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Increasing Safety Belt Use Among Tweens: 8 to 15-year-olds

Tween Safety Materials Free Downloads

The following documents are part of the Tween Safety Restraint Program Kit. You are welcome to download and print off as needed.

	Safety Belt Pledge Part of the "Is everybody buckled up?" Tween Safety Restraint Campaign. This pledge sheet contains a pledge for tweens to recite at events and features a section to sign up saying that the tween will pledge to keep themselves and fellow drivers buckled up. Good for classroom or assembly events. download (62kb pdf)
	Student Safety Ambassador Certificate Part of the "Is everybody buckled up?" Tween Safety Restraint Campaign. The certificate is intended to be used by facilitators to acknowledge tweens who participate in all four of the Tween Safety Restraint educational programs detailed in the Tween Safety Restraint Kit. download (70kb pdf)
	Program Leader's Guide Part of the "Is everybody buckled up?" Tween Safety Restraint Campaign. This guide contains the curriculum for eight different safety restraint programs. download (79kb pdf)
	Parent Bilingual Handout series The Parent Bilingual Handouts ia a four handout English/Spanish series designed to provide parents of tweens with comprehensive information about tweens and their safety restraint issues. download in English (180kb pdf) download in Spanish (165kb pdf)
	Handout 1: Tween Safety Restraints Fact Sheet Provides national statistics on tween injuries and fatalities due to not using proper vehicle safety restraints download in English (98kb pdf) download in Spanish (99kb pdf)
	Handout 2: Wisconsin Child Passenger and Safety Seat Law Features Wisconsin Bureau of Transportation Safety content on the June, 2006 safety seat law and compliance requirements. download in English (92kb pdf) download in Spanish (93kb pdf)
	Handout 3: Finding the Right Safety Restraint for Your Tween Features information from SafeKids-USA about how to measure and determine what kind of your tween should have and when they are ready to move to safety belts. download in English (86kb pdf) download in Spanish (78kb pdf)
	Handout 4: Parent Tips - Getting Tweens to Buckle UP Features five tips to motivate tweens to buckle up for parents from the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety, Inc. download in English (95kb pdf) download in Spanish (38kb pdf)