CPS Instructors, meet Simon CD.
Simon says your life just got a little easier.

    We know instructors who have one or two classes a year, new instructors, and busy seasoned instructors just don’t have the time needed to break down all the details of the new curriculum with each class.
So we did it for you. And then we put it on a CD.

    The CPS Instructor’s Assistant CD will make your life a little simpler and a lot easier. We have cut your to-do list down—way down. The Instructor’s Assistant is like your very own personal secretary and more. It is loaded with proven ideas, suggestions and forms. This disk does it all, except bring you coffee.

Detailed table of contents,
order form and more informtion-pdf

Forward Facing Seats that can Recline posted 3/08 (pdf)
      Courtesy of The National Center for the Safe Transportation of Children With Special Health Care Needs. This list is not all inclusive.

LATCH and Tether Recalls • Vehicles Quick Reference List Safe Ride News Publications. Posted 3/08 (pdf)
     Vehicle components related to CR installation are sometimes recalled.  Recently SRN compiled a quick reference list, using information  from manufacturers published in LATCH: Lower Anchors and Tethers for Child Restraints (2007 Edition) as well as from Safe Ride News and additional sources.  The list below includes all LATCH/ISOFIX and tether recalls that have come to the attention of Safe Ride News Publications, though it may not be comprehensive. 

2008 Parked Cars Fact Sheet (pdf)

NHTSA LATCH Education:

• Comments from Safe Ride News to NHTSA on LATCH education campaign (pdf)
• Comments to NHTSA on LATCH from SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. www.carseat.org.
• Comments from Traffic Safety Projects to NHTSA (pdf)
  

Help stop non-crash fatalities in cars.
Safe Ride News would like to offer this Fact Sheet free (Parked Cars) for your use. This sheet is part of our 26 topic standad set (see Fact Sheets or order form). For more information about this topic please visit www.KidsAndCars.org.

June 2007: Boosters and Seat Belts
Research supporting booster use with lap-shoulder belt, not with lap belt alone.

• Weber (see especially test on pages 6 and 7 and conclusion 5)
  
• Henderson (see especially case on page 7 and conclusion on page 11)

Editorial: Web Video Raises Question of Lap Belt Use with Booster-Safe Ride News, May/June 2007

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What’s New in the 2007 LATCH Manual ? (pdf)
           •  CEU Quiz for 2007 manual (pdf)
• NEW LATCH information, updates and articles

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2007 Consumer Reports
Infant Car Seat testing

1. Jan 20 Understanding Consumer UnionTests html
2. Jan 22 Crashes and Crash Testing: How is it done and what does it mean? Dissecting the Consumer Reports Mistake html
3. March Panel Sessions about Consumers Union Testing--Chicago
   • Don Mays, Consumers Union, presentation (pdf)
   • Consumer Union power point presentation (pdf)
   • Consumers Reports article, May 07 issue http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/babies-kids/child-car-booster-seats/how-our-car-seat-tests-went-wrong-5-07/overview/0507seat.htm
   • Juvenile Products Manufactures Association response presented by Dave Campbell (pdf)

2007 Child Restraints for Preemies (pdf)

• 1) Car seats with best fit for preemies and small newborns
• 2) Newborn head support
• 3) Distributors of CRs for institutional and individual needs

2007-Alternatives to boosters for Children over 40 lbs
    (includes products for use when back seat has only lap belts) [pdf]

Current seat and seat belt laws maps
           Child law coverage (pdf)
           Adult seat belt law coverage (pdf)

2006-Measurements of Restraints for Larger Children
      From Safe Ride News, March/April  2006 (pdf)

All car seats are not the same.  Some are built for children that are heavier than average or broader or taller than most.  These seats have harnesses for children weighing more than 40 pounds.  This PDF lists their dimensions for maximum height of shoulder straps and maximum hip width. 

2006-Booster resources  (pdf)

Wheelchair Safety in Motor Vehicles-updated (html)

For Healthcare providers
   2006 SRN Fact Sheets- Healthcare Providers Guides
      A7-Child Restraints for Newborn Infants (pdf)
      D2-Child Restraints for Children with Special Needs (pdf)
      2006 Fact Sheet order form (pdf)

Sample SRN newsletter
        Sept/Oct 2006 (pdf)

Form for reporting car seat problems/defects to Federal Government:
     NHTSA (National HighwayTraffic Safety Administration)
     Child Safety Seat Questionnaire (pdf) 

Glossary of Vehicle Definitions (pdf)

LATCH and Tether Information
    Latch and Tether
       •LATCH primer (pdf)
       •LATCH & Tether Sample Fact Sheets
             Learning about LATCH (pdf)
             Tethers are Better (pdf)
    From the 2005 LATCH manual
        1. Use of Tethers for Children over 40 lbs.
               page 8 (html)
               page 49 (html)
        2. Vehicles;LATCH and Tether recalls: Pdf
        3. Quick Reference List (page 105, pdf)
             Maximum Weights of Children Using CR
             Installed With LATCH / Tether Anchors

Safer Airline Travel with Babies and Toddlers-2006
      Fact sheet for parents, in English or Spanish

Special Reprint:
     Ambulance Report April 2003 (html)
     School Bus Report July 2003 (pdf)