General Resources
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death/Abusive Head Trauma (SIDS/SUID) - Off Year Videos
Every other year, you can view approved Sudden Unexpected Infant Death videos and Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) videos for the Department of Health Services (DHS) mandated SUID/AHT training, when you are not required to attend the class in person. The total SUID/AHT online video series view time with equal one hour of training. You must view all 6 videos in the series. Once you have watched all six videos in this series, please print this verification certificate to provide to the Mille Lacs County Licensing Unit.
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) videos
The Department of Human Services has approved the following series of videos to meet the SUID component when individuals are not receiving face-to-face, classroom, or online SUID training. All videos must be viewed to meet the SUID training requirement.
Please Note: The videos below include portrayals of infant sleep environments in private, non-licensed, homes that are not subject to the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 245A.1435. Licensed child care providers must comply with statutory safe sleep requirements when sleeping infants including nothing in the crib except for an infant’s pacifier. In addition, attachments or modifications to the crib are prohibited.
- Safe Sleep (produced by Hennepin County, 4:17)
- Safe Sleep Practices (Produced by Eastern Virginia Medical School, 5:50)
- Sleep On It - Preventing Unsafe Sleep Practices (Produced by Dakota County, 6:28)
Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) videos
The Department of Human Services has approved the following series of videos to meet the AHT component when license holders are not receiving face-to-face, classroom, or online AHT training. All videos must be viewed to meet the AHT training requirement.
- Never Shake: Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome (Produced by the Missouri Children’s Trust Fund, 7:48)
- Shaken Baby Syndrome (Produced by TheDoctorsTV 1:48)
- Forever Shaken (Produced by the Brain Injury Association of Nebraska, 33:17)
Training verification
You may print and sign the Family Child Care SUID/AHT ’Off-year’ Video Training Verification DHS-3803 (PDF) to document that you watched each of the videos to fulfill your training requirement