1. Selecting
a car safety seat for the child's individual needs.
2. Positioning
Securing the child in the car safety seat following the manufacturer's
instructions.
3. Installing
the car safety seat correctly in the vehicle following both the car
seat instructions and the car owner's manual.
While we hope you find this site comprehensive, there are many additional resources available for parents, medical professionals and child passenger safety technicians. The following listing includes brief descriptions of some helpful organizations and their Web site addresses.
A professional organization of pediatricians involved with all aspects of child development, including injury prevention. It has published transportation-related policy statements and offers car safety seat shopping guides for conventional and special needs car seats and safety restraints.
Automotive
Safety Program
www.preventinjury.org
A child passenger safety injury prevention program based at the Indiana
University School of Medicine. It provides education, training, and resources
on child passenger safety and transporting children with special health
care needs. For more information contact 317-274-2977.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
www.chop.edu/carseat
This child passenger safety web site features videos on car seat installation
and provides information about buying a safe car and special travel circumstances.
NHTSA is the federal agency that sets national standards for occupant protection, which includes car safety seats. It also provides information, statistical data, technical assistance and educational materials relating to child passenger safety. Car seat recall information is available on their website as well as a locator for car seat installation check points. There are regional offices throughout the country. For more information contact the NHTSA Auto Safety Hotline: 888-DASH-2-DOT.
A national organization with several local affiliate agencies across the nation including in Ohio, that provide services and resources for families and individuals with special health care needs. Some of the local affiliates have special needs car seat programs. For more information, contact 800-221-6827, (312) 726-4258 (TDD).
Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Center
www.rercwts.org
This organization works to improve the independence, usability
and safety for individuals who travel seated in a wheelchair. Provides good
information on travel safety standards for wheelchairs (ANSI/RESNA WC19).
This international organization sponsors state and local injury prevention programs, as well as develops safety campaigns and materials. There are 17 Ohio regional affiliates dedicated to preventing unintentional injury to children. This organization sponsors the national child passenger safety technician training and certification.
Safe Ride News
www.saferidenews.com
Safe Ride News provides current information
about child passenger safety issues through a newsletter, web site and various
publications and electronic media including CPS information sheets, the
LATCH manual and a CPS school bus manual.
SafetyBeltSafe is a national organization dedicated to child passenger safety. Their site provides training, education and resources on car safety seats and child passenger safety. Car seat recall information is also available.
Tech Update
www.cpsboard.org
The NHTSA and CPS Board's newsletter for the national child passenger safety
training program. Includes information about technical issues, cps news
and certification.
University of Michigan Transportation
Research Institute
www.umtri.umich. edu
This site has information about transit wheelchairs.They
have a brochure entitled Ride Safe which provides excellent information
about wheelchair tie downs and positioning for a lap/shoulder belt for wheelchair
occupants. More information can be accessed at www.travelsafer.org.
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