Be sure to bring the car seat instruction manual AND the vehicle owner’s manual with you to your appointment.

Tip! Check the index of your vehicle owner’s manual for “child safety seats”.

Using the car seat instruction manual and the vehicle owner’s manual, try to install the car seat into your vehicle prior to your appointment.

Know your child's current weight and height.

Be prepared to learn, not just watch the CPS technician install the car seat.This may be the most important thing you learn. When you leave, you should be confident that your child’s seat is installed correctly and feel comfortable reinstalling it on your own. Working with a CPS technician will be a one-on-one learning experience. This isn’t like getting an oil change on your car, where you leave the car and go do something else. There are a few things you should know before you meet with a CPS technician. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration maintains a directory of many inspection stations.Simply fill in the online form and search by location, language or special needs training. Find child passenger safety technicians in your area through the National CPS Certification Program.Even if your coalition isn’t sponsoring a car seat event soon, we still might have a technician who can help. Our trained technicians will teach you everything you need to know to make sure your car seat is installed and used correctly. Safe Kids coalitions lead their communities in reducing child injury and host more than 8,000 free car seat inspection events across the country. Attend a safety event sponsored by a Safe Kids Coalition in your area.Here are three ways to find nationally certified child passenger safety technicians near you. Safe Kids can connect you to child passenger safety (CPS) technicians in your community who can check to make sure your car seats are installed correctly and teach you how to use and install a car seat on your own. Installing a car seat for younger children and babies can be a challenge. We all want our children to travel safely in cars.

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