CPS Regional Conference Program Agenda
Pre-Conference Sunday, October 10
| 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM | SAFE KIDS Update/Refresher Class (This is the same curriculum that was taught at the conference last yearin Bridgewater, NJ so anyone who took that class, need not attend.) |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Car Seat Check Event This event is at Saratoga Spa State Park and will give technicians an opportunity to get signed off by an instructor for re-certification. |
| The School Bus Training Class that was previously scheduled, has been cancelled. There will be workshops during the conference relating to occupant restraints on school buses. | |
Monday, October 11
| 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration Open |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Opening Session Welcome Helen Trinchillo - parent Beth Cullen - Ch 13 News Mayor of Saratoga Springs NHTSA & State Officials |
| 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Speaker: Jim Snack from the Humor Project, Inc. |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Workshops Tether & Latch - outside |
| 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Workshops Tether & Latch hands-on - outside School bus hands-on - outside |
| 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | Workshops Tether & Latch hands-on - outside School bus hands-on - outside |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Break with exhibitors |
| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | State Meetings |
Tuesday, October 12
| 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Registration Open |
| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM | Plenary (National SAFE KIDS, NHTSA, National CPS Board) |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Workshops Outside workshops |
| 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Workshops Special needs hands-on - outside |
| 12:30 PM- 1:45 PM | Lunch and desert with exhibiters |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Workshops |
| 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM | Workshops |
| 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Workshops |
Wednesday, October 13
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Breakfast/Closing Plenary/Raffles |
PROPOSED WORKSHOPS
Emergency Medical Transportation & Car Seats
Designing Power Point Presentations - *****Bring your laptops
Vehicle Manufacturer's Panel -What's New? Q & A
Child Safety Seat Manufacturer's Panel -What's New? Q & A
Tether/LATCH Hands-on (outside parking lot)
Child Passenger Securement on School Buses
"Sure I've done it, but never on a school bus." (School Bus Installations-Hands-on)
Special Needs Hands-On (outside parking lot)
Special Needs Manufacturers Panel
Diversity
"After the Class" - CPS Program Beginner's Workshop
How to develop CPS Educational Seminars - Law Enforcement
Plenary Workshop with National SAFE KIDS/National CPS Board/NHTSA
Instructors Workshop with above group (Instructors only)
Working with Retailers
How to work with your community and get what you need/Grant writing
Roundtable Debate-National or State Certification?
Successful Law Enforcement CPS Programs - How & Why?
CHOP
Backseat Bullets
Partnering, Who, How, and Why