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ATV Safety: Tips to Keep Kids Safe

Delivered on May 29, 2008

Safe Kids Pennsylvania, in collaboration with the Center for Schools and Communities, conducted a live, online session entitled, "ATV Safety: Tips to Keep Kids Safe." Presenters offered their expertise in educating the public about the safe practices of operating All Terrain Vehicles.  Presenters for the session included Jan Anderson, PA Department of Health; Donna Grather, RN, Lehigh Valley Hospital; and Mike Mount from ATV Safety Institute.

 

Presentation Slides (PDF format)

 

View the recorded online presentation
(originally delivered on May 29, 2008)

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Poison Prevention:  Making Your Program Work

Delivered on March 11, 2008

Safe Kids Pennsylvania, in collaboration with the Center for Schools and Communities, offered a live, online session entitled, "Poison Prevention:  Making Your Program Work." This online training focused on the two poison control centers in Pennsylvania as well as current poison prevention programs.

 

Presentation Slides and Handouts (PDF format)

View the recorded online presentation
(originally delivered on March 11, 2008)

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Affiliate Spotlight: Back to School Safety

Delivered on August 21, 2007

Safe Kids Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Center for Schools and Communities, offered a live, one-hour, online presentation entitled, "Affiliate Spotlight: Back to School Safety". This online training focused on both pedestrian safety and school bus safety.

Presenters were Cheryl Gouker, Safe Kids Berks County/AAA Reading Berks; Fritzi Schreffler, PennDOT District 8-0 Safety Press Officer; and Barbara Zortman, Center for Traffic Safety.

This online learning opportunity was offered to injury prevention advocates, including Safe Kids members, public health professionals, nurses, emergency personnel and educators.

The following objectives were established for the training:

  • Participants will learn the scope of the problem of pedestrian and school bus injuries.
  • Participants will acquire resources to be included in local prevention programs.

Presentation Slides and Handouts (PDF format)

AAA Foundation website

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project
800-CAR-BELT

 

View the recorded online presentation
(originally delivered on August 21, 2007)

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Child Passenger Safety Instructor Update

Delivered on July 24, 2007

Safe Kids Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Center for Schools and Communities, offered a live, two-hour, online presentation entitled, "Child Passenger Safety Instructor Update". This online training presented the changes and updates to the child passenger safety curriculum.

Presenters were: Kerry Chausmer, CPS Certification Manager for Safe Kids Worldwide; Lorrie Walker, Safe Kids Buckle Up Training Manager; Alexis Kagiliery-Lee, Safe Kids Buckle Up East Coast Operations Manager; and Angela Osterhuber, Director, PA TIPP (Traffic Injury Prevention Project). Ms. Osterhuber is the child passenger safety representative for Pennsylvania. All four presenters are certified child passenger safety instructors and have a combined total of 40 years as technicians.

This online learning opportunity was primarily for certified child passenger safety instructors in Pennsylvania who wish to continue teaching the course with the revised, standardized curriculum.

The following objectives were established for this training:

  • Participants will increase their understanding of the revised curriculum including terminology, the student manual and assessment of the curriculum.
  • Participants will be able to identify what is needed to host a child passenger safety course, including scheduling, materials and supplies.
  • Participants will be able to effectively apply new curriculum elements and features.

2007 CPS Curriculum - PowerPoint presentation (PDF format)

 

Handouts

The following handouts were referenced in the online session.

 

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(originally delivered on July 24, 2007)

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Affiliate Spotlight:  Animal Bite Safety

Delivered on Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Safe Kids Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Center for Schools and Communities, recently offered a live, one-hour, online presentation on animal bite safety as the first in a series of Safe Kids Affiliate Spotlight sessions. Presenters were Sandy Nolan, Injury Prevention Coordinator Pennsylvania Department of Health; Karen Baldys, Community Health Nurse Pennsylvania Department of Health and Ed Wilson, Allentown Health Bureau. 

This session focused on two successful animal bite safety programs used within Pennsylvania.  The presenters provided the successes and struggles that helped create their effective programs.  Participants gained insights needed to develop an animal bites safety program for their community.

 

Animal Bite Prevention Guide for Parents - used in Lycoming County (PDF format)

Animal Bite Prevention Puppet Show Script (PDF format)

PowerPoint Presentation slides - presented on May 9, 2007 (PDF format)

 

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Child Passenger Safety Week Safety Stations

By Alexis Kagiliery-Lee, Safe Kids Buckle Up
Manager, East Coast Operations, Safe Kids Worldwide

Delivered on January 23, 2007

On Tuesday, January 23, Safe Kids Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Center for Schools and Communities, offered this online professional development opportunity for Safe Kids Program Coordinators and Partners.

Our presenter Alexis Kagiliery-Lee, with Safe Kids Worldwide's Safe Kids Buckle Up program, will be providing an overview of the four safety stations that will be used during Child Passenger Safety Week. She will describe how to effectively utilize the safety stations provided both for CPS Week and other events.

Note: The presenter experienced technical difficulties which resulted in an incomplete recording. Therefore, we regret that we can only offer the presentation slides for this session.

Presentation and Handouts for this session (in PDF format):

 

CPS Concerns and Car Seat "Treats"

By Anne Franchak, Director, Safe Kids Pennsylvania

Delivered on October 31, 2006

On Tuesday, October 31, Safe Kids Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Center for Schools and Communities, offered a one-hour, online presentation on child passenger safety. The session also included updates on CPS grants, CPS recertification issues and also recent changes at Safe Kids Worldwide.

Thirty people, representing 26 Safe Kids Chapters and Coalitions from across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, participated in the session.


View the recorded online presentation

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Handouts for this session (in PDF format):

Websites referenced in the session:

 

Issues in Fire Safety: Focus on Children

By Brian Klugh, Battalion Chief, Lancaster Bureau of Fire

Delivered on September 19, 2006

On Tuesday, September 19, Safe Kids Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Center for Schools and Communities, offered a one-hour, online presentation on fire safety. The presentation, entitled "Issues in Fire Safety: Focus on Children ", provided valuable information on a number of fire safety topics, including attributes of a fire, attitudes and prevention, fire prevention week, smoke detectors, escape plans, juvenile firesetting, fireworks, scalds, burns and sleepwear.

 

View the recorded online presentation

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Handouts for this session (in PDF format):

About the Presenter:

Brian Klugh is Battalion Chief with the Lancaster Bureau of Fire. Brian has worked in various capacities in the fire service for the past 20 years.  A native of Lancaster County, Brian is a graduate of Penn State University.  He has been a member of the Safe Kids Pennsylvania Advisory Council for the past 10 years and is an active member of Safe Kids Lancaster County.  Brian has been instrumental in encouraging firefighters in the Lancaster Bureau of Fire to become certified child passenger safety technicians.  He is the proud father of two children, Eileen and Logan.