April 30‚ 2005 Micro. Comp. Shaken Baby Syndrome Imagine yourself as a sweet‚ innocent‚ precious little baby. You are totally dependent upon adults to give you what you need and most importantly love. Your only means of communication is crying so you cry when you need to be fed‚ when you need your diaper changed‚ when you aren’t feeling so well‚ or when you just want some attention. You are crying and someone comes over to you. They pick you up‚ but instead of holding you and comforting
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Baby-Bottle Syndrome Putting an infant to bed with a bottle can result in aspiration or decay of all the upper teeth and the lower posterior teeth (Nainar & Mohummed‚ 2004); (Fig. 28.21). Decay occurs because while an infant sleeps‚ liquid from the propped bottle continuously soaks the upper front teeth and lower back teeth (the lower front teeth are protected by the tongue). The problem‚ called baby-bottle syndrome‚ is most serious when the bottle is filled with sugar water‚ formula‚ milk‚ or
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By helping promote these we are setting a routine and helping build hand eye coordination. If we make activities fun children will want to participate and not see them as tasks. It can also help teach the children numeracy and sequencing by matching colures and counting. By helping teach children
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The Leading Causes of Infant Deaths "Infant mortality (as defined by Wikipedia Encyclopedia) is the death of infants in the first year of life." Infant mortality deaths can be caused by several different factors including health of the mother‚ health practices‚ and living conditions of the mother. "In the United States‚ about two-thirds of infant deaths occur in the first month after birth and are due mostly to health problems of the infant or the pregnancy such as preterm delivery or birth defects"(www
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Shaken baby syndrome is a serious medical condition that results from a severe form of child abuse. Shaken baby syndrome (SBS) can also be called abusive head trauma (AHT)‚ inflicted traumatic brain injury (ITBI)‚ whiplash syndrome‚ and lastly‚ shaken impact syndrome. Regardless of which name is used to refer to it‚ shaken baby syndrome is one hundred percent avoidable. A British pediatric neurosurgeon Norman Guthkelch‚ was credited with developing the medical theory in 1971 that laid the ground
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Strategies for Minimising Disruption Through Inappropriate Behaviour Different behaviours require different levels of intervention‚ it is more effective to manage inappropriate behaviour when it is first noticed or at its lowest level and the type of intervention used should be determined by the intensity‚ frequency and duration of the behaviour displayed. It is important not to try to befriend students or gain their approval as this will make behaviour management very difficult as they will think
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Shaken Baby Syndrome Shaken baby syndrome is a type of abusive head trauma. It is a set of severe brain and eye injuries that occur when a young child is shaken vigorously or suffers blunt impact. The condition can lead to: • Bleeding between the brain and skull (subdural hematoma). • Brain damage. • Mental disability. • Loss of movement in the arms‚ legs‚ or other parts of the body. • Uncontrollable shaking (convulsions or seizures). • Vision impairment and blindness. • Slowed mental
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Abstract Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is a type of child abuse that occurs when a child‚ most likely under the age of 1‚ is shaken so severely that is causes physical trauma. SBS can have extremely harmful consequences to the child. Many succumb to brain injuries‚ permanent disabilities‚ or even death. This type of abuse also has emotional effects on the children‚ leaving them at risk to develop emotional problems. There are many factors that lead to SBS‚ including characteristics of the infant‚ of the
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Death of Baby P Peter Connelly also known as Baby P was a British 17-months old boy who died in London in August 2007 after suffering more than 50 injuries over the eight-months period‚ during which he was repeatedly seen by Haringey Children’s Services‚ NHS Health Professionals and the Police; all who committed a catalogue of errors which led to the Death of Baby P at the hand of his mother and her sadistic boyfriend (Mr H Baker). According to the two Serious Case Review (SCR) released by the
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Babysitting an Infant If you’re babysitting a child in his or her first year of life and who hasn’t learned to walk yet‚ it’s not the same as taking care of a toddler or an older child. Infants are very fragile and require special attention and care. Step 1: Have a fill in form ready for the parents. It should include parent emergency contact info‚ what to feed the baby‚ the baby’s allergies‚ and other stuff you should know in case of an emergency. Step2: Make sure the baby is comfortable
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