This program designed for mortuary professionals will include information about SIDS legislation, current research theories, and the relationship between maternal/infant risk factors and SIDS. The role of mortuary professionals in responding to a sudden infant death, how to compassionately assist and support families, and the tasks of grieving are included as part of this program. This educational session can be adapted for presentations to allied emergency personnel such as trauma intervention staff, coroners, and other investigative personnel.

Support Materials

Booklets, brochures, handouts, and other resources are included to support your training needs. These materials are available to download and print as PDF's.

Now that you have selected your target audience you are ready to plan and conduct the training. Use these templates to announce the program, register participants, schedule the topics to be covered, evaluate the session and issue certificate to attendees.

Announcement (doc 25kb)
Sign-In Sheet (doc 30kb)
Agenda (doc 49kb)
Evaluation Form (doc 56kb)
Certificate (doc 25kb)

Resources

All the training materials for the SIDS Awareness program are in this section. There is a course outline to guide the trainer through the PowerPoint presentation which also serves as a reproducible handout. Specific needs/objectives are outlined and all the support materials such as handouts, booklets, and suggested audio-visual aids are included. A cover and title page for the participant folder complete the training resources.

Trainer's Course Outline (doc 198kb)
Presentation Folder Cover (pdf 364kb)
Title Page (pdf 424kb)
Needs and Objectives (doc 25kb)
PowerPoint Presentation (ppt 145kb)
Support Materials