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Senior Health
Parenting Unit
Mr. Attanasio
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Topics Covered:
1- RealCare Baby Project
2- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
3- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
4- Shaken Baby Syndrome
5- Child Safety
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1- RealCare Baby Project
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RealCare Baby Project Overview:
Why have a RealCare program?
Review of Baby Project Packet
Watch DVD and answer questions
Practice with babies in Demo Mode
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Why Have a RealCare Program?
1. To give teens a realistic 24-hour experience
in caring for an infant in a safe environment
with meaningful evaluation and feedback.
2. To build character, teach responsibility, and
encourage healthy babies, healthy families, and
as a result, healthy communities.
3. To demonstrate the impact babies have on a
person’s lifestyle, free time, extended family
and future.
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On average, a U.S.
teenager becomes
pregnant every minute!
Kost, K., Henshaw, S., & Carlin, L. (2014). U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity .
Retrieved January 2010, from http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/USTPtrends.pdf.
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Why Have a RealCare Program?
4. To help break the cycle of teenage
pregnancy by demonstrating the
consequences of teen sexual activity and
early parenthood.
5. To provide hands-on education in infant
care skills to help ensure proper care and
handling and reduce the incidence of SIDS,
SBS, and child abuse.
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Why Have a RealCare Program?
6. To increase awareness of the time commitment and
constant, caring attention a baby needs, and the
importance of having these skills before bringing a baby
into the world.
7. To help expectant teen mothers work through
important decisions regarding keeping their babies or
giving them up for adoption.
8. To help at-risk individuals make better choices about
sexual activity, alcohol use and other unhealthy
behaviors that often lead to teen pregnancy, abortion,
premature birth and unhealthy newborns.
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Children of adolescent
mothers are twice as likely
to be abused as those born
to 20- or 21-year-olds.
Hoffman, S.D., By the Numbers: The Public Costs of Adolescent Childbearing. 2006, The National Campaign to
Prevent Teen Pregnancy Washington, DC.
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Why Have a RealCare Program?
9. To create a community of teens that is
better prepared to make decisions about the
timing of parenting that matches their
personal and professional goals.
10. To help students make behavior
decisions based on accurate information
and from first hand experiential learning.
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Program Details
What you need to know:
1. Every student gets to pick the date that they will take
the baby out.
2. You may cancel and reschedule as you wish. Just
know that the responsibility to schedule your parenting
experience belongs to the student, not the teacher.
3. Every student must have a RealCare contract
completed and signed by a parent or guardian,
regardless of the age of the student prior to taking the
baby.
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Program Details…continued
What you need to know:
4. You must pass the baby project to pass the class
and graduate.
5. If you have a failing grade due to mishandling, you will
be given an assignment about child abuse to raise your
grade to the passing level.
6. If you would like to redo the project for a new grade, you
can reschedule at the end of the quarter, but that will not
excuse you for doing the project about child abuse.
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Program Details…continued
7. Your grade will consist of two separate
categories.
– Your grade on the baby project, using a rubric that will be
discussed in class. (300 pts)
• See grading rubric in Baby Control Center
– Your grade on this portfolio. (300 pts) Losing the portfolio will be
a 10% or 30 point penalty.
• Now we will review the REALCARE portion of
the Parenting Packet together…
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Links to RealCare worksheets
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Participant Contract
Parental Contract
Safety Precautions
Baby Care Log
Readiness Quiz
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• Complete the “Questions for Reflection”
and “Student Survey/Short Answer” after
you have done the 24 hour parenting
simulation.
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2- Fetal
Alcohol
Syndrome
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Look at “Al” and try to notice things you notice about his
appearance.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Note the physical abnormalities:
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Small head
Low nasal bridge
Flat midface
Smooth philtrum
Thin upper lip
Underweight (ribs
showing)
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Note the physical abnormalities of the hands:
• Fingers or toes can be webbed
• Palm crease is abnormal
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Note the physical abnormalities INSIDE THE SKULL that we
can’t see:
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How much is safe???
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Is it OK to have a little?
I heard someone say their
OBGYN say its no big deal.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
When a mom drinks during specific times during pregnancy, it
effects the areas that are being developed during that specific
time. Here are some examples:
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Watch the DVD on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and complete the
questionnaire. FAS\Posttest.pdf
• Review answers together. FAS\Posttest Answers.pdf
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Video from NoFAS
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Video about teens and FAS
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moSY-8wGoPs
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FAS stats…not for you notes
• 60% have trouble with the law
• 50% will be in prison, mental
institutions and/or treatment centers
• 35% have alcohol and/or drug problems
• 49% exhibit inappropriate sexual behavior
Other: joblessness, homelessness, need for lifelong
supervision
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Pregnant Mom Drinking on TV
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How do you feel when you hold
this baby?
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Alcohol or Drug Affected Baby
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Drugs and Pregnancy from
The “DOCTORS” Show
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Infant Drug Withdrawal
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3- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
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SIDS
• Read article about SIDS
• Answer questions about SIDS from your handouts.
• Review together.
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SIDS video
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4- Shaken Baby Syndrome
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Crying Babies Create Frustration
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SBS
• Start with packet on Shaken Baby Syndrome.
• Review answers together.
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SBS
• Watch DVD When Babies Cry (11 minutes)
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Legal Issues
• It is considered to be an ASSAULT charge
if a baby is harmed by SBS.
• It is considered to be HOMICIDE if a baby
is killed by SBS.
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Legal Issues
• Other children may be removed from the
home a baby that is shaken. CHILD
PROTECTIVE SERVICES will evaluate
the danger for other children in the home.
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SBS is…
• A form of child abuse
• A unique, identifiable combination of
injuries
• From forceful, violent shaking
• Preventable through education
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SBS is not…
• Punishment or neglect
• A pre-existing medical condition or
disease
• Caused by accidents, falls, tossing in the
air, or rough play
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Statistics
• 3,000 estimated cases in the US per year.
• 25% of all shaken babies die from their
injuries
• The remaining 75% suffer severe brain
damage
• 70% are caused by males
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Why is a baby so easily hurt?
• Heavy head (25% of body weight)
• Weak neck muscles
• Space inside the skull that older children
fill with a growing brain
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Why is a baby so easily hurt?
• Delicate brains tear and bleed easily
• Brain is still developing and more
vulnerable to injury
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Not for Notes…
What are the causes SBS?
– Frustrated-tired-stressed out caregiver
– Lack of coping skills
– Caregiver not educated on SBS
It only takes a second or two to lose control and
cause SBS.
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Not for Notes…
Tips to Control Frustration
• Put the infant in a safe place, then leave the
room for a few minutes.
• Utilize stress reduction methods.
• Ask someone else to help.
• Try hugging and cuddling.
• Gentle motion may help.
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How
• A Study at Penn State determined that
educating future parents "translated to a
47-percent reduction in the cases of
abusive head injuries from shaken-baby
syndrome”
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5- Vehicular Safety
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Child Safety Seats
• Read the article about Child Safety Seats (the tether system)
• Answer questions from your handouts.
• Class discussion.
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Safe Car Temperatures
Leaving an infant in an unattended vehicle is:
• Selfish and lazy
• An unsafe parenting practice
• Considered to be child abuse/neglect
• More dangerous in extreme cold or heat
• A rising problem in our country
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Hypothermia
• Occurs when the body gets cold and loses
heat faster than the body can make it.
• What can happen?
– Emergency condition
– Unconsciousness or death can occur
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Hyperthermia
• When a person’s temperature produces
or absorbs more heat than it can dissipate.
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Hyperthermia
• It can lead to disability or death.
• Why are infants at a greater risk?
– Cannot communicate when overheated
– Infants have fewer sweat glands
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Hyperthermia
• Example
– How quickly can the temperature rise inside a
vehicle on an 80 degree day?
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Hyperthermia: Temperatures rise
quickly to dangerous levels in a
car with the windows up
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Hyperthermia
Temperature
outside
80
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80
Time spent in
vehicle
Temperature in
vehicle
10 min
20 min
30 min
40 min
50 min
80
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Video About Babies Left in Cars
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Why have more infants died due
to hypothermia and hyperthermia
in the last 25 years?
Air bags in front seats have moved babies to
the back seat, where they are more likely to
be forgotten.
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Reasons for Fatalities
51%: babies were forgotten in back seat
30%: children were playing in car without
parents knowing they were in the car
17%: intentionally left in vehicle
1%: unknown
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Safety Tips
• Never leave children alone in or around cars; not even for a
minute.
• Put something you'll need like your cell phone, handbag,
employee ID or brief case, etc., on the floor in the back seat.
• Keys and/or remote openers should never be left within
reach of children.
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Safety Tips
• When a child is missing, check vehicles and car
trunks immediately.
• If you see a child alone in a vehicle, get involved. If
they are hot or seem sick, get them out as quickly as
possible. Call 911 or your local emergency number
immediately.
• Use drive‐thru services when available. (restaurants,
banks, pharmacies, dry cleaners, etc.)
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Social Experiment
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Parenting Unit Activity
Make a group of 2 or 3 and put your notes
away.
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Parenting Unit Activity
Imagine that someone in your life is about to
become a teen parent. They are under the
impression that being a parent is all fun and
games and photo ops, and really have no
idea about the dangers and issues that we
have discussed in this unit.
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Parenting Unit Activity
Working collaboratively, write this teen a letter
to advise them on the issues we discussed in
this unit. Be sure to include as many concerns
and warnings to be aware of about FAS/drug
use while pregnant, SBS, SIDS and safe car
temperatures. You may also include things you
learned in preparation for the baby project (IE
head support).
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Parenting Unit Activity
When you are done, put a footnote style
number after each specific suggestion.
Example: Be sure to always have proper
head and neck support when you handle
1
your baby.
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Parenting Unit Activity
It should look like a letter, not a bulleted list
of things to do.