Free Safety Resources
Practical, printable tools for parents of kids who wander. All free.
Every resource comes in two formats. The PDF is ready to print, and the editable version is a fillable PDF you can type into and adapt for your own country and situation, including your local emergency number.
Emergency ID Card
A wallet-size card with your child's photo, needs, and your contact info for first responders.
First 10 Minutes Checklist
Exactly what to do, in order, in the first 10 minutes after a child goes missing.
School Elopement Safety Plan
A fill-in template to build an elopement plan with your child's school or IEP team.
Neighborhood Safety Letter
A printable letter that introduces your child to the neighbors you trust, so they know who your child is if they ever see them alone.
Water Safety Plan for Wandering Kids
A complete water safety plan: hazard mapping, pool-owner outreach, adapted swim lessons, alarms, and first-responder scripts.
Caregiver Briefing Card
A one-page must-know card for grandparents, sitters, and respite workers: triggers, calming techniques, and wandering risk.
Map Your Water Hazards
A printable worksheet to map every pool, pond, and water hazard within a mile of home.
Safety Toolkit
Two pages: a prevention checklist, what to do if your child is missing, sourced water safety facts, and who to call. Read it online, no email needed.
Read it free →Elopement Risk Check
10 questions, 2 minutes. Understand your child's wandering risk factors and get tailored tips.
Take the check →AirTag for a Child Who Wanders?
What an AirTag actually does, what Apple says it's for, and why its anti-stalking design works against child safety. Sourced.
Read the breakdown →Guides
Longer reads, with the research and the sources linked. Written to be useful whether or not you ever buy anything from us. All articles on the blog →
- A practical guide to wandering and elopementWhat the research says, how to prevent it, and exactly what to do in the first five minutes. Water first.
- AngelSense alternatives, compared honestlyAngelSense, Jiobit, AirTag and StepSafe on price, privacy and what each is for, including where we come off worse.
- Using Ontario Autism Program funding for a GPS trackerWhat Ontario's published rules say about GPS trackers and technology, with links to the official pages.
- Why our device's microphone is permanently disabledIt never listens, and nothing can switch listening on. The reasoning, the real cost to you, and what it means at school.
- Choosing a GPS tracker for an autistic childAirTags, kids' smartwatches and dedicated trackers compared honestly, with ten questions to ask before you buy anything.
- Water safety and wanderingWhy water is the biggest risk when autistic children wander, and the layers of protection that help most, from adapted swim lessons to four-sided pool fences.
- How to make a wandering safety planSeven steps to a written wandering safety plan for a child or an adult living with dementia, ending in a printable checklist for the fridge.
- Dementia wandering: how to keep a loved one safeWhy people living with dementia wander, the warning signs, how to make home safer without taking away dignity, and what to do if they go missing.
- AirTag vs a real GPS tracker for someone with dementiaHow AirTag really finds things, why its anti-stalking design gets in the way, and what to use instead for a parent living with dementia.
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