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What is the Period of PURPLE Crying?

Marilyn Massey-Stokes, EdD, CHES, CHWC

December 27, 2018

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What is The Period of PURPLE Crying?

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The Period of PURPLE Crying is a free resource for parents. It is an evidence-based or research-based prevention program that's backed by years of solid research. The two aims of the program are to support parents and caregivers in understanding early increased infant crying and to decrease the incidence of Shaken Baby Syndrome and acute head trauma. Please check out purplecrying.info. This is a website for parents, and there's also The Period of PURPLE Crying app that I hope you will share with your parents as well and suggest that they download onto their smartphones.

This Ask the Expert is an edited excerpt from the course, Child Abuse and Neglect: An Overview, by Marilyn Massey-Stokes, EdD.

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Marilyn Massey-Stokes, EdD, CHES, CHWC

Dr. Massey-Stokes is Associate Professor and Associate Director of Undergraduate Academic Programs in the School of Health Promotion and Kinesiology at Texas Woman's University. She has approximately 30 years of experience teaching health at the university level and has actively engaged in scholarship related to health education and health promotion, including child and adolescent health. Dr. Massey-Stokes is also a Certified Health Education Specialist and Certified Health and Wellness Coach. Her passion is promoting health and wellness across the lifespan, and she particularly enjoys working with adult learners.

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