Information for Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Technicians:

• CPS Qualifications
• CPS Instructors
• CPS Senior Checkers
• Inspection Stations

Special Health Care Needs Technician Training

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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Child Passenger Safety Qualifications

Senior Checkers

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.)

Key Senior Checker Skills

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?

Senior Checker Profile

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

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CPS Instructors

Listing of Utah Instructors:

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CPS Senior Checkers

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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Inspection Stations

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