Overview

This 1.5-hour continuing education course provides training in the recognition and prevention of Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma (PAHT). The course is approved for Kentucky social workers, marriage and family therapists, and licensed professional counselors and is designed to help clinicians understand PAHT, recognize risk factors, and strengthen prevention and intervention efforts.

Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma is a serious form of child maltreatment and a leading cause of fatal head injury in young children. Participants will review current information about PAHT, common risk factors and triggers, prevention strategies, and the important role behavioral health professionals can play in education and intervention.

Participants who complete this course will be able to: 

  • Define and describe pediatric abusive head trauma. 
  • Review statistics related to abusive head trauma. 
  • Identify risk factors of abusive head trauma. 
  • Describe the role of the social worker in education and prevention of abusive head trauma.

Course curriculum

    1. Video Lecture

    2. PowerPoint Slides

    1. Video Lecture

    2. Safe Sleep Practices & Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma Prevention

    1. Video Lecture

    1. Video Lecture

    2. The Period of Purple Crying - A New Way to Understand Your Baby's Crying

    1. Video Lecture

    1. Evaluation for Preventing and Intervening with Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma

About this course

  • $55.00
  • 9 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

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