Child Passenger Safety: Transporting Children with Special Needs
Program ID : EE0009.021517.15
Webinar Length of Time: 1.5 Hour
Link to view the lecture presentation:
https://pittrstce.adobeconnect.com/p2larbhl1xu/
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Presenters
Missy Bryan, OTD, OTR/L, ATP, CPST
Missy Bryan is an occupational therapist with more than 18 years of pediatric experience. She teaches assistive technology and pediatric courses in the occupational therapy programs at Belmont University. She practices in the special needs transportation clinic and seating and mobility clinic at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. She has Assistive Technology Professional and Child Passenger Safety Technician certifications.
Sarah Haverstick
Sarah Haverstick serves as Safety Advocate for Goodbaby International, which includes the Evenflo, CYBEX, GB, and Urbini car seat brands. She is a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor and an instructor in the safe transportation of children with special health care needs. Her background is in program management, community relations and communications. She has held positions on numerous local, state and national boards related to injury prevention and is a former chair of the National Child Passenger Safety Board. Sarah received her bachelor’s in Political Science from Rutgers University and lives in Nashville, TN.
Note: Faculty for this activity have been required to disclose all relationships with any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services, with the exemption of nonprofit or government organizations and non-healthcare related companies.
* Presenter disclosed the following conflict: Sarah Haverstick is an employee of Goodbaby International
Description
This session provides a basic overview of child passenger safety with a focus on specialized restraint systems for children with special healthcare needs. Presenters will review key statistics and research related to motor vehicle injuries and the transportation of children. Presenters will also discuss key features of child restraints and specialized restraint systems that may benefit children with positioning needs. Finally, presenters will discuss models of clinic-based programs designed to provide transportation evaluations and will provide next steps for participants interested in learning more about this topic.
Learning Objectives
Upon viewing this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Define the rates of motor vehicle crashes and effect on children in the United States.
- Explain the importance of the use of medical child restraints for persons with special health care needs.
- Identify at least 3 major categories of specialized child restraint systems that are used in the transportation of persons with special health care needs.
- Identify at least 3 resources to promote transportation safety.
References
- Blake, E., Sherman, K., Morris, L. and Lapidus, G. (2006). Self-reported experience with safe transport of children with special healthcare needs: A rehabilitation therapist perspective. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 85(2):181-184.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). Injury prevention & control: data & statistics. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html
- Decina, L. E., & Lococo, K. H. (2005). Child restraint system use and misuse in six states. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 37, 583–590. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2005.01.006
- Durbin, D. R., Chen, I., Smith, R., Elliott, M. R., & Winston, F. K. (2005). Effects of seating position and appropriate restraint use on the risk of injury to children in motor vehicle crashes. Pediatrics, 115(3), e305-e309.
- Durbin, D. R. (2011). Child passenger safety. Pediatrics, 127, e1050–e1066. doi:10.1542/peds.2011-0215
- Falkmer, T., & Gregersen, N. P. (2002). Perceived risk among parents concerning the travel situation for children with disabilities. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 34(4), 553-562.
- Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: Highway Loss Data Institute (2017). Map: Age at which a child must be in a child restraint or booster seat. Retrieved from http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/laws/safetybeltuse/mapchildrestraintagerequirements?topicName=child-safety
- O'Neil, J., Yonkman, J., Talty, J., & Bull, M. (2009). Transporting children with special health care needs: Comparing recommendations and practice. Pediatrics, 124(2): 596-603. doi: 10.1542/peds.2008-1124
- Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Wheelchair Transportation Safety. (2015). Ride safe. Retrieved from http://wc-transportation-safety.umtri.umich.edu/ridesafe-brochure
- Sauber-Schatz, E. K., Thomas, A. M., & Cook, L. J. (2015). Motor vehicle crashes, medical outcomes, and hospital charges among children aged 1-12 years – Crash outcome data evaluations system, 11 states, 2205-2008. Surveillance Summaries, 64(8): 1-32.
- Yonkman, J., Lawler, B., Talty, J., O’Neil, J., & Bull, M. (2013). Brief report—Safely transporting children with autism spectrum disorder: Evaluation and intervention. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67, 711–716.doi:10.5014/ajot.2013.008250
CEU Registration and Cost
0.15 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be awarded to individuals for viewing 1.5 hours of instruction.
The cost for the webinar is $59.00
Instructions to Obtain CEUs
go to the RSTCE web site at: www.rstce.org
- Enter user name and password or create new profile
- Select Webinars
- Select the webinar: Child Passenger Safety
- Complete your registration
A payment confirmation will be sent via e-mail.
(Allow 10 minutes for the database to process payment and send a confirmation e-mail).
After viewing the webinar
- log back into database and Select Post Tests and Evaluation for: Child Passenger Safety
- Select and complete Post Tests and Evaluations
You will receive your CEU Certificate via e-mailed as a PDF file (Please allow 10 minutes for the database to process your certificate and send it to your e-mail)
The University of Pittsburgh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences awards Continuing Education Units to individuals who enroll in certain educational activities. The CEU is designated to give recognition to individuals who continue their education in order to keep up-to-date in their profession. (One CEU is equivalent to 10 hours of participation in an organized continuing education activity). Each person should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spent in the educational activity.
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Updated | 04.26.2017