A two-month-old girl was hospitalized for serious injuries in Tumwater, Washington, following an alleged incident of shaken baby syndrome, according to the Komo News website. Following the baby’s hospitalization on Sunday, authorities from Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital notified police that her injuries were consistent with abusive head trauma (also known as shaken baby syndrome), and [...]
The economic situation in the U.S. has affected the number of instances of severe child abuse, according to an article from the Miami Herald. According to Florida’s Department of Children & Families (DCF) Secretary George Sheldon, while the number of investigations and calls regarding child abuse have decreased over the past year, the number of [...]
A former day care owner from Indiana has been charged with battery that resulted in child fatality after a doctor determined that the 6-month-old, who had been under her care, died from injuries to the head. The type of traumatic brain injury suffered by the child typically occurs when a child is shaken, as in [...]
California child injury lawyer Chris Keane recently posted a blog regarding a new term recommended to replace the term “shaken baby syndrome.” According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, “abusive head trauma” refers more clearly to the physical damage that occurs when babies are shaken. To read Keane’s post about the term “abusive head trauma,” [...]
Newborn babies may cry up to 5 hours per day for no apparent reason, and caregivers must understand how to handle babies gently while dealing with their own frustrations. That’s what parents of newborns in Kansas are learning through a new video that attempts to prevent more cases of the devastating but frequently occurring shaken baby syndrome. In response to numerous [...]
Some babies are more at-risk of abusive events, including being shaken by an adult, than others, although it is important to determine if a baby has been shaken even if that child does not seem at-risk of abuse. Among children who are at-risk of shaken baby syndrome and cases of neglect are twins or babies [...]
