Shaken Baby Alliance

The Shaken Baby Alliance (SBA) mission is to provide support for victim families and professionals, prevention of child and elder abuse, and justice for the innocent victims.
SBA was founded on a Fort Worth kitchen table by three mothers whose children were victims of Shaken Baby Syndrome and could find no resources. Over the past 22 years, SBA has supported victim families while developing into a nationally recognized forensic training and consulting agency for professionals in the child physical abuse field.

SBA offers three programs: Victim Family Services, Professional Support (Training and Case Consultations), and Prevention Education. Since 1998, we have supported 6,434 victim family members, trained 27,947 multi-disciplinary professionals, and provided 2,070 case consultations. We have educated over 11,100 students on how to cope with a crying baby, the #1 trigger of Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma (SBS/AHT). Victim Services and Prevention Education are provided free of charge.

IMPACT EXAMPLES
• One mother in dire need of basic supplies at the onset of the pandemic called to say she was using kitchen towels as diapers for her teenage son who had been shaken. We helped her to meet her child’s needs.
• A father asked for assistance in purchasing a safe bed and car seat for his child when CPS removed the child from the mother and placed the child with the father after the mother’s boyfriend allegedly abused the child during the first few weeks of the pandemic. SBA helped with the purchases and parenting classes.
• A police officer called to help prioritize a child abuse investigation while not having the Personal Protective Gear to enter the scene. We walked him through the investigation.