The training would focus on picking up signs of physical abuse, sexual abuse and emotional abuse and how to go about reporting it to law enforcement.

“Our current system fails, if it prolongs a child’s pain,” Gatto said in a statement. “AB 1432 is a straightforward means of making sure school personnel grasp the magnitude of their responsibilities for protecting our children from predators.”

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Due to life-threatening injuries, the child was airlifted to Valley Children's Hospital in Madera, Calif.

Detectives from the Bakersfield Police Department took over the investigation.

Detectives executed a search warrant in the 1100 block of Oregon Street related to this investigation, and they found a five-year-old child who was also a victim of child abuse.

The investigation led police to arrest 33-year-old Haroon Pimental, 28-year-old Sarai Alavez, and 34-year-old Kathy Yoval.

All three suspects are charged with attempted murder, torture, assault with a deadly weapon, assault causing great bodily injury, mayhem, felony child abuse and conspiracy to commit crimes.

The two-year-old child is currently in protective custody and is expected to survive.

The five-year-old child is also in protective custody with minor injuries.

All three suspects have been booked into the Kern County Jail and are currently being held on $2,580,000 bail.

This investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is urged to call the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111 or Detective D. Diaz at (661) 326-3513.

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When Bob Logan's 6-month-old grandson, Devin, died of a severe brain injury in 2005 as a result of being shaken in a fit of rage by the baby's father, it would have been easy for Logan to remain angry for life and do nothing.

Instead, he turned his tragedy into a mission to prevent other babies from suffering the same fate.

"I have an opportunity to help reach people, directly and indirectly, who may not know that it's not OK to shake a baby,'' Logan said from his Bridle Path Road home.

Logan is achieving that goal through A Child's Light Inc., a nonprofit education and advocacy group.

The group's mission is to prevent the abuse and neglect of children, whether physical, sexual, educational or emotional.

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Jamie Thompson, 34, was reportedly arrested Tuesday, more than two weeks after Jayceon Thomas died. She pleaded not guilty Wednesday and was ordered jailed in lieu of $1 million bail.

Officials reportedly said the boy died of shaken-baby syndrome. He had bruises on his forehead and the back of his head and brain hemorrhaging, according to charging papers.

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In the time it takes you to turn the page of this newspaper, a beautiful little life can be destroyed. One shake. Two shakes. Maybe more. That’s what happened to 2-week-old Lorelei Castello in 2003 after she was violently shaken by her father. As a result, Lorelei never was able to walk or talk, could barely see and had to be fed through a tube. She lived that way for more than nine years before she died in 2012 from a respiratory ailment linked to shaken baby syndrome.

Last week, her father, Joshua Castello, took responsibility for his daughter’s death by pleading guilty to second-degree manslaughter. He never denied his actions.

This is heartbreaking. And it should never happen. Babies are incredibly precious gifts and we must be keenly aware of their helplessness and fragility. It seems so obvious: Never shake a baby. Never. Absolutely never.

Truly, babies test our patience — mostly by crying. Sometimes for hours. But one irrational act by a frustrated caregiver could silence that little voice forever. A baby’s still-developing brain floats inside that tiny head, which isn’t very stable because muscles in the neck are weak and unable to support it. That’s why it’s important to place your hand beneath a baby’s head when you hold it. Shaking that little body can cause that heavy head to flop, bouncing the brain around inside the skull or damaging the spinal cord. That can lead to bruising, swelling, bleeding and permanent brain damage. Sometimes, the baby will die.

Other times, the victim will struggle through life like little Lorelei did. Castello was initially charged with assault, but her death means he’ll go to prison — three to nine years, maybe less — when he is sentenced May 23 by Oneida County Court Judge Barry M. Donalty.

“I’m sure he wishes he would have acted differently on that day,” at a time when Castello was young and probably stressed from working a lot, said his public defender, Leland McCormac, noting that his client has already spent more than the past decade haunted by the guilt from his daughter’s suffering.

“He’s endured the most severe punishment that any father could endure – the loss of his own child at his own hands,” McCormac said.

It’s a painful lesson, one others must remember.

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The depraved women in Salinas who allegedly severely abused and neglected their children deserve prosecution under the fullest extent of the law. The case also serves as a reminder that April is Child Abuse Awareness Month. These reprehensible acts occurred in our community, and if we want these kinds of things to stop, the community needs to continue to heighten awareness of child abuse and neglect to prevent further acts.

According to the Monterey County Department of Social and Employment Services (DSES) Child and Family Services Review Self-Assessment Report, from 2008-09 to 2012-13, the number of referrals for child abuse and neglect has gone down substantially in Monterey County (mirroring the trend in California). On the one hand, it may seem that fewer referrals mean fewer acts of abuse and neglect. Yet, it may be that fewer referrals come in because people have become less aware or less apt to call in their suspicions. In Monterey County, the number of emergency response intakes has remained relatively flat — meaning that the same numbers of kids are receiving intervention from county services, despite fewer referrals. This finding may indicate that when county social workers go out for the evaluation, more intense intervention is required. Children age 0 to 4 comprise the largest proportion of children in foster care in our county.

The county continues to be supported by a forward-thinking DSES that encourages collaboration and wraparound services to help ensure that families that come to the attention of DSES receive the support needed and that children are safe. The Monterey Children's Council has launched an Early Childhood Development Initiative to bring together leaders and interested individuals to improve child well-being and the strength of families overall. First 5 Monterey County continues to advocate and develop resources for the needs of children 0 to 5 and families in need. CSU Monterey Bay's Strive initiative will bring together aspects of community resources to collaborate and develop stronger ties to support families. In addition, the university's successful Master of Social Work program provides opportunities for county workers to receive advanced training and is producing locally-educated social workers who develop advanced knowledge of the local area needs and resources.

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Personally knowing the Stowes, we wanted to share this with our readers as their awareness efforts have been inspirational and monumental to the entire Shaken Baby Syndrome Community.

Jared Patton was born in 2007 – a happy, healthy child.

That changed six weeks later.  His father, David Curtis Patton, shook him, shook him so hard that the little boy lost the ability to breathe, eat and communicate normally.

Jared's grandmother, Kathy Stowe, became his legal guardian.

"I had this overwhelming feeling that I was supposed to keep him. He was awesome. He was absolutely awesome," she recalls.

She remembers Christmastime 2009. Jared was two-and-a-half years old and they gazed at the Christmas tree. It was their last Christmas.

"I knew it was time," she says.

She says she felt his soul start to leave and watched him take two small hiccup-like breaths.

“And he was gone. I think about if only he were here and then I'm glad he's gone because he fought every day he was here. He had enough."

Kathy and her husband Steve realized talking about what happened could help them ease the pain of losing Jared.  They've gone from one end of the state to the other to champion a law that requires hospitals to train new parents on shaken baby syndrome.

"If there is no training, then there's no awareness and raising a baby can be overwhelming even for the greatest person. And anybody could do it if they didn't understand the ramifications," Kathy says.

Jared isn’t in his crib, but it’s not empty. It’s filled with his toys and all of the tokens they've collected while making their talks.  Their work helped them cope with the loss, but it didn’t lessen their deep hatred for Jared's father. They decided that would only come with forgiveness. That effort began when Patton got out of jail after serving five years. Steve learned Patton had remarried and had a new daughter.

"I made a decision to take a picture of Jared and his other son and brought it to him with his blanket and said ‘I forgive you, whatever you did or didn't do. I need to put it past me.’"

Shortly after that visit, the Stowes were shocked to learn Patton was in the Hampton City Jail, accused in the death of his little girl.

"Knowing what Jared went through, I can't imagine how someone would do it twice. I can't comprehend it," Kathy says.

The Stowes wish Patton would have receive anger management counseling while he was behind bars, similar to what Virginia law now requires for new parents.

Newport News Sheriff Gabe Morgan says there’s no money for that, but the controversial Medicaid expansion could cover it.

“We save dollars. We save taxpayer dollars and we prevent children from becoming involved in the system. At the end of the day, we prevent you from a becoming a victim," Morgan states.

The Stowes are hopeful that lawmakers in Richmond will listen, that they’ll think it’s better to spend money on prevention and not prosecution.

In 2012, Hampton Roads had the highest number of child fatalities in the state. The Child Fatality Review Team with the Department of Social Services says the number of cases continues to rise. Champions for Children reports that from July 2012 through June 2013, 51,346 children in Virginia were reported as possible victims of abuse and/or neglect. The group says 106 of those children died; 17 of them were in Hampton Roads, making the region the most active in the state for abuse.

Steve Stowe, meantime, is back talking about what happened to Jared. Recently, he spoke to 5,000 soldiers at Ft. Eustis about PTSD and child abuse prevention.

As for Kathy, who didn't attend Patton's last trial because she was caring for Jared, she says this time will be different. She's be there to make sure justice is served.

She says, "Oh, I will follow the trial. I will be there. Every day."

Patton remains in the Hampton City Jail. His jury trial is April 2.

We checked hospitals in Hampton Roads to see if they're following the law. Portsmouth Naval Hospital requires patients watch a video before they leave. Sentara, Chesapeake Regional, Riverside and Bon Secours hospitals said they do offer the training; however, several 13News Now viewers informed us that some Sentara hospitals, except for Sentara Leigh, did not offer the training before they were discharged with their new baby.

Eastern Virginia Medical School professor and child psychiatrist, Dr. Potter Henderson, offers tips on how to handle the situation if you suspect a child you know is being abused.  Look for any changes, especially when these changes become evident in their daily routine.

"It's when those problems start to get in the way of how we function at home, in our family, in our relationships in school, at our work, that it's worth an inquiry," he says.

He says traumatic events can cause changes that look like ADHD because the part of tje brain that is wired to deal with fight or flight is hot-wired all the time from a traumatic event and is largely offline when someone is in survival mode.

Dr. Henderson adds that when you ask what's going on, make the question open ended, such as "Is there anything bad going on that you want to share?"

He stresses that you need to make sure the child feels very safe when you asking questions. Dr. Henderson says many children are scared about to tell someone about abuse because they fear the abuser will hurt them or they will lose their family as they know it. A response like "Don't worry. I'm going to make sure that this won't happen to you again," can be reassuring.

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Patricia Brant was reportedly arrested by Charleston police on a count of aggravated assault of a child, a Class X felony.  Brant is the owner-operator of Treasured Tots Daycare.

The reported victim, one-year-old Piersen Eaker, has reportedly been in the hospital since Friday with signs of shaken baby syndrome.  He had some bleeding in his brain.  The boy is now able to breathe on his own, but is still sedated.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is investigating allegations of abuse and neglect involving five victims.

Brant is being held in Coles County Safety and Detention Center in Charleston under $200,000 bond.  Charges are expected to be filed before week's end.

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Napa County prosecutors say 23-year-old Sarah Krueger and 26-year-old Ryan Warner reportedly entered the pleas in court on Tuesday. They are each charged with murder and assault on a child resulting in death in the slaying of Krueger's daughter, Kayleigh Slusher.

Police reportedly found Kayleigh's lifeless body in her bed during a welfare check at Krueger's Napa apartment on Feb. 1. Warner and Kruger were arrested at a San Francisco Bay Area train station the next day.

Prosecutors also said on Tuesday that the coroner's office reportedly concluded Kayleigh died of multiple blunt impact injuries to her head, torso and extremities due to child abuse and neglect.

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The child, born on a day of love, Valentine's Day, died at 5 months old after suffering physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her father and uncle.

Known as "Baby Brianna," her story struck a chord with people around the world and led to significant changes in New Mexico's child abuse laws.

The crowd on Friday, partly mourning and partly celebrating Brianna's short life, let go of balloons to "Wind Beneath My Wings," sung by Orlando-Antonio Jimenez of La Mesa.

The group stood around a cradle with a doll handmade by a woman in California to look like Brianna. The doll's eyes were closed, peaceful, imitating the lone photo of Brianna: her autopsy photo.

Gatherers left gifts and flowers inside the open cage encompassing the gravestone.

Jimenez said he knows there are some people who don't want the biannual memorials for Brianna to continue. But if they save even one child, he said, they're worth it.

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Jesse Giron, 34, and Irene Carreles, 25, were taken into custody after calling 911 Thursday morning to report that the little girl had stopped breathing. Investigators said they found evidence that the girl had been neglected and abused.

Giron and Carreles both have criminal histories, including grand theft and driving under the influence, police said. Custody of three other children who lived with the couple was given to the San Bernardino County Children and Family Services.

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Coming from Jackson, Michigan, an excerpt of the article is below.

Shaken baby syndrome is the leading cause of abuse-related deaths among infants.

Nearly one-third of shaken babies die, with 50 to 80 percent of the survivors suffering brain damage.

Between 1,200 to 1,400 babies are diagnosed with shaken baby syndrome nationally.

In Michigan, 10 percent of children homicides from abuse and neglect were the result of shaken baby syndrome.

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On Monday, Dorothy Bernhoft, 67, was reportedly sentenced to four years probation and 416 hours of community service, and ordered to pay restitution to the families of 24 children involved in the case, whose ages range from 6 months to 4 years old, a mere slap on the wrist for the alledged crime.

Bernhoft reportedly listened to many of the 20 parents in attendance for the sentencing hearing, some of whom fought back tears as they conveyed the horror they felt after learning their children were left in darkened closets strapped into car seats for hours on end.

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An appeals court upheld his 2011 conviction on Tuesday.

Farker’s victim was reportedly a 4-month-old infant diagnosed with shaken baby syndrome.

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This service is for nannies, babysitters, and caregivers.  It’s the only authorized screening program of in-home caregivers in the state of California with access to fingerprint records at the California Department of Justice and the FBI. That’s what makes TrustLine unique.

To check if a provider is registered on TrustLine or to register, just call 1-800-822-8490.

 For more information, you may also visit: http://trustline.org/

After all, you can never do too much to see that your children are safe.

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To the parents' shock, the doctors reportedly said the toddler had tested positive for marijuana, KTLA reports in the video above. The parents, of Montrose, told police they believed their daughter “consumed” marijuana at the day care.

The Southern California day care was soon reportedly shut down, as city officials discovered that it had no power, the toilets were broken and there were rat droppings all over, including on the toys. The kitchen was filthy, and sharp knives were out, according to KTLA.

Roubena Hartounian, 50, was taken into custody on suspicion of child neglect and endangerment at her day care, Bina's Family Child Care, in La Crescenta.

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Shaken Baby Syndrome is a form of child abuse, which happens when a baby is shaken violently by a frustrated caregiver, sometimes, that care giver, being a new parent.

"If we shake our babies it can lead to death, babies are very fragile, Wesley says.

In 2008, a state law went into effect in South Carolina requiring all patients to watch a video on Shaking Baby Syndrome to educate new parents. "I think one of the important things to know is that babies are going to cry, that's what babies are going to do" Wesley says.

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Reportedly, according to an Apopka police report, the little girl had a welt on the side of her face, and 34-year-old Jacqueline Clemente and her immediate boss claimed the little girl had an allergic reaction to mulch when her parents asked what happened.

However, police think the day care worker slapped the child with her hand causing scratching and breaking the skin, resulting in a black eye and swelling.

Now, the Department of Children and Families is reportedly investigating the day care on two fronts; the incident itself, and to make sure there was no history of abuse. A DCF spokeswoman was not aware of any prior complaints against the day care.

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