The following workshops have been approved for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for re-certification from the 5^th Annual Regional Child Passenger Safety Conference held in Wildwood, New Jersey on March 28 – 30, 2006.  One CEU is earned for each workshop attended.

In addition to this document you will need proof of attendance at the conference such as a cancelled check, copy of purchase order, memo confirming conference attendance from supervisor, or confirmation receipt.  If you need proof of attendance, people in New York can contact Debbie Lotito at [email protected], everyone else contact Michele Mount at [email protected].

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Wednesday Workshop Session #1 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Transporting the Child with Special Health Needs – Part 1
Speakers: Patricia Foley, Anne Ruecktenwald, Michele Krosnick, Dalthea Brown
Description:  Workshop will introduce the CPS Technician to common health needs diagnoses and the appropriate equipment associated with these children.  Topics covered include: child car restraint systems; bus transportation; and wheelchair transportation.

Wednesday Workshop Session #1 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
EMS for Children:  Transporting the Non-Traumatically Injured Child
Speaker: Barbi Harris
Description:  This presentation is based on the research of Dr. Nadine Levick and Dr. Marilyn Bull.  The focus is using evidential research based techniques to transport the 5 – 40 pound child as safely as possible in the absence of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

Wednesday Workshop Session #1 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Child Passenger Safety:  The Older Child
Research and Insights from the new "Tween" Pilot Programs
Speakers: Tammy Levitas, Christine Jennings
Description:  The audience will learn what NHTSA is doing to address the issue of increasing the 8 to 15 year olds use of safety belts in motor vehicles.  There are many challenges one faces with this age group.

National data shows that "tweens" are more likely to be unbelted and in front seats than younger children.  But most programs are generally focused on younger children or teen drivers.  Pilot programs in Dallas, Texas, and Joplin, Missouri, sponsored by the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety conducted focus groups and surveys to help develop intervention to increase proper restraint use for 8 to 12 year olds.  Key insights from this research will be shared to help traffic safety advocates in other communities begin to focus their efforts on this age group.  This new information will help technicians educate parents of the older child.

Wednesday Workshop Session #2 1 PM – 2:15 PM
Transporting the Child with Special Health Needs – Part 2
Speakers: Patricia Foley, Anne Ruecktenwald, Michele Krosnick, Dalthea Brown
Description:  Workshop will introduce the CPS Technician to common health needs diagnoses and the appropriate equipment associated with these children.  Topics covered include: child car restraint systems; bus transportation; and wheelchair transportation.  Hands-on practical

Wednesday Workshop Session #3 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Child Seat Manufacturers
Speakers: Patsy Pilcher, Carol Helminski, David Shinn, Russ Berger
Description:   This workshop is an opportunity for the child seat manufacturers to present any new products, recommendations, and concepts in development to the CPS community.  Individual exhibitors will give a short presentation, leaving ample time for questions and answers.

Thursday Workshop Session #4 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Child Seat Manufacturers
Speakers: Patsy Pilcher, Carol Helminski, David Shinn, Russ Berger
Description:  This workshop is an opportunity for the child seat manufactures to present any new products, recommendations, and concepts in development to the CPS community.  Individual exhibitors will give a short presentation, leaving ample time for questions and answers.

Thursday Workshop Session #4 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Backseat Bullets
Speaker: Dietrich Jehle, MD
Description:  The "Backseat Bullet" is a name given by researchers to a phenomenon heretofore little known or studied, that is, the high risk posed by unrestrained rear seat occupants of motor vehicles involved in crashes. Over the years, seatbelt use, as it relates to occupant protection, has almost exclusively focused on the front seat occupants.  Recent research in Great Britain and the Erie County Medical Center at the University of Buffalo in New York focused on the rear seat occupants and the resultant injuries sustained in highway crashes.  The studies in Great Britain were so conclusive and startling that the federal government there initiated a nationwide public information and education campaign to help educate the public regarding the live-saving value of using safety restraint devices in the rear of motor vehicles.  The team at the University at Buffalo developed a presentation that has since been presented nationally and statewide.  The technical information presented to child passenger safety technicians through this presentation has provided a much-needed and overlooked aspect of occupant protection to those in the enforcement and education fields.  CPS Technicians can incorporate the information from this research into their activities, with the hope to educate more people on properly restraining all vehicle occupants, both front and rear.  It is also hoped that this new research will convince lawmakers to improve safety restraint laws.

Thursday Workshop Session #5 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Little Kids Riding on Big Yellow Buses Part 1
Speaker: Debbie Kogut
Description:  A review of NHTSA's guidelines for transporting pre-school children on school buses.  The workshop also covers proper securement of child restraints on school buses, equipment required on buses, evacuation plan policies and other recommendations.

Thursday Workshop Session #6 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Little Kids Riding on Big Yellow Buses Part 2
Speaker: Debbie Kogut
Description:  A review of NHTSA's guidelines for transporting pre-schoolers on school buses.  The workshop also covers proper securement of child restraints on school buses, equipment required on buses, evacuation plan policies and other recommendations.  Hands-on practical

Thursday Workshop Session #6 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
EMS for Children:  Transporting the Non-Traumatically Injured Child
Speaker: Barbi Harris
Description:  This presentation is based on the research of Dr. Nadine Levick and Dr. Marilyn Bull.  The focus is using evidential research based techniques to transport the 5 – 40 pound child as safely as possible in the absence of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

Thursday Workshop Session #6 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Backseat Bullets
Speaker: Dietrich Jehle, MD
Description:  The "Backseat Bullet" is a name given by researchers to a phenomenon heretofore little known or studied, that is, the high risk posed by unrestrained rear seat occupants of motor vehicles involved in crashes. Over the years, seatbelt use, as it relates to occupant protection, has almost exclusively focused on the front seat occupants.  Recent research in Great Britain and the Erie County Medical Center at the University of Buffalo in New York focused on the rear seat occupants and the resultant injuries sustained in highway crashes.  The studies in Great Britain were so conclusive and startling that the federal government there initiated a nationwide public information and education campaign to help educate the public regarding the live-saving value of using safety restraint devices in the rear of motor vehicles.  The team at the University at Buffalo developed a presentation that has since been presented nationally and statewide.  The technical information presented to child passenger safety technicians through this presentation has provided a much-needed and overlooked aspect of occupant protection to those in the enforcement and education fields.  CPS Technicians can incorporate the information from this research into their activities, with the hope to educate more people on properly restraining all vehicle occupants, both front and rear.  It is also hoped that this new research will convince lawmakers to improve safety restraint laws.