Course description
This CPD certified online training course is for anyone who works or volunteers with babies and families in the antenatal or postnatal period including midwives, health visitors, public health nurses, social workers and early years practitioners.
Are you aware of the potential risk factors within families that may increase the risk of babies under 1 experiencing non-accidental head injuries (NAHI)?
Working with parents and carers during the antenatal or postnatal period, you play a vital role in protecting babies who may be at risk of harm.
It can be difficult to spot the potential risks of traumatic head injury. In some cases, signs can be missed because the complex and often combined risk factors that can lead to injuries are not recognised.
This course will help you to:
- understand the prevalence of non-accidental head injury (NAHI) in babies under the age of one
- identify the risk factors for NAHI and understand which babies might be at increased risk
- recognise the early warning signs a child could be at risk and the potential triggers for parents and carers
- create a supportive environment for parents and carers
- engage fathers and male carers.
Technical requirements
Our online courses will work in most web browsers, although we recommend that you use Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Safari. We recommend installing the latest version of your web browser before beginning your course.
Our courses are compatible with most tablet devices, however the NSPCC does not provide full technical support for tablet users. We do not support other mobile devices.
Videos clips hosted on the video sharing site Vimeo feature in some of our courses. Video playback controls will vary and are dependent on the browser used to take the course and where the video is hosted. If you experience problems with the videos then we recommend you try taking the course in a different browser.
Having trouble? Try:
- updating your web browser
- clearing your cache
- accepting our cookies (essential cookies are required for the purposes of undertaking our elearning)
- turning off private browsing
- enabling JavaScript
- permitting access to videos on Vimeo
- setting the following web domain to 'trusted': https://mylearning.nspcc.org.uk
Duration: It should take you about 2 hours to complete the course.
You will have access to the course for one year following purchase. You can take it as many times as you like in that time.
