Safe Sleep Practices
Babies should always be placed in this position to sleep.
What is on their back?
This abbreviation stands for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
What is SIDS?
This document explains the program's expectations for infant sleep safety.
What is the Safe Sleep Policy?
Staff should document infant sleep checks at these regular intervals.
What are scheduled monitoring intervals according to program policy?
Head Start was launched in this decade.
What are the 1960s?
This type of mattress should be used in a crib.
What is a firm mattress with a fitted sheet?
This sleeping position significantly reduces the risk of SIDS.
What is back sleeping?
Staff must receive this type of training before caring for infants.
What is Safe Sleep training?
This form is completed when a physician orders a sleep position other than on the back.
What is a medical sleep exception form?
Head Start began in this year.
What is 1965?
These items should never be in a baby's crib.
What are blankets, pillows, stuffed animals, and bumper pads?
Keeping babies away from this substance lowers SIDS risk.
What is tobacco smoke?
Parents must complete this if their infant has a medical sleep exception.
What is a physician's signed sleep position order?
Parents should sign this document acknowledging they received safe sleep information.
What is a Safe Sleep Acknowledgement Form?
Head Start serves children and families in these age groups.
What are birth to age five?
This is the only place infants should sleep while in care.
What is a safety-approved crib or play yard?
Sharing this with a baby is unsafe and increases the risk of sleep-related deaths.
What is an adult bed or couch?
This should occur if staff observe unsafe sleep practices.
What is immediate correction and coaching?
This should be documented if an infant arrives asleep in a car seat.
What is the transfer to a crib and any observations made?
This program specifically serves pregnant women, infants, and toddlers.
What is Early Head Start?
If a baby falls asleep in a swing or car seat, staff should do this immediately.
What is move the baby to a crib on their back as soon as it is safe to do so?
This helps prevent overheating and lowers SIDS risk.
What is dressing babies lightly and keeping the room at a comfortable temperature?
This federal program requires safe sleep practices in Head Start.
What is Head Start Performance Standards?
These records help demonstrate compliance during monitoring reviews.
What are training records, sleep logs, and parent acknowledgements?
Head Start programs must reserve at least this percentage of enrollment for children with disabilities.
What is 10%?