Do You Understand How Brain Injury Affects A Child?
So many things change in a child’s life when she acquires a brain injury. Regardless of the child’s age, traumatic brain injury affects every area of her life — and the lives of those who live with her. How will she make new friends? How will she cope with school? Will she ever be the [...]
Resources for Car Safety Seats and Booster Seats
Here are some of the resources I used for the information in my blogs about car seats. (See my blog posts this past week about safe car seats for your child as she grows.)
Here’s a video explaining how to move from one car seat to another as your child “ages up” made by “Dad Labs”.
Other [...]
Toys That Can Hurt Your Child – Resources
ToySafety.mobi – Good, clear summaries of a variety of child hazards. Many are divided by age range – choking dangers for infants and noise injuries for music-listening adolescents.
Keeping Your Child Safe in Your Car – Resources
Car Information
Car Safety Seats Information – Detailed guidelines for children based on age and weight with illustrations sponsored by Healthychildren.org
Kids And Cars –This website helps prevent accidental vehicular injuries by offering educational information, technological devices, and a breadth of news stories.
Child Burn Injuries – Resources
Burn Resources
International Society for Burn Injuries – hosts conferences and supports organizations in burn research
Camp Susquehanna – A camp for survivors of burn injuries of all ages in Lancaster, PA
Burn Resource Centre – Provides information and links to resources for burn survivors
American Burn Association – Information about advocacy, prevention and other aspects of burn injuries [...]
Child Abuse Prevention – Resources
Child Abuse Prevention
Childhelp USA: (800)-4-A-CHILD A hotline provides crisis counseling and literature about child abuse.
National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse: 800-Children This organization provides information and referrals about child abuse.
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome, 1-888-273-007 The National Center for Shaken Baby Syndrome is a private, nonprofit organization that provides information to professionals and parents [...]
Keeping Your Child Safe – Resources
Injury Prevention
Lead Poisoning Information from the Center for Disease Control – An all encompassing website on lead poisoning in children. Covers all topics from prevention to advocacy to making your sure your home is safe.
Home and Recreational Safety Information from the Center for Disease Control – Information and Fact Sheets on a variety of dangers [...]
Day Care Safety Resources
Day Care Safety
Virginia Star Quality Initiative – A voluntary rating system for day care facilities in Virginia. Includes a list of the highest rated establishments.
State by State codes for child care administration – This site lays out the rules and regulations for day care facilities by state.
National resource Center for Health and Safety in Child [...]
Latest News and Information on Children’s Products
Suite 101 provides the latest news and information on kids’ products. It covers product recalls and warnings and also has reviews on the hottest new children’s toys and baby gear.
Articles are written by a number of contributors who profile new products and interview experts in the industry. The site is full of resources for children [...]
Product Safety
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. It provides information on product recalls so that you can be sure to have only safe products in your home.
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