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Newsby StaffNovember 5, 2010

Emergency information packet developed for special-needs bus riders

The packet, available to pupil transportation providers in Michigan, includes a Passenger Emergency Information Form template and a Transportation Information/Emergency Sheet template. The first form serves as a roster of all passengers on a bus while the second can be modified to include other important student information.

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Newsby StaffNovember 5, 2010

Q’Straint offers new wheelchair securement module

The Q’UBE has a low-profile design and can be permanently mounted to the vehicle floor or installed on transit barriers or seat legs with full adjustability. Its features include a delayed release mechanism that gives users 15 seconds to secure the rear of the wheelchair, along with fully automatic rear retractors.

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Newsby StaffNovember 5, 2010

Deaf student dropped off at vacant house

After school last month, Jayman Washington boarded a bus that he does not normally take and the driver, who did not know that Washington had moved a week before, left him at his old residence where no one was home. The transportation department at the district where the driver works will now review its policies for dropping off students at its safety meetings.

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Newsby StaffOctober 28, 2010

<I>SBF</i> to spotlight school bus heroes

New feature in SCHOOL BUS FLEET will profile people in pupil transportation who have saved a life or performed some other heroic act.

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Newsby StaffOctober 27, 2010

SBSC unveils new training module for special-needs transportation

The seven-DVD training module includes an overview of pertinent legislation and addresses securement, transportation challenges, emergency evacuations, types of special needs, balancing needs and lifts and mobility devices.

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Articlesby StaffOctober 7, 2010

Legal guide to special-needs transportation

A new book by Peggy A. Burns, Esq., and Lisa J. Hudson provides lessons learned from legal disputes.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2010

Driver, monitor suspended after boy falls from wheelchair lift

The driver and monitor were distracted by another child running from the bus as the monitor was wheeling the boy onto the lift. The wheelchair tipped over as it hit the lift, causing the boy to fall 2-and-a-half feet. His injuries included cuts on his lip and cheek.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2010

Autistic student beaten on school bus

Surveillance video taken from the bus reportedly shows 17-year-old Sanguain Watson taking off his backpack and hitting special-needs student Brandon Taylor three times. Watson is facing charges for the incident; Taylor’s mother now transports her son to and from school.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2010

NAPT Summit to offer workshops on special-needs issues

Specific topics to be covered during the event in Portland, Ore., in October and November include the legal basis for special-needs transportation, communicating safety to students with disabilities and court decisions related to the rights of students with disabilities.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 10, 2010

PTSI offers course on evacuating students with disabilities

The comprehensive curriculum gives bus drivers and attendants how-to instructions on evacuations with photographs and hands-on activities. It also explains the pre-planning stages of emergency evacuation and gives participants an opportunity to create a written bus evacuation plan.

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