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Part 2 - Transporting Children Safely in Child Care

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Course
Date of Publication
July 7, 2021
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Overview

Part 2 - Transporting Children Safely in Child Care is designed to provide child care providers with additional knowledge on safe transportation including accountability during trips, correct selection, usage, and installation of child safety seats in vans and buses as well as passenger vehicles.

Course Information

Note: This online course is intended to follow the course titled, 'Part 1-Transporting Children Safely in Child Care.' If you have already completed Part 1, you may get an additional two credits for taking Part 2. Both courses meet the new requirement that child care workers have an additional two hours of credit in transportation safety.

Part 2-Transporting Children Safely in Child Care is a 3-part series designed to provide child care providers with additional knowledge on safe transportation including accountability during trips, correct selection, usage, and installation of child safety seats in vans and buses as well as passenger vehicles. Information on protecting children in and around vehicles is also reviewed.

This online training course qualifies for 2 clock hours of credit and meets the requirements for two hours of transportation safety education as mandated by Jacob's Law.

The courses must be taken individually with each participant passing the test given at the end in order to earn a certificate of completion. Because of the strict testing requirement the course cannot be taken together in a group.

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