2024 Fall Safe Sleep Instructor Training – Sept. 26-27
(July 12, 2024) – The Kansas Infant Death and SIDS Network invites you to apply for the 14th Biannual Safe Sleep Instructor Certification training, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 26-27, in Wichita.
The KIDS Network SSI Certification aims to prepare instructors to consistently educate parents/caregivers, childcare providers, health care providers and other community members about safe infant sleep practices through standardized training and community outreach. The KIDS Network SSI Certification training has certified more than 300 Safe Sleep instructors and trained more than 6,000 professionals and more than 4,000 families. These trainings have resulted in significant increases in knowledge of the AAP Safe Sleep recommendations and intentions of parents/caregivers to follow the AAP recommendations. In addition, eight hospitals have engaged in the Cribs for KIDS National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification, and 13 clinics have engaged in the KIDS Network Safe Sleep Star Outpatient Clinic Certification.
Participating in this train-the-trainer program will allow you, or someone from your organization, to serve as a champion in your community, providing evidence-based interventions to reduce infant mortality. Please complete the registration form to apply for the Safe Sleep Instructor Certification training. Applications are due by July 26, 2024. Letters of acceptance will be emailed no later than Aug. 2, 2024. For questions about the KIDS Network SSI Certification Training or registration form, please contact Maria Torres, the KIDS Network at (316) 682-1301.
--Karen Braman