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There are baby products which identify themselves as preventing SIDS. The FDA made an announcement that the agency has never cleared or approved a baby product to prevent or reduce the risk of SIDS. Baby products which have these claims would be medical devices and they would be monitored by the FDA. The information provide is to make manufacturers of baby products and parents aware of the laws and regulations for medical devices according to the FDA.
Additional information can be found at:
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Resourcesforyou/Industry/ucm275776.htm (Letter to Manufacturers)
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/Consumerupdates/ucm275847.htm (Consumer Update)
Another resource I found on this link is Online Lessons. It is information which can assist early care professionals reflect on their care practices and infant/toddler development. The link is Digging Deeper. This section is exploring "Looking Beyond Behavior to Discover the Meaning of Biting." In this lessons deals with why infants and toddlers bite? There are three lessons on the importance of relationships. It helps early care professionals identify positive and supportive relationships, recognize relationship building skills and reflect on your own skills in promoting positive relationships with infants, toddlers and their families.
The section I focused on is "Public Policy" on the Zero to Three website.
- Building Early Childhood Systems - Early childhood professionals understand the need for all infants and toddlers to have access to affordable high quality childcare. The only way programs and services can address the diverse needs of the families is with a strong infrastructure. The resources listed below can assist early childhood professionals enhance high quality prenatal to five services where you live.
- Policy Guide is the Early Experiences Matter Policy Guide provides policy briefs, useful tools and comprehensive policy papers.
- Baby Matters: A Gateway to State Policies and Initiatives is the Baby Matters database with information on state policies and opportunities which affect infants, toddlers and their families.
- Professional Resources is a great information source to enhance early childhood programs.
Infants-Toddlers Policy Issues uses the science of early childhood development. The whole child philosophy was used when developing this detailed resources for families with infants and toddlers to assist then by providing techniques which ensure healthy overall development of their child.
Good Health is a resource to support overall healthy development.
Strong Families is a resource to assist with developing a strong family foundation and with unique needs of the families with young children.
Positive Early Learning Experiences is a resource which gives examples of positive early learning experiences.
I have not received a newsletter yet. I did receive the Zero to Three Insider. It has wonderful resources. The resources they focus on divorce and young children, working with special needs children, resource guide to assist early childhood professionals, evidence based practice, reflective supervision and child's play. Another article listed in the insider deals with babies that are in foster care in the hospital. The Insider mentions an article in May 2012 journal which addresses how young children can remain emotionally connected when their parents are away for prolonged amount of time or repeated experiences of separation like military deployment. Parent-child separation is very stressful. The article provides techniques for early childhood professionals to support families with young children during these stressful moments in their lives.
"It takes a village to raise a child." -African Proverb-
SIDS is such a hard subject to deal with. While there are several ways to prevent it, there is still no solid evidence on how it happens. I have taken an active interest in this topic because I am terrified of it. I could not imagine a child dying of SIDS on my watch. I think that this is an important topic to get parents more involved in. I see so many parents doing the wrong things with putting their infants to sleep and I believe that it is a lack of knowledge on the issue.
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