Infant Safe Sleep
In order to protect the lives of infants in Michigan, we need your help. Take the time to understand the safe sleep guidelines and educate your clients, partner, friends and family. Most people think this would never happen to them, but the sad reality is that a baby dies every three days in Michigan and these deaths are overwhelmingly preventable.
General Resources
- What to Do - Safe Sleep Spaces
- What Not to Do - Unsafe Sleep Spaces
- How Do I Know If It's Safe for Sleep?
- Infant Safe Sleep Poster
- Un sueño seguro para su bebé cartel
Infant Safe Sleep Poster - Spanish
- Infant Safe Sleep Brochure
- Infant Safe Sleep Brochure (Arabic)
- Infant Safe Sleep Coloring Sheet
- Order Safe Sleep Materials
- Baby Eating and Sleeping: What is Normal?
- Soothing a Crying Baby
- Breastfeeding & Safe Sleep
- Your Guide to Breastfeeding
- Video Library
- Quit Tobacco Tools & Resources
- Infant Safe Sleep Communications Toolkit
- Additional Resources
Training Resources
- Infant Safe Sleep for Professionals Working with Families - Online Training
1.5 Nursing contact hours and 1.5 Social Work clock hours are awarded for successful completion of this training. The purpose of this course is to educate health care providers and other professionals about sleep-related infant deaths and how to prevent them. This course is designed for any individual who works with families that have or are expecting infants, such as nurses, social workers, health educators, home visitors, and child welfare workers.
- Infant Safe Sleep for Child Care Providers - Online Training
1.0 clock hour of training is awarded for successful completion of this training. This course is for child care providers. This course meets the infant safe sleep training requirements for child care licensing.
- Helping Families Practice Infant Safe Sleep - Advanced Online Training
Nursing contact hours, 1.0 Social Work clock hours, and 1.0 Health Educator contact hours are awarded for successful completion of this training. The purpose of this course is to educate professionals on how to address the potential challenges that parents and caregivers have with following the safe sleep guidelines and to educate them on techniques for having effective, open and non-judgmental conversations with parents and caregivers around this issue. Note: Anyone taking this training needs to be knowledgeable of the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for a safe infant sleeping environment.
Hospital Resources
- Sample Acknowledgment Form
- Infant Safe Sleep Act - Public Act 122 of 2014
State law that govern hospital requirements related to infant safe sleep practices and education for new parents.
- Sample Safe Sleep Policy
Child Care Provider Resources
- Infant Safe Sleep for Child Care Providers - Online Training
1.0 clock hour of training is awarded for successful completion of this training. This course is for child care providers. This course meets the infant safe sleep training requirements for child care licensing. At the login screen, enter your User ID and password and click Go. First time users will need to click the Create New User button. On the Select an Organization screen, select Public and leave the Access Code field blank. Click continue and complete the Create New User screen. Once logged in, locate the "Infant Safe Sleep for Child Care Providers" course (Catalog ID: I0200) and click the Launch Course icon to the left of the course name.
- Frequently Asked Questions on Licensing Rules Related to Infant Safe Sleep
- Infant Safe Sleep Child Care Rules - BCAL PUB-780
First Responder Resources
- DOSE - Direct On Scene Education Information and resources for first responders on how to identify and remove hazards from an infant's sleep space while on scene during emergency and non-emergency 911 calls.
- Learn More About DOSE in Michigan
