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Explore best practices for safely and effectively transporting students with disabilities and special transportation needs. We cover accessibility, wheelchair securement, equipment, training, student behavior, regulations, and specialized transportation services.

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News•by Staff•March 25, 2011

Durham donates services to Special Olympics event

The school bus contractor provides seven buses and has nine employee volunteers to help out at Special Olympics Illinois’ annual Polar Plunge. In other news, the company wins contracts for school districts in Wisconsin and Illinois.

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News•by Staff•March 24, 2011

NAPT president completes special-needs training program

Dr. Linda Bluth is the fourth person in the U.S. to successfully complete the NAPT Special Needs Transportation Training Program. The program consists of 24 hours of education in a variety of different settings. The core curriculum is supplemented by eight hours of elective instruction from the NAPT Professional Development Series Program.

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News•by Staff•March 17, 2011

Special-needs conference covers training, growth

Workshops at the Transporting Students With Disabilities event focus on developing staff and students. School bus drivers and attendants compete in the special-needs roadeo.

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News•by Staff•March 10, 2011

Study seeks to improve wheelchair transport safety

School bus drivers and attendants are asked to share their experiences in a survey being conducted by university researchers. The outcome is expected to help bolster the safety of wheelchair-seated students by identifying needs for improved technologies, standards and training.

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Articles•March 7, 2011

Simplifying Wheelchair Lifts

The wheelchair lift industry is moving toward technology that reduces equipment complications and helps users better understand how to operate and maintain their lifts.

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News•by Staff•March 7, 2011

Boy allegedly bullied by special-needs student on bus

The mother of a 9-year-old boy says her son was hospitalized after he was kicked by an older student while riding the bus. She wants the other student to be taken off of the bus, but she says school officials told her that the student cannot be removed because he has special needs.

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News•by Staff•March 4, 2011

Updated diabetes guide available

Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel provides school personnel (including transportation managers and bus drivers), parents and students with a team approach for helping students manage their diabetes in a school setting. The guide includes revised information on such topics as training for school personnel.

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Articles•by Kelly Aguinaldo•March 1, 2011

The benefits of mainstreaming

Industry professionals say that having special-needs students ride regular-education routes can be cost effective and help the students learn self-advocacy.

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Articles•March 1, 2011

Special-needs transportation: Looking back while facing forward

An expert on transporting students with special needs reflects on changes in the transportation of special-needs students over the past 25 years.

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News•by Staff•February 22, 2011

Trans Tech Bus adds dealer

Leonard Bus Sales, which has four locations in New York state, joins the Type A manufacturer’s network.

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