A Douglas County judge Wednesday ordered a 22-year-old Lawrence woman to serve one year on probation after she pleaded no contest in September to a misdemeanor battery when she was accused of hitting her 5-year-old daughter with a sandal and spanking the girl with a hairbrush.

Kayla N. Brown would have to serve six months in jail if she’s found to violate terms of her probation. District Judge Peggy Kittel sentenced Brown Wednesday.

Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson said Brown has been attending family preservation classes since prosecutors filed the case in April.

Prosecutors initially charged her with a felony count of aggravated child endangerment accusing her of shaking and squeezing her 5-month-old son under the arms, but Kittel reduced that charge to a misdemeanor after a May preliminary hearing.