• New CPS Resource: Tech Update is the NHTSA and CPS Board's new newsletter. The managing editor is Mary Anderson. The address is: www.cpsboard.org/techupdate.htm
• New CPS Handbook coming soon to assist with CR questions for children with special needs. This is NOT a substitute for taking the 2 day special needs transportation class at Riley Hospital for Children. Call 937-461-4800 ext. 301 for more information.
• Tweens Page on this web site includes information for children with special needs
• CPS Week is September 21-27. Materials available at www.boosterseat.gov
• Dayton Children's hosts monthly car seat inspections by appointment. Call the hospital's Family Resource Center (937) 641-3700 to make an appointment. Check www.childrensdayton.org for directions and other information
• Ohio Department of Public Safety Child Passenger Safety Technician training-contact your local Ohio Occupant Protection Regional Resource Coordinator
• Check out our tutorial about bus and van safety for children with special needs. You can download the booklet and take a quiz to test what you learn
  

 

If you are a parent, health care professional, school personnel or child passenger safety technician in Ohio, this Web site is for you. The information found here should help you choose the correct car safety seat for a child even if that child has a special need. You will find guidelines for choosing a car safety seat/restraint, special considerations for children with medical conditions, lists of types of car safety seats available, contacts for qualified help and training opportunities. There is even an online version of our Bus and Van Safety for Children with Special Needs booklet and tutorial as well as a Quiz to test your knowledge.

This Web site was made possible through a grant provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation/ National Highway Transportation Safety Administration and Ohio Department of Public Safety Governor's Highway Safety Office to Easter Seals Kids Are Riding Safe (KARS) program, a program of Goodwill Industries of the Miami Valley and Easter Seals West Central Ohio.