Transportation Safety
Course Description
This course applies to children of all ages, and applies to both center and home child care settings.
Transporting young children is a serious responsibility. Learn ways to help ensure children's safe transportation by being informed on your state's regulations and selecting the safest method of transportation based on your needs.
See the learning outcomes and topics below for more information on what is covered in this course.
This course is also offered in Spanish.
Course formats
This course is offered in both our coursebook (with required online component/testing) and our fully online format. The online format of this course includes audio narration in most course sections.
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Acceptance information
This course is accepted for child care professional development training requirements in most states and for the CDA credential and for CDA renewal training requirements. This course satisfies the Texas requirement for training in transportation safety.
State-specific information:
- Colorado: This course does not meet the Colorado Precautions in Transporting Children training requirement.
- Georgia: This course does not meet the transportation safety training requirement.
- Minnesota: This course does not meet the 3-clock-hour child passenger restraint systems training requirement. It may be used for 2-clock-hours of Level 1 in-service training.
- Nebraska: This course does not meet the "Safe Kids Buckle Up" transportation training requirement.
- Nevada: This course is not approved for annual clock hours or to meet the Nevada requirement for training in transportation safety.
- Texas: This course satisfies the two clock hours of transportation safety training required for all childcare directors and employees who transport children under the age of nine [§746.1316, What additional training must an employee and director have if the operation transports children?]. All Texas employees who transport children must complete this two clock hour transportation training annually.
NAC training
The NECPA Commission, Inc. has approved this educational program as meeting the criteria for continuing education for the National Administrator Credential. Click here for more approved NAC training.
Learning outcomes
After completing Transportation Safety you will be able to identify legal requirements for safe transportation in child care, identify safe practices for transportation in child care, and describe safe child restraint systems and transportation methods.
Topics covered
- how the transportation of young children is regulated by state child care licensing agencies
- the transportation information you will need to provide to parents
- how to keep vehicles safe and functioning properly
- how to select and use child restraint systems
- how to choose the best and safest method of transportation for your needs
- information on large and small buses
- the dangers of leaving children unattended in vehicles
- driveway, parking lot, and power window safety
- safety precautions for loading and unloading children from vehicles
- guidelines for supervising children during transportation
- safe staff:child ratios when transporting children
- safe driving practices
Prerequisites
Must be able to fluently read and write English.
Instructional methodology
Read written material, view videos, listen to audio segments.
Assessment methods
Multiple choice quiz and written assignments.
What our students say about Transportation Safety
I just wanted to personally thank you for offering this course so quickly..I enjoy your courses and I like the fact that they can downloaded and done at my pace. - Amarillo, Texas
“Yes, the online program is so convenient yet thorough! I was able to immediately use many of the transportation guidelines for our fieldtrip rules.” - Dallas, Texas
"I absolutely love the Care Courses!!!!!! Very informative and being able to complete the courses online is wonderful." - Missouri City, Texas
"This course was intense, but very informative. I am delighted that I took it and I recommended it to several others. There were so many pieces of information in that unit that I was almost overwhelmed. I devoured the information and feel so much more knowledgeable about the information ... much of which was new to me. I was very impressed with this unit and I hope many others take this course. The information is invaluable." - Hondo, Texas
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Prerequisites
- Language: Fluent reading and writing in the language of instruction (English or Spanish).
- Technology: Internet access and a web-enabled device (computer, smartphone, or tablet).
Access & Completion Deadline
- This training expires 12 months from the date of purchase.
- To receive a certificate of completion, you must successfully finish the course before the expiration date.
Learning Methods
- Read instructor-written material
- Watch videos
- Listen to audio segments
Assessments
- Multiple-choice quizzes
- Written assignments
Requirements for CEUs and Clock Hours
To earn CEUs and Clock Hours for a course, you must:
- Agree to and acknowledge our Honor Code & Policy
- Follow all instructions for written assignments
- Demonstrate comprehension of the course content
- Achieve the passing score specified in your course.
Quizzes and Assessments
- If your score falls below the passing mark, a trainer will review your work. If needed, you may be asked to speak with a trainer.
- You will have a second chance to retake any quiz or assessment.
- If you do not pass on your second attempt, contact us at info@carecourses.com. We will review your course and follow up directly.
- All quizzes are open book; all answers are found in the course material.
Certificates
- Official Care Courses certificates of completion record your clock hours and CEUs.
- Certificates are available in the My Courses area of your account.
- Please note: All course and certificate dates and times are on Eastern Time.
Getting Started
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About Care Courses
- Care Courses offers over 50 professional development courses and one non-credit training tutorial on the CDA process.
- All professional development courses include clock hours, CEUs, and an official online certificate of completion.
- (The free CDA tutorial does not offer clock hours or a certificate.)
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