The Utah Department of Public Safety/Highway Safety Office, Primary Children’s Medical Center, and SAFE KIDS Utah are pleased to offer a two-day Transporting Children with Special Health Care Needs Technician Training in Utah entitled:
"Safe Travel for All Children:
Transporting Children with Special Health Care Needs"
This course is designed to serve as an enrichment course for child passenger safety technicians who are interested in learning more about special needs transportation. This two-day training combines classroom lectures and discussions with hands-on exercises. During the training, participants will be introduced to medical conditions that can impact restraint selection and have the opportunity to investigate and install specialized restraint systems. The training concludes with a proficiency exam that evaluates the student's ability to assess appropriate restraints and to demonstrate proper use and installation.
The course will be held August 11th & 12th at Utah Highway Patrol Section IV Building, 5681 So 320 W, Murray, Utah. We are honored to have Dr. Marilyn Bull from Riley Children’s Hospital agree to be instructor for this training, along with assistant instructors Janet Brooks and Marilyn Morris from Primary Children’s Medical Center. Dr. Bull developed the Children with Special Needs Curriculum. Janet Brooks is the Child Advocacy Manager at Primary Children’s Medical Center, member of the National Child Passenger Safety Board, Co-chair of SAFE KIDS Utah, as well as a national Child Passenger Safety Instructor and Special Needs Instructor. Marilyn is the office coordinator in Child Advocacy and Public Relations at Primary Children’s Medical Center, a nationally certified child passenger technician, and has a great deal of hands on experience in transporting children with special health care needs. This means you have the best Special Needs instructor’s in the nation teaching you techniques in a very specialized field.
Class size is limited for this course. If you are interested in attending, please download, complete the enclosed application form and submit it to: DPS/PDC Rhonda Parker, 410 West 9800 South, Sandy, UT 84070. Registration costs for this special training is $60.00. The fee includes lunch and breaks for both days. Please submit payment with your registration form made payable to Safe Kids Utah. Applications and fees must be received no later than July 23, 2008. You will receive a confirmation letter. Those people who have never taken the Special Needs Training will have first priority. Space permitting, those who have taken the training previously, will be given the remaining slots.
Due to limited funds, we are asking that those needing a hotel room to attend this course be responsible for their own hotel costs. If you do not have the ability to pay the costs for a motel, you may submit a written statement requesting assistance with reasoning for the needed assistance. A review of this statement will determine acceptance of your request. A block of rooms has been reserved under “Special Needs Training” at Crystal Inn, 818 East Winchester, Murray, UT 84107, 801-865-9300. The cost is $80.00 per night at state rate.
If you have questions or concerns, please call Rhonda Parker at (801) 256-2331. We welcome your participation in this very special training for children needing your special assistance.
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Senior Checkers ensure that the education received by
parents and caregivers is up-to-date and consistent with current
best practices. A Senior Checker is well-trained and experienced in
addressing many child passenger safety issues. She must ensure that
every child leaves the event as safely as possible, so choosing
someone who is knowledgeable, reliable and a good communicator is
critical. Although the national SAFE KIDS BUCKLE UP team reviews
Senior Checker applications, coalition coordinators and child
passenger safety specialists know their local applicants’ abilities
best, so exercise discretion in submitting applications.
Each child safety seat inspected at SAFE KIDS BUCKLE UP
events (including registry events), must ultimately be
double-checked by a National SAFE KIDS Campaign-approved Senior
Checker. Even when other checkers are well versed and experienced, a
second set of eyes may catch inadvertent errors or see alternative
solutions. Senior checkers should be clearly identified at events
(introduced at pre-event meetings, wearing special "uniforms,"
wearing laminated name badges, etc.)
Education/certification
§
Is the applicant currently
certified as a CPS technician or a CPS
technician-instructor?
§
Has the applicant continued to
receive updated CPS information (participated in national/regional
conferences, subscribed to technical periodicals, attended update
classes, participated in supervised CPS checkup events, joined local
CPS task forces, etc.)?
Experience
§
How long has the applicant been
actively involved with CPS efforts?
§
How often does the applicant check
child safety seats?
§
How many child safety seats has
he/she checked, in the past 12 months?
§
Has the person participated in
SAFE KIDS BUCKLE UP events or other events sponsored by your
coalition?
Communication
§
Has the applicant provided
awareness training and or technical training to
others?
§
Has he/she assisted with hands-on
training of CPS technicians and/or parents and
caregivers?
Organization
§
Can the applicant ensure that
current SAFE KIDS BUCKLE UP checklists are filled out completely and
correctly?
§
Does he/she recognize the value of
good documentation, for liability and statistical
purposes?
§
Will the applicant collect
completed forms and assist with the event evaluation
process?
The Senior Checker Profile is only required for all
Senior Checkers for any SAFE KIDS BUCKLE UP Car Seat Check Up Events
(granted or registry), Child Safety Seat Inspection Stations and CPS
Awareness Workshops. Individuals applying to be the Lead Instructor
for the NHTSA Standardized CPS Training and the SAFE KIDS CPS
Update-Refresher classes need to complete the SAFE KIDS BUCKLE
UP Lead
Instructor Profile.
SAFE KIDS BUCKLE UP protocol now requires that Senior
Checker profiles be approved each fiscal year (7/1 - 6/30).
Technicians and Instructors are required to renew their profiles at
the beginning of each fiscal year in order to remain SAFE KIDS
BUCKLE UP approved Senior Checkers.
Please
Note: All SAFE KIDS
BUCKLE UP approved Lead Instructors are automatically considered
approved Senior Checkers. They do not need to submit this SAFE KIDS
BUCKLE UP Senior Checker Profile.
National SAFE KIDS
Campaign
1301 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW
Suite
1000
Washington,
DC
20004
Tel: (202)
662-0600
Fax: (202)
393-2072
Download SAFE
KIDS BUCKLE UP Senior Checker
Profile form.
Download Utah
SAFE
KIDS Senior Checker Application
form.
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Listing
of Utah
Instructors:
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Listing of Senior Checkers and Awareness
Workshop Trainers:
Name |
Senior Checker
Num |
Tech/Inst.
Num |
Brady, Malaena
|
20138 |
T14089 |
Brooks,
Janet
|
17773 |
I0936 |
Chambers, Kathy
|
20554 |
T036227 |
Curtis, Cathy
|
19613 |
T031069 |
England, Shannon
|
18790 |
T031107 |
Essen, Geri
|
20143 |
T040027 |
Fawcett,
Jann |
|
|
Fitzgerald, Jonelle
|
17931 |
T12893 |
Gibson,
Keri |
|
|
Hargreaves, Bonnie
|
20147 |
T023894 |
Harston, David
|
19249 |
T5679 |
Nelson, Brenda
|
20518 |
T036249 |
Nowak,
Georgina
|
18209 |
T1155 |
Parker, Rhonda
|
18015 |
T0954 |
Pierce, Allena
|
19633 |
T21541 |
Smith, Rachel
|
16253 |
I1473 |
Smith, Teresa
|
18260 |
T01570 |
Smith, Terry
|
20209 |
I0028 |
Steck, Melinda
|
20211 |
T3581 |
Stephens, Pat
|
17717 |
T1755 |
Tingey, Ted
|
18274 |
I0214 |
Vayo, Ruth
|
20519 |
T021546 |
Warnick, Cindy
|
18288 |
I 1439 |
Wiese, Farrin
|
15289 |
T2189 |
Wilson, Martin
|
17760 |
TI228 |
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Bear River Health
Department 125 South 100
West Tremonton,
UT
84337 Serving
Box
Elder
County
counties Phone: (435) 257-3318 Health Promotion Director
Cathy Curtis |
Bear River Health
Department 655 East 1300 North Logan,
UT
84341 Phone:
432-792-6510 Pat Stephens |
Bear River Health
Department 817 W. 950 S. Brigham
City, UT
84302 Phone:
(435) 734-0845 Anne
Griffin
Spanish translation
available |
|
Cutrubus
Motors 1234 N Main
Street Layton,
UT
84041 Phone:
(801) 544-5800 Shawn Seifert |
Davis County Health
Department 50 E. State
Street Farmington,
UT
84025 Phone:
(801) 451-3586 Phone: (801) 451-3242 Community Health
Educator Teresa Smith
Fitting Station held by
appointment in
Layton |
|
Ken Garff
Volkswagen/Audi/Porsche 195 E
University Parkway Orem,
UT
84058 Phone:
(801)
714-2300 Geoffrey
Bays or Dustin
McBride |
Primary Children’s
Medical Center 100 North Medical
Drive Salt Lake City,
UT
84113
Phone:
(801) 662-CARS
Janet Brooks
Monday and Wednesday from
12am-2pm.
2nd and 4th Thursday from
3-6pm.
By appointment only.
Spanish translation
available. |
|
Safeline
Kids 14881 S Concord Park Dr
Suite 2 Bluffdale,
UT
84065 Phone:
1-800-829-1625 Phone: (801) 571-6250 Sherri Webb |
Salt Lake Valley Health
Department 788 East Woodoak Lane (5380 South) #
140 Murray,
UT
84107 Phone:
(801) 313-6607
May Romo
By appointment only.
Spanish translation
available. |
|
Southeast Utah District
Health Department 25 West
Main Castle
Dale,
UT
84513 Phone:
(435) 381-2252 Terri Bennett |
Southeastern District
Health Department 117 South
Main Monticello,
UT 84535 Phone: (435) 587-2021 Clerk Sue Morrell |
Southeastern Utah
District Health Department 196 E.
Center Blanding,
UT
84511 Phone:
(435) 678-2723 Gina Hatch |
Southeastern Utah
District Health Department 28 South 100
East Price,
UT
84501 Phone:
(435) 637-3671 Community Health Educator
Georgina Nowak
Spanish translation
available |
|
Southwest
Utah
Public Health Plan 168 North 100
East St. George,
UT
84780 Phone:
(435) 986-2562 Nikki Weber |
Strong VW,
Inc. 1070 South Main Salt Lake
City, UT
84101 Phone:
(801) 596-2200 Richard Bowen |
Summit County Health
Department 6505 North Landmark Drive, #300 Park
City, UT 84098 Located in Summit county Phone: (435)
615-3910 Health Educator Geri Essen
Inspection & Spanish
translation by appt. only. |
|
Tooele County Health
Department 151 North
Main Tooele,
UT
84074 Phone:
(435) 843-2310 Brenda Nelson |
Tri-County Health
Department 147 E Main Vernal, UT 84078 Serving
Dagget, Duchesne, Uintah counties Phone: (435)
781-5475 Martha Tomaino |
Tri-County Health
Department 281 E 200 N Roosevelt, UT
84066 Serving Dagget, Duchesne, Uintah counties Phone:
(435) 722-5085 x13 Martha Tomaino
Multilingual assistance
available. |
|
Utah County Health
Department 151 S. University
Ave. Provo,
UT
84601 Phone:
(801)851-7035; 851-7068 Phone: (801) 851-7095 Health
Educators Bonnie Hargreaves or Rilla Leckie |
Utah Highway Patrol, Section
10 835 East 300 North Richfield,
UT
84701 Phone:
(435) 896-2780 Peggy Smith |
Wasatch County Health
Department 55 South 500 East Heber, UT
84032 Phone: (435) 657-3259 Jonelle Fitzgerald and Amber
Peterson |
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