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Resources for Car Safety Seats and Booster Seats

srohrstaff — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:59:15 +0000

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 resources:

Car Safety Seats Information for Families

How to Choose and Use A Booster Seat

Keeping Your Child Safe in Your Car – Resources

srohrstaff — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:04:54 +0000

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 Abuse Prevention – Resources

srohrstaff — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:50:06 +0000

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 about SBS.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides general information about health and safety issues, including links to child abuse information and topics.

Keeping Your Child Safe – Resources

srohrstaff — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:38:55 +0000

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 in the home including falls, playground safety, poisoning, etc.

National Program for Playground Safety – Playground safety information for all age groups and playground locations including early childhood, home playset safety, and school safety.

Injury Free Coalition for Kids – An information hub on a variety of injury prevention topics

Day Care Safety Resources

srohrstaff — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:36:14 +0000

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 Care and Early Education – National organization that helps parents monitor the safety of child care institutions.

Helping Children Recover

srohrstaff — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:57:32 +0000

After a child has been injured, parents can find themselves at a loss for how to help their child recover. AfterTheInjury.org is a website of The Center for Injury Research and Prevention at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. It was created to help parents understand their child’s reactions to injury and learn what they can do to help their child react in a healthy way. It includes tip sheets, videos and planning guides to help families immediately after an injury and, if needed, months later.

The researchers are asking their colleagues in pediatric trauma care to spread the word about the site.