2025 - Safe Sleep - Professional Development
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2025 – Safe Sleep – Professional Development

$24.99

This short course is designed to equip individuals working with babies across a range of settings with the knowledge and skills to implement safe sleep practices. It focuses on understanding the causes and risk factors associated with Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) and how to create and maintain a safe sleep environment. The course also supports learners in applying evidence-based recommendations to reduce risk, promote baby wellbeing, and respond appropriately in emergency situations.

This course is specially designed for educators in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings who care for babies under 12 months of age. Infants and young children are entirely dependent on caregivers to ensure their sleep environments are safe. This course will specifically address the needs and risks associated with children from birth to two years of age. Within the Early Childhood Education and Care sector, unsafe sleeping conditions can result in serious harm, including suffocation, entrapment, strangulation, or other injuries — all of which may be fatal. In Australia, the leading cause of unexpected deaths among infants aged between four weeks and twelve months is classified as Sudden Unexplained Death in Infancy (SUDI).

Please note, this course is for Professional Development only, and may be used as a way to show you are staying current with your knowledge related to safe sleep practices. 

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By the end of this course you will demonstrate an understanding of the following:
1 Definition and significance of SUDI and SIDS including:

  • The Triple Risk Model – vulnerable period of development, vulnerable infant, and external stressors.
  • Benefits of breastfeeding
2 Safe sleeping practices including:

  • Back sleeping
  • Clear cot
  • Temperature control
  • Mattress standards
3 Hazards in infant sleep environments including:

  • Loose bedding
  • Head coverings
  • Unsafe wrappings
  • Soft surfaces
4 Impact of secondhand smoke
5 Legal and ethical responsibilities including:

  • Australian mandatory cot standards
  • Duty of care
  • Documentation of checks
6 Emergency preparedness including:

  • Training requirements
  • Policy awareness
  • Documentation protocols

At the completion of this training, you will receive a Certificate of Completion.

To start the course, you need to pay first. After payment, you will be routed to the log-in page. Once you see the login page, please check the email address you used during payment. You shall receive three emails from us with the following subjects:

  1. Your Evolation Learning account has been created!
  2. [Evolation Learning]: New order #
  3. Your Evolation Learning order has been received!
  4. Your account on Evolation. Contains your log-in information. Click the activation link, and you can access your Dashboard. On the right sidebar, you can click to commence with the course you have just paid.
  5. Your Evolation Learning order from [date of payment] is complete—your payment receipt.

We look forward to your completing the course. Should you need assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact Chris at chris@evolation.com.au.

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