Learning With The LATCH Manual: 2025 and Onward

Denise Donaldson, CPST-I

This session will review several hot topics in child passenger safety and recent regulatory updates. The editor of the LATCH Manual will cover these topics while highlighting how that essential resource can assist CPSTs as they navigate several of the latest issues in the CPS field, like new vehicle technology and CR energy-management approaches. Along the way, examples of unusual information contained in the LATCH Manual that might surprise CPSTs will be highlighted.

1) Dig into some hot topics in CR instructions, like seatback touching and using load legs.
2) Review how some new non-LATCH vehicle features, like rear seat belt reminders and advanced air bags, can affect CR installation.
3) Learn some of the highlights of the new NHTSA rule that will affect the future of LATCH, particularly new vehicle design.
4) Help attendees become more adept at finding information they need in the LATCH Manual.