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Safe Sleep Practices and SIDS/Suffocation Risk Reduction

This resource is a compilation of 27 nationally recognized health and safety standards on safe sleep and reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)/suffocation in child care and early education settings from Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, 3rd Edition, 2011.

Among the important issues addressed are:

• Safe Sleep Practices in the Early Care and Education setting
• Safe Sleep Environment
• Education on Safe Sleep and Reducing the Risk of SIDS and suffocation
• Safe Sleep Policies

This resource is available in HTML and PDF format at the NRC Kids website.