Please don't let that deter you! Remember, if no one comes in with "radical" (aka up-to-date and best practice) ideas the culture of that SK chapter will never change. If you don't feel comfortable training with that coalition, consider going out of area. Personally, I did it in reverse - I'm very fortunate and have a great local SK coalition, but I went out-of-area and the class I took sounds a lot like your local culture. Don't misunderstand - I'm not encouraging you to go in like a bull in a china shop. But if you get certified and then you're able to work with families and educate parents, you'll also work with other techs and they'll learn from you. Even a mild "AAP recommends rear-facing to two years" can promote a gradual and positive change. I see it working with the coalition here - myself and another cso'er are EEEEERFers and that has to some degree normalized it in our tech culture. Locally, we see not only many kids RFing to age 2, but it's not uncommon to see kids RF *past* two. Lots of parents get their info online, and I am surprised at how much ERF and EH I see in our local culture. This is a person-to-person change, one at a time, slow and steady wins the race. But someone has to be the spark to start that change - why not you? (I have gone from "just a nanny" to working with a LOT of families, and am consistently astonished at the culture change I've seen locally between when I found CSO in 2009 & now. Today I stopped at my local Starbucks and saw a car with a "my toddler rides rear-facing" decal in the back window <3 It's a great feeling to see lots of RF convertibles around town and know I'm a small part of that culture change. Educating parents, caregivers, other people who educate parents - it DOES snowball and it's amazing!)