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ArticlesAugust 1, 2002

How to Become Captain of a Winning IEP Team

As a related service provider who attends IEP meetings regularly, I am amazed that I am often the person responsible for leading the team in its discu...

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ArticlesAugust 1, 2002

Managing Violent Special-Needs Students

In a small rural town in Iowa, 10-year-old Josh, who has autism, rode the bus to school each morning. After picking him up, the driver would go about ...

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Articlesby StaffJune 1, 2002

Writing an effective special-needs transportation manual

At one point or another in our professional lives we've all been handed an employee manual filled with regulatory code and overly complex explanations...

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Articlesby StaffApril 1, 2002

Special-Needs Training Topics

Although it seems obvious, one of the best ways to determine the training needs of your special-needs drivers and aides is to simply ask them. Rather ...

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Articlesby StaffApril 1, 2002

Van-Related Deaths Raise Concerns

On March 23, a 15-passenger van transporting members of a track team from Missoula, Mont., swerved off an interstate highway and crashed into a tree. ...

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Articlesby StaffApril 1, 2002

Carrying Medical Information on the Bus

There is no federal standard requiring student medical information on school buses, regardless of whether or not the buses transport students with spe...

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Articlesby StaffApril 1, 2002

Setting the Tone for Driver Instruction

An introduction gives trainers a chance to set the right tone for instruction. Although experienced trainers inevitably develop their own style of ope...

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ArticlesMarch 1, 2002

Tranporting Medically Fragile or Technology-Assisted Students

Ray Turner, Ed.D., provided the pupil transportation community a valuable resource when he wrote “Transporting Medically Fragile or Technology-A...

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Articlesby StaffMarch 1, 2002

Special Handling for Students with Trachs

Located at the front of the neck, a tracheotomy (also called a stoma) is a surgical opening into the windpipe through which an artificial airway or tr...

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Articlesby StaffMarch 1, 2002

Colorado Clamps Down on Vans

Beginning July 1, the Colorado School Districts Self Insurance Pool (CSDSIP) will stop adding new or used 15-passenger vans to its insurance coverage....

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