS Prevention Coordinator at susan.patenaude@capitalhealth.ca [1] or (780) 966-7880.

Coping with Crying - Guidelines for Assessment and Using the Crying Plan includes:

• discussion questions to help assess how well a client is coping with infant crying
• key points to communicate about infant crying, caregiver frustration and SBS prevention
• suggestions on how to help clients fill out a Crying Plan

To download and print the Coping with Crying - Guidelines for Assessment and Using the Crying Plan, click here [1].

The Information for Professionals on SBS - Fact Sheet provides an overview of Shaken Baby Syndrome, including:

• risk factors
• prevention strategies

  • Information for Professionals on SBS - Fact Sheet [1](colour)
  • Information for Professionals on SBS - Fact Sheet [1] (B&W)

Customizing Resources The translated versions of this brochure include an "unlocked" space to allow resources to be customized prior to printing. The unlocked space is for the inclusion of local information, such as organizations' logos and/or contact information, and/or the recognition of financial sponsors. The communication department of many organizations and most professional printers have the Adobe Writer software needed to insert information into the unlocked spaces, click here [1]for instructions.

All campaign resources and images on this web site may be printed and used for educational purposes in health, child and family services, enforcement and other not-for-profit settings in Alberta. All other reproductions, in whole or in part, require written permission from the Alberta SBS Prevention Network [1]. The above documents are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view. For a free download, click here [2].