The Giving Times, June 2023

Over the years we have been tremendously fortunate to have individuals, foundations and businesses support our efforts to prevent shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma.

The Giving Times is a way to share and recognize accomplishments

over the last few months with the support of our donors.

Bi-Annual Family Support Symposium

The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome hosted a virtual family support symposium on May 17, 2023, where nearly 200 people gathered online to learn from experts in the fields of therapy, law, social work, and advocacy.

Our thanks to the Miner Foundation and the Matty Eappen Foundation for sponsoring this event. We appreciate all who presented: Calleen Kenney Utah Family Voices, Peg Kinsell SPAN, Rhonda Roth Children In Motion, Emma Hemness Hemness Faller Elder Law, Vicki Jay and Megan Lopez National Alliance of Children's Grief, and Sameer Sabin Father of Rhema.

We will to continue to offer this support program for victims of SBS/AHT and their caregivers. Please let us know if you are interested in supporting this or other training opportunities.

2024 International Conference Announcement

The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome is pleased to announce our nineteenth annual conference will be in Salt Lake City on September 15-17, 2024. Nearly 30 years after we hosted our first conference, we will again call Little America Hotel home for 3 days in the gorgeous weather and colors of the Rocky Mountains in the fall. More info

Sponsorship opportunities will be available if there are any organizations you feel may be interested.

Childcare Provider Training

In our effort to provide prevention education to all caregivers, we developed a training specifically for childcare providers and educators about the latest information on:

• Basics of shaken baby syndrome
• Period of PURPLE Crying
• Soothing a crying baby
• Coping with a crying baby
• Safe sleep
• Recognizing and reporting child abuse

A special thanks to United Way Northern Utah for a grant to support this specialized training for childcare providers in northern Utah.

The National Center would like to thank the Sorenson Legacy Foundation for their continued support. They have generously funded a grant for school-based prevention programs that will be released in the Fall of 2023, focusing on kids in grades 8-12.

Period of PURPLE Crying Update

In 2007, we developed and released the Period of PURPLE Crying prevention program. The program aims to support parents and caregivers in their understanding of early increased infant crying and is used to reduce the incidence of shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma (SBS/AHT). The program approaches SBS/AHT and infant abuse prevention by helping parents and caregivers understand the frustrating features of crying in normal, healthy infants that can lead to shaking or abuse. The program provides the opportunity for parents to learn about the crying characteristics from over 50 years of research on normal infant crying conducted by Dr. Ronald G. Barr, and other scientists worldwide.

We would like to thank the Department of Defense who has partnered with us for the last 10 years to bring this life-saving education to military families with newborns. They are amazing partners and advocates!

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New Donation Opportunity

You can now donate to the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome through Venmo! Scan this QR code and please share it. We are extremely grateful for all donations received to further prevention efforts and education on child abuse prevention.

You are also able to donate through our secure donation website.