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- EIN 77-0610114
- (407) 306-9824
- 8278 Starr Grass Dr Madison WI 53719-4470 USA
- www.kidzinmotion.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Automotive Safety, Disaster Aid
Mission: The field of child passenger safety (cps) is constantly evolving. Although the rate of deaths and injury to young children as the result of motor vehicle crashes is low in comparison to other age groups, cps advocates continue to record high misuse rates of child restraints, along with relatively low booster seat use. Emerging technologies, such as latch - lower anchors and tethers for children, meant to make child safety restraint use easier, have led to new patterns of misuse. Additionally, constant introductions of new child restraint products make it challenging for cps technicians and advocates to keep their level of knowledge current. Kidz in motion, inc. Was formed in 2003 with one purpose: to foster child passenger safety through education, best practices and technological advancements through an annual educational and networking conference. The annual conference, known as the kim conference, provides over 30 educational sessions to certified child passenger safety technicians,
Programs: The first kim conference, national child passenger safety conference, was held on august 4-6, 2005 in orlando with 133 attendees, followed by a second conference at the same location on august 9-11, 2006 with 116 attendees. The 2007 and 2008 conferences were held at the sheraton denver hotel (formerly adam's mark hotel) on august 2-4, 2007 and july 10-12, 2008, with 150 and 261 attendees respectively. The 2009 and 2010 conferences were held at the omni fort worth hotel in fort worth, tx on august 29-31, 2009 and august 26-28, 2010, with 196 and 239 attendees respectively. The 2011 and 2012 conferences were held at the omni orlando resort in championsgate, fl on august 11-13, 2011 and august 16-18, 2012, with 249 and 225 attendees respectively. Kim 2013 and 2014 were held on august 27-29, 2013 and august 26-28, 2014 at the hyatt regency tamaya resort and spa in santa ana pueblo, just outside of albuquerque, nm with 233 and 215 attendees, respectively. Kim 2015 was held on august 13-15, 2015 at the omni orlando resort in championsgate, fl with 258 attendees. Kim 2016 was held on august 11-13, 2016 at the omni orlando resort in championsgate, fl with 273 attendees. Kim 2017 was held on august 31- september 2, 2017 at the omni interlocken resort in broomfield, co with 301 attendees. Kim 2018 will be held on august 30-september 1, 2018 at the omni interlocken resort in broomfield, co. A one and one-half day pre-conference has been held at each kim conference, starting with 2005 and 2006 when a special needs pre-conference was held and followed by 2007, 2008 and 2009 when a neonatel intensive care unit (nicu) pre-conference was provided. Seventy attended the nicu pre- conference in 2007, 112 attended in 2008, 83 in 2009, 74 in 2010, and 49 in 2011. Two half-day pre-conference sessions were held on august 15, 2012, one on specialized child restraints and the second on angle tolerance testing procedures, with 33 and 45 attending respectively. Three pre- conferences were held on august 26, 2013: hospital based child passenger safety, school bus, safety 4 sale - safety store approach and leadership enrichment with 44, 18 and 19 attending resectively. Three pre-conferences were held on august 25, 2014: the technician's toolkit, cps physics 101: beyond basic crash dynamics and cps med school 101: what every child passenger safety technician wants to know about the development of children with 24,42 and 28 attending respectively. Two pre-conferences were held on august 12, 2015: knowing how to know what we know: demystifying the science of child passenger safety and technician tool kit with 37 and 41 attending respectively. Four pre-conferences were held on august 10, 2016: technician tool kit - to educate - to encourage and to empower; a safe ride for all children: transorting the escape artist; understanding adult learners in child passenger safety: public health; motivational interviewing & the health belief model, social media's role in cps self-advocacy with 20, 37, 33 and 35 attending respectively. Five pre- conferences were held on august 30, 2017: harness vs. Booster: a discussion on factors influencing curbside decision-making; beyond borders: child passenger safety in indian country; what every cps technician needs to know about legislative advocacy; technician tool kit: it says what? Where? ; and child passenger safety restraint systems on school buses national training with 50, 10, 27, 35 and 24 attendees respectively. Kim 2019 and 2020 will be held at omni orlando championsgate, fl on august 22-24, 2019 and august 27-29, 2020. Additionally, a half-day technician tool kit training was held as a pre-conference to the 2009 kim conference with 63 attendees. One full day pre-conference, national highway traffic saftey's school bus training, was attended by 40 in 2010 and 10 in 2011. The above educational conference and pre-conferences afford the attendee the opportunity to learn new skills in a variety of areas in the field of child passenger safety. Continuing education units are provided for the qualifying sessions. Education received at kim is brought back to the state and local community for implementation.