Online Course
Comprehensive Training for Child Care Professionals
Abusive head trauma (AHT) is the leading cause of death in cases of child abuse in the United States. This online course will help you better understand the dangers of abusive head trauma and how to take steps to protect the children in your care from this type of abuse.
AHT is 100% preventable with proper education about adverse childhood experiences and how they impact emotional development in both children and adults. Emotional intelligence training is a key component to preventing abuse and neglect in children.
This course is designed to educate about healthy brain development. It covers the importance of responsive interactions and secure attachments, how interactions drive language development, the impact of trauma on the developing brain and strategies for supporting brain development.
A description of how the brain develops and an emphasis on how healthy brain development is dependent upon responsive interactions and supportive attachment relationships is included.
In addition to illustrating the impact of trauma on the developing brain, we offer strategies for encouraging healthy brain development. Finally, we highlight the importance of predictable, consistent daily routines for supporting optimal brain development.
This online course was created by the Child Happiness Institute of Love Development operated by Belinda Bane and Valerie Joglar in alignment with guidelines set by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Child Care Licensing Division, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Included: enrollment proof, course completion reminders emailed weekly and certificate of completion.
Value: Certified Clock Hours for Child Care Professionals
Child Care Professional Continuing Education
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Entry Survey: Abusive Head Trauma (AHT)
What is AHT? Abusive head trauma (AHT), which includes shaken baby syndrome, is preventable, severe physical child abuse that results in an injury to the brain of a child. AHT often happens when a parent or caregiver becomes angry or frustrated at a baby.
Abusive head trauma is a head or neck injury from physical child abuse. It happens when someone shakes a baby or hits the baby against something hard. Most cases happen when a parent or caregiver is angry, tired, or upset.
(01:48) The Specifics of Abusive Head Trauma by brainline
(05:33) Preventing Abusive Head Trauma by countysandiego
Learning about how a child’s brain develops in the early years of their life is of practical worth both for the parents and educators. Rapid growth in the field of neuroscience is brining to light new amazing truths about child brain development stages.
(11:06) Nurturing Your Child's Early Brain Development by tvoparents
The early years of a child’s life are very important for later health and development. One of the main reasons is how fast the brain grows starting before birth and continuing into early childhood.
From birth to age 5, a child’s brain develops more than at any other time in life. And early brain development has a lasting impact on a child’s ability to learn and succeed in school and life.
(04:44) The Baby Brain by First Things First
(01:51) 3. Toxic Stress Derails Healthy Development by Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
Can you remember the last time you played peek-a-boo with a young child? You may think it is just a fun child’s game, but actually it is helping brains of very young children develop.
(04:05) How a child's brain develops through early experiences by NSPCC
(14:09) Growing an emotional brain by graham music
Quiz: AHT and Brain Development
The following national child abuse statistics from Childhelp and DOSOMETHING.org present facts on how abused youth in the United States are affected by violence and maltreatment.
(17:08) Preventing Child Head Trauma: Crying Connection by SaintAlsHealth
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic things that occur in a child’s life. These experiences occur before a child is eighteen but they remember them throughout their life. ACEs refer to specific types of trauma children experience
(03:02) Prevent ACEs Now by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Five ways to prevent abusive head trauma and shaken baby syndrome. Learn and share these tips for safe stress relief when caring for young children
(05:10) Childhood Trauma and the Brain | UK Trauma Council by Anna Freud NCCF
Play therapy is a form of therapy used primarily for children. That’s because children may not be able to process their own emotions or articulate problems to parents or other adults. While it may look like an ordinary playtime, play therapy is much more
(07:43) Play Therapy Works! by Association for Play Therapy
(06:00) Helping Toddlers Manage Their Big Emotions Using Emotional Intelligence by Tano's Mom
(04:26) I Have a Bad Child - I'm Out of Control, What Do I Do? by Teal Swan
Report Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation: Report Abuse By Phone: 1-800-252-5400 Online: www.txabusehotline.org
Quiz: Statistics, Risk Factors, Intervention and AHT Prevention
Exit Survey: AHT
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