SDERA has produced road safety resources for parents and families. These resources focus on children at different ages and provide information and strategies to engage parents and families in road safety education.

Parents/carers of 0 to 4 year old children (Smart Steps)

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Smart Steps is a program that aims to reduce the levels of road trauma for infants and children by supporting parents and carers of 0-4 year olds to:

• engage in safer road user practices with their children
• provide road safety education to their children

Smart Steps Workshop.pdf Smart Steps Resource Sheets.pdf Road safety activities for children.pdf Smart Steps appendix.pdf

Smart Steps: Facilitator’s Guide: Road safety education for parents and carers of children 0 to 4 years old.

The three major road safety risk areas for this age group include passenger safety (including child car restraints), pedestrian safety and play safety.

 

 

Resources for Educators

 

Resources have been developed specifically for professionals who teach road safety education that address these risk areas. A free Smart Steps road safety education kit is available for health and community agency professionals who have undertaken the one day Smart Steps training workshop and provide a service to parents/carers/families who have very young children.

Resources for parents and carers

The Smart Steps resources offer practical ideas and things that parents and carers can do to help keep their children safer in the road environment.

Parents and carers who attend information or education sessions either through their playgroup, day care centre or early learning centre for example, will be provided with free resources to take home and use with their children.

Check out additional information and resources by clicking onto the following websites

• Child Car Restraints (RoadWise)
  
• Department of Consumer & Employment Protection WA
• Kids and Traffic (Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program) NSW
• Kidsafe WA
  
• Ngala Family Resource Centre WA
• Playgroup WA (Inc)
• RAC WA
• Raising Children Network (Australian Parenting Website)
• TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research WA