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More than a third of the school bus operations surveyed have a higher percentage of passengers with special needs this year. Our survey also gives insights on mainstreaming, driver training, and types of vehicles used.
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The New Jersey substitute driver and aide dropped off the 11-year-old girl, who is nonverbal, at a home located nearly 3 miles from her own home.
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Thomas Mitchell, a mechanic and substitute bus driver in Tennessee, built a wheelchair ramp at the home of a special-needs student who rides one of the buses he drives.
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Behavior on the bus, autism, and bullying prevention are among the topics covered in an OPTA training event.
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Building relationships through good communication and receiving ongoing training are key to a school bus driver’s success in resolving challenging behavior.
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NYAPT asks the state Legislature to continue the funding it is currently providing; add funding for pre-K students, bus monitors, and security; and increase support for the school bus driver training program.
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HSM Transportation Solutions’ C.E. White Portable Child Restraint for school buses, a five-point restraint system, is designed to accommodate children weighing 20 to 90 pounds and up to 57 inches in height.
Read More →A California school bus reportedly T-bones a car, critically injuring the driver of the car. The students suffer minor injuries, and the bus driver and two aides are unharmed.
Read More →The Kentucky mother says that she had requested monitors on the buses before, but there wasn’t one aboard during the alleged sexual assault of her son, who is severely autistic.
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At CUSD 300 in Illinois, the transportation and special-education departments have joined forces to develop new training tools for drivers and aides and to provide a consistent experience for students.
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