Shaken
Baby Syndrome (SBS) occurs when a frustrated caregiver
shakes a young child as part of a pattern of abuse or an
adult has succumbed to the frustration of a baby’s
crying, injuries resulting in multiple permanent disabilities
and in 25% of the diagnosed cases – death.,
Shaken Baby Prevention, Inc. was founded January, 2005
and operates as a public charity in order to provide relief
for the poor, distressed or the underprivileged; it will
not conduct any business which is not within the definition
of a non for profit organization. It will not seek
to make any profit for shareholders; it is organized as
a Virginia Non-Stock Corporation, therefore it has no shareholders.
Shaken Baby Prevention, Inc. develops, evaluates and implements
services for shaken baby syndrome awareness and prevention,
education, victim/victim family support.
Through fundraising efforts, Shaken Baby Prevention, Inc.
provides durable medical equipment, therapeutic horseback
riding scholarships, music therapy and more to boys and
girls 22 years of age and under in the Washington Metropolitan
Area.
Shaken Baby Prevention, Inc. sells SBS awareness/prevention
shirts, bumper stickers and stress balls. The proceeds
from these sales go to outdoor advertising campaigns.
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SBP, Inc. invites you to listen to The
Northeast Center for Special Care Podcast in a program entitled: Shaken
Baby Syndrome: A Parent’s Perspective sponsored by
the Northeast Center.
Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Parent’s
Perspective, can be listened to or downloaded at the Northeast
Center for Special Care Podcast website: http://www.northeastcenter.com/Podcast022.mp3 and
it can be downloaded for free at the iTunes store and http://www.northeastcenter.com/podcast.htm http://podcast.northeastcenter.com |