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Starting Out SafelyVictoria’s early childhood road
safety education program
Funded by VicRoads
delivered by
Early Learning Association Australia
2018
childroadsafety.org.au
0-12 year olds killed or seriously injured 2016
Passengers72
Pedestrians24
Cyclists4
(VicRoads Road Crash Information System as at 1 January 2017)*Includes 1 unknown
Total 108*
All claims involving hospitalisation for 0-17 year olds 2016
Source TAC
Why children are at risk?
Research suggests that road related incidents involving children often occur because children are still developing the skills needed for safe road use, for example, visual timing judgements.
Children as road users
Children as Pedestrians
Children as Passengers
Children as Cyclists
Children as pedestrians
Starting Out Safely
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Children as pedestrians in early childhood education and care
Children as pedestrians
Is there a safe place for families to walk into the service?
Are children and families actively encouraged to hold hands when walking near roads and driveways?
Children as passengers
carseatssavelives.com.au
Child restraint best practice
When is a child ready for an adult seatbelt?
Research recommends that children travel in a booster seat until they can achieve good seatbelt fit (approx. 145 cm tall1)
1. References: (Bilston and Sagar, 2007; Brown and Bilston, 2009)
When is a child ready for an adult seatbelt?
The 5 step test
Do not leave children in cars
In Victoria, it is illegal to leave a child unattended in a vehicle.
The fine is $3,690 or a maximum of 6 months jail.
Children, Youth and Families Act (2005) Section 494 Page 386
education.vic.gov.au/looklock
Children as cyclists
Wearing a helmet reduces the risk of head injury by 60-90% 1
1. Hazard 65, Autumn 2007. Victorian Injury Surveillance and Applied Research System. MUARC
What is road safety education?
Developing children’s knowledge, attitude and behaviours for safe road use
To be effective, road safety education must match the child or young person’s stage of development and level of independence as a road user.
Responding to road safety in early childhood education and care
StructuresThat support road safety education.
Policies and procedures that support compliance and keep children safe.
PracticesThat support road safety education.
Pedagogical practices that support children to be safe road users.
Structures for road safetyRegulations, Law, NQS, QIP and approved frameworks
Structures for road safetyRoad safety and safe transport policy
Road safety and safe transport policies provide evidence based guidelines and procedures to ensure that all children attending a service are
• adequately supervised at all times including on excursions and regular outings
• kept safe as pedestrians, cyclists and/or passengers when arriving at or leaving the service
• able to participate in road safety education to assist them in being and becoming safe and responsible road users.
They provide the platform for innovative practice.
Towards Zero 2016//2020Victoria’s Road Safety Strategy Action Plan
“(The Government) will make sure children and families are aware of the importance of using child safety restraints and that services have safe transport policies.” Pg 22
Expect scrutiny in the future regarding your safe transport policy.
Responding to road safety in early childhood education and care
StructuresThat support road safety education.
Policies and procedures that support compliance and keep children safe.
PracticesThat support road safety education.
Pedagogical practices that support children to be safe road users.
What are the key messages we are teaching children?(intentional teaching and instructional support)
Stop! Look!
Listen! Think!
• The safety door• Child car seats
Effective practices for road safety education - Curriculum decisions that promote road safety education
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Effective practices for road safety education - Getting ‘Out and About’
Road safety education enables children to learn safe ways of being in and contributing to their community.
“Children bring family and community ways of being, belonging and becoming into their early childhood settings”. EYLF 2009
How are you getting ‘Out and About’ in your local community?
Effective practices for road safety education - Getting ‘Out and About’
If the service has not previously undertaken excursions include this strategy in the QIP. Suggestions might include developing excursion policies or, if appropriate, increasing the number of excursions and expanding the destinations.
Develop a comprehensive road safety, transport and excursion policy that includes specific road safety strategies including routine outings (regular) where documentation only needs to be filled out once if the destination, children, route and risks are the same.
Complete a risk assessment and excursion permission formthat include specific strategies for road safety.
Communicate with families, in advance, preferably in the family handbook or on a service website. For example, inform the family that you plan to regularly take children out into the community to visit places of interest. Highlight the learning outcomes that you hope to achieve.
Plan excursions to ensure that educators maximise learning opportunities.
Practice reflection
Use the road safety education curriculum tool to consider opportunities to embed road safety education into early childhood programs.
http://childroadsafety.org.au/wp‐content/uploads/2016/12/Curriculum‐tool.pdf
Educator resourcesAvailable at www.childroadsafety.org.au
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ELAA contact details
2018 Starting Out Safely Road safety education award
This award recognises and celebrates the achievements of early childhood in providing road safety education.
This award is open to all Victorian early childhood services and educators.
The winner will receive $500 for their nominated service.
This presentation can be downloaded from the following site
childroadsafety.org.au/professional‐development
