Course Details

CCEI110C: Transportation and Field Trip Safety

Course ID 71467

ChildCare Education Institute

(800) 499-9907

Description

This course discusses safety requirements for vehicles and drivers who transport children. Focus areas include safe loading and unloading procedures, safety rules, and safety precautions for field trips. Participants will learn how to implement preventive practices for safe field trips and emergencies.

1.00 Hours / 0.10 CEUs

Course Level

Informal

CEU Course

Course Category

Early Childhood

General Course

(1 Hour)

CDA Content Areas

Planning a safe, healthy, learning environment (1 Hour)

Infant Mental Health Core Competency Areas

Family Child Care Home Provider

Child Care Center Staff

Head Start/Early Head Start

Preschooler 3's (37-48 months)

Preschool 4's and 5's (49-72 months)

Goals and Objectives

• Define nonconforming vehicle
• Identify standard safety and maintenance requirements for vehicles used to transport children
• Identify standard regulations regarding drivers of vehicles used to transport children
• Explain the purpose of appropriate staff-child ratios in a vehicle and on field trips
• Identify safe practices for transporting children, including requirements for seat restraints and parental permission
• Identify recommended procedures for children and center staff to follow when entering, riding in, and exiting a vehicle
• Identify recommended practices for conducting an evaluation of a field site prior to the trip
• Identify safe practices for conducting a field trip, including identification methods for children and face-to-name counts

There are no events currently scheduled for this course.