This NHTSA curriculum provides classroom and hands-on training on installing and using child safety restraint systems on large and small school buses. CEUs for CPSTs may be available—inquire with class organizer.
The course can be taught by a CPST or CPST-instructor who has completed the course as a student. (The instructor team for any course offering should include at least one person with experience working in the school bus industry.)
Information on this course can be found at www.cpsboard.org. There you can find:
- Participant manual PDF
- Course appendix
- List of upcoming courses
- Instructions for ordering course manuals
Safe Ride News is happy to help you learn more about this NHTSA course. Please contact us with any questions.
For more information on school buses…
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Order a School Bus Safety Handbook
This user-friendly handbook serves as an all-in-one background, reference, and resource guide for school district personnel, child passenger safety technicians, medical therapists, and special needs transportation specialists. -
National Safety Council (NSC) Position/Policy Statement (pdf)
The NSC believes…passengers, especially children, are safest in modes of transportation when they are properly restrained. Proper multi-modal restraint for passengers of all ages, sizes and abilities is required for the safest ride and ensuring proper use of child restraint device/s (CRD) and/or seat belts can prevent or mitigate child passenger injuries and deaths in crashes.
The NSC strongly supports the mandatory use of properly secured and positioned, dynamically-tested child restraint devices in motor vehicles and in airplanes…