A slide show presentation to educate the viewer on how to find a better babysitter. Interviewing, evaluating and training the babysitter on how to work with your child.
Discusses the possible causes of the symptoms other than abuse, the difficulty of establishing the time of head injuries, and other controversies. Written by a criminal defense attorney specializing in these child abuse cases.
Abusers are usually men, most often fathers of the baby or boyfriends of the mother. Female babysitters are also responsible for many cases. Abstract of article published in the journal Pediatrics.
Technical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Symptoms, methods of diagnosis, other abusive injuries often seen in the same patients, incidence, clinical management, and recommendations for prevention measures.
The Child Abuse Prevention Network provides an in-depth resource on an especially difficult area in the field of child abuse -- Shaken Baby Syndrome. Resources available is SBS Conference information and list servers related to SBS.