Let’s Talk — Safe Infant Sleep Toolkit

Thank you for championing safe infant sleep best practices!

Talking with parents, grandparents, and other caregivers about safe infant sleep creates awareness and saves lives.

This toolkit provides guidance to implement the DSHS Let’s Talk – Safe Infant Sleep community training and use the DSHS Safe Infant Sleep toolkit. Toolkit materials help parents make decisions about safe infant sleep practices and safe sleep environments.

Let’s Talk – Safe Infant Sleep builds on what you know about safe infant sleep and moves your work to a model of action. The new approach focuses on an open and honest dialogue between the community trainer and families and caregivers. This training updates and replaces the previous DSHS-developed “Safe Sleep for Babies, a Community Training.”

Use the Let’s Talk – Safe Infant Sleep Implementation Guide to bring this new approach to your community.

Let’s Talk - Safe Infant Sleep Training for Communities 

Community Training Facilitator Resources to Support Planning

• Let's Talk – Planning for Sustainability
• Let's Talk – Smartie Goals
• Let’s Talk – Strengthening Your Community’s Circle of Support      
• Let’s Talk – Curriculum Guide
• Let’s Talk – Sign In Sheets
• Let’s Talk – Name Tags
• Let’s Talk – Community Training Agenda
• Let’s Talk – Approach Sample Script
• Let’s Talk – Community Training Pre/Post Test
• Let’s Talk – Community Training Participation Survey
• Let’s Talk – Community Training Self Reflection Survey
• Let’s Talk – Community Training Participation Certificates
• Let's Talk – Flyer to Advertise Community Training
• Let's Talk – Community Training Invitation 
• Let's Talk – References

Community Training Presentations

• Let’s Talk - Safe Infant Sleep Community Training for Facilitators
  • A longer training that includes all activities found in the Let’s Talk toolkit.
• Let’s Talk - Safe Infant Sleep Training for Participants
  • A shorter version of the training for safe sleep champions to use within their organizations to train staff or volunteers.

Games and Activities

• Let's Talk – Memory Game
• Let’s Talk – Adult Learning Game
• Let’s Talk – Myth Vs. Fact
• Let’s Talk- Self Reflection Survey
• What I Learned Today Game
• What I Learned Today Poster
• Let’s Talk – Strengthening Your Community’s Circle of Support      

Let’s Talk Approach Key Resources

• Let's Talk – Finding Your Circle of Support
• Let's Talk – Parent and Caregiver Sleep Plan
• Let's Talk – Community Resources Template
• Safe Infant Sleep Environment Infographic - English (Spanish)