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of the
American Logistics Company
Scholarship Award |
Q'Straint Wheelchair Securement Training
BESI Training on Securement Vests and Pro-Tech III
Sure-Lok Wheelchair Securement Training &
Certification
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Contact Information
phone: 703-288-4088
fax: 703-288-4089 |
"Make Lemonade"
Creativity Thrives in Tough Times
Transporting Students with Disabilities &
Preschoolers
19th National Conference & Exhibition
March
5-10, 2010 |
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This is the 2010 program. 2011 program details will be posted as they become available. The full preliminary program will be available in October.
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| FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010 |
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Registration Opens
(Registration is open daily thereafter at 7 am) |
10 am to
5:30 pm |
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HANDS
ON TRAINING SESSIONS
Friday's sessions are open to Roadeo contestants free of charge compliments of the sponsoring companies, Edupro Group, Q'Straint, Tie Tech and Sure-Lok. |
11 am to
5:30 pm |
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EVACUATION
TRAINING (classroom)
This classroom session takes you through actions that occurred during an
actual emergency and evacuation, detail by detail, and follows up
with a debriefing on what was done correctly and where improvements could
be made. On-bus evacuation training follows this session (see below).
Cheryl Wolf Transportation
Supervisor, Lafayette IN School Corp., and
Charley Kennington, Director, Transportation
Services, Region 4 ESC, Houston |
11 am
to Noon |
Q’STRAINT SECUREMENT TRAINING
concurrent with
ON-BUS EVACUATION TRAINING
At the conclusion of the classroom evacuation training, session attendees
will divide into two groups. Two concurrent sessions will follow.
From 12:15 to 1:15 half of the group will remain in classroom for
Q’Straint Securement Training, and half of the group will move to
on-bus evacuation training. The groups will switch locations from
1:30 to 2:30 pm to complete this tandem training.
John Goss,
Q’Straint (securement); Cheryl
Wolf and
Charley Kennington (evacuation) |
12:15 to 1:15 pm
and
1:30 to 2:30 pm |
BESI TRAINING:
SECUREMENT VESTS
& PRO-TECH III
This session offers an overview of issues involving transportation of Pre-K and special needs passengers in conjunction with hands on training for the PRO-TECH III child passenger securement system, Over the Shoulder Harness, and Universal Vest.
Earl McMillen, BESI, Inc., Aaron Harris, BESI, Inc./Tie Tech, LLC
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2:30 to 3:30 pm |
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SURE-LOK SECUREMENT TRAINING/
CERTIFICATION
Steve Barker,
Sure-Lok and additional company representatives. |
3:30
to 5:30 pm |
Early
Bird Hospitality |
5:30 to
6:30 pm |
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Roadeo
Teams & Judges Meeting
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6 to 9 pm
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| SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010 |
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PRECONFERENCE
BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
8 am to4:1 5 pm |
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Breakout A
Basics of
Special Needs Transportation |
8
am to Noon |
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overview of legal and operational requirements for those new to the field
or attendees who wish a review of IDEA compliance issues and best
practices, including securement. Pauline M. Gervais, Executive Director of Transportation, DenverPublic Schools; and Cheryl Wolf, Safety & Training Supervisor, Lafayette IN
School Corp. |
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Positive Behavior Supports for
Preschoolers on the Bus
Here are tools that drivers and assistants can use
when dealing with common behaviors of 3- to 5-year-old children on the
school bus. Participants will be asked to describe challenging behaviors
they’ve experienced with preschoolers, and to problem-solve together
using positive behavior supports described in this session.
Susan Hunt, Lead Transportation Specialist, Oregon Child Development
Coalition
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1
to 2 pm |
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The 2-Way Street to Managing
Special Transportation Contract Compliance
John Benish, Cook
Illinois Corp., and Julie Jilek, Director, Business Services & Facilities, Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization |
2:15 to 3:15 pm |
Breakout B |
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So, What’s Your Point? Communicating
Effectively &
Efficiently
This presentation considers various methods of
communication (spoken, written, 2-way radio, emailing) and offers
techniques that work, whether communicating with each other or with
students, parents or teachers.
Charlene Majors, Training Specialist, Gwinnett
County Public Schools, Suwanee, GA
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8 to 9 am |
Sensitivity
Training (classroom & bus)
This in-class and on-bus exercise is
just what you need to get in touch with some of the obstacles and
challenges for drivers and students.
Michelle Brower, Special Needs Coordinator, Douglas County (CO) Schools,
and Charlene Majors, Training Specialist, Gwinnett County Public Schools,
Suwanee GA
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9:15 to 11:15 am
repeated
1 to 3 pm |
Self-Assessment Evaluation:A Tool
for Performance Improvement
Special transportation driver and attendant in Shelby County schools are
asked to fill out a form assessing their own performance prior to their
performance evaluation conference with their supervisor. This
approach also serves as a monitoring tool, giving supervisors information
on how drivers and attendants are following student securement procedures,
communication practices, and other aspects of their training programs.
Debbie Rike,
Supervisor, Transportation Dept., Shelby County Schools, Arlington, TN
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11:30 to 12:30 pm |
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SEPARATE REGISTRATION PROGRAM
Workshop A (2 Segments)
SHARED SERVICES & COLLABORATIVE
RESOLUTIONS: IDEAS RIPE FOR THE TIMES
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8 am to Noon Segment 2 on autism and ED behaviors is on Sunday, 8 am to Noon
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Developing Shared Services
Initiatives: Creating Cost Control
Opportunities
Collaboration and cooperation among districts is proving to be an
increasingly effective way for school districts to try to control the cost
of services. This speaker presents a “lesson learned session”
on developing shared services initiatives. Using the 19 sites that Management
Partnership Services has done these analyses for (some as small as 1000
students and some as large as 20,000 students) the presenter summarizes the
opportunities that are available using shared services, the mechanics
required to implement shared services (e.g., policy requirements,
inter-governmental agreements, cost allocation), and the key pitfalls
you’ll want to take steps to avoid.
Tim Ammon,Management
Partnership Services, Rockville MD
SEPARATE REGISTRATION PROGRAM
WORKSHOP
C
EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: CONDUCTING INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS -- MAKING DEFENSIBLE DECISIONS
Peggy Burns,
Esq., Education Compliance Group, and Mark Hinson,
SPHR, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, and Consultant, Education Compliance
Group.
When a workplace or a student related internal investigation is undertaken,
the outcome will only be as good as the process. For proof of the
importance of making defensible decisions, look to the recent U.S. Supreme
Court decision that returned a case to the trial court. This was
ordered despite the fact that a
U.S.
appellate court dismissed
all claims against the district, finding its actions to be reasonable in
addressing a kindergartner’s complaint of peer sexual harassment on
the school bus.
Whether you are conducting, participating in, or responding to an
investigation, what you learn in this Executive Briefing will leave you
better prepared to make defensible decisions in situations including
student safety, sexual harassment, discrimination, and on Fair Labor
Standards Act issues including time and attendance and workplace
misconduct. Learn about effective techniques, procedures and
documentation. Learn the basic principles that guide all investigations,
and perfect your questioning techniques. Participate in scenarios
that demonstrate the route to invincible internal investigations.
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8 am to 9:45 am
8 am to 5 pm
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Collaborative Resolutions:
Dimensions of Law
& Creative
Thinking
Collaborative resolutions, as called for in the reauthorized Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act, open new doors for transporters to work
with the special education side of the house, and with other related
services personnel. This situational presentation pulls out
dimensions of law, and then turns on your creative thinking as you work on
collaborative solutions to issues you facet in special needs transportation.
Jane Dixon, Consultant and Goat Farmer (Ret. Director of System Wide Programs,
Exceptional Education, Hamilton County Dept. of Education, Chattanooga, TN)
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10 am to Noon |
ROADEO COMPETITION view details
Observers,
contestants and judges will be offered shuttle service to and from the
roadeo site throughout the day. For more information on Roadeo teams and
judging contact Maureen Arnitz at marnitz @gananda.org |
8 am to 4 pm |
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ROADEO AWARDS BANQUET
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6 to 9 pm
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| SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 |
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Roadeo Teams & Head Judges Debriefing
Open to registered Roadeo contestants and head judges. |
7:30 to 8:30 am |
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3Rs
for Drivers, Attendants & Managers
Sponsored by Thomas Built Buses
Continental Breakfast for session attendees, 8:45 to 9 am
In this interactive session,
attendees work in groups to find answers to scenarios that depict some of
the more challenging aspects of transporting children with disabilities and
preschoolers. Panelists comment, and elaborate on, your findings.
Welcome: Craig Leonard, Thomas Built Buses
Facilitators: Betty Hughes, Instructor/Consultant,Pupil
Transportation Safety Institute, and Debbie
Rike, Supervisor, Transportation Dept., Shelby County
Schools, Arlington TN
Panelists will be named at a later time.
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9 am to Noon |
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Autism Behaviors on the Bus: Social Stories & Other Intervention Tools for Transporters
This session focuses on Social Stories, Power Cards, Scripting, Video Modeling and other effective strategies for helping children with disabilities ride the bus successfully. While the strategies discussed are effective for all children, they are particularly effective for children with autism.
Jocelyn Taylor, Education Specialist-Autism, Utah Office of Education
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1 to 3:30 pm |
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| OT/PT/Transporter Chat Room |
5:15 to
6:15 pm |
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School therapists and special needs transporters
interact.
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Your Special Needs Team Roadeo:
Getting Your Start; Preparing for the National
This discussion centers on how you can effectively use a special needs
roadeo as a training and competency improvement tool -- then take your
drivers and attendants into the national roadeo competition, where greater
knowledge of special needs transportation and competency are the goals.
Alex Robinson,NAPT Representative,
National Special Needs Team Safety Roadeo, and Maureen
Arnitz, Coordinator, National Special Needs Team Safety Roadeo
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5:15
to 6:15 pm |
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Resources You Can Use: Survey Reports & Pupil Transportation Advocacy Tools from the American School Bus Council
Learn about the ASBC's public education outreach program advocating the increased use of school bus transportation in your community.
Bob Riley, Executive Director, National Assn. of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services
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5:15 to 6:15 pm |
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SEPARATE REGISTRATION PROGRAM
WORKSHOP A, Segment 2 |
8 am to Noon Segment 1 is on Saturday |
AUTISM & ED BEHAVIORS:
DIMENSIONS & INTERVENTIONS Exchanging Autism Behaviors with Appropriate
Alternatives: Putting Your Training to the Test
This presentation concentrates on children who are autistic. Every behavior
has a purpose and every student has a need. Learn what students are
trying to tell you by watching and listening to the language of children with special needs.
Michelle Borwer, Special
Needs Coordinator, Douglas County Schools, Castle Rock, CO
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8
to 9:45 am |
ED: Behavior Manifestations &
Interventions; and
The 3-D Effect: Drivers, Parents,
Children;
Behavior on the bus can be a multi-dimensional issue, involving the child, the
bus driver/attendant, and the parent. This presentation sets the
stage with a discussion of the manifestations of behaviors of the
emotionally disturbed child, and an overview of methods to diffuse
undesirable behavior. Drivers (and student passengers) who may be at risk, and parents who may be
in denial are a critical part of the 3-dimensional picture.
Kathy Furneaux, Executive Director, Pupil Transportation Safety Institute
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10
am to Noon |
SEPARATE
REGISTRATION PROGRAM
WORKSHOP B
CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY RESTRAINTSYSTEMS: NHTSA'S NATIONAL TRAINING
Workshop
Co-Chairs: Kathy Strotmeyer, Cheryl WolfAdditional Team
Leaders: Sue Shutrump, and Charley
Kennington
This definitive hands on and
instructional clinic enables you to learn from the best in the nation:
Experts from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, American Academy of Pediatrics, school system
Child Passenger Safety Technicians and industry representatives.
Registrants earn a Certificate of Attendance for
completing this 8-hour training.
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8 am to 5 pm |
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| MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010 |
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DAWNER BREAKOUTS (concurrent) |
7 to 7:50
am |
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Travel Training Issues for Young Bus Riders:
Practical Considerations for
Transporters
This session looks at the major critical times of transition for school bus
riders, and issues for riders and transporters related to the student:
starting preschool, starting kindergarten, and starting first/second
grade.
Kathy Furneaux, Executive Director, Pupil Transportation Safety Institute
Facilitating
Information Exchange Up & Down
the Line: Managers, Drivers &
Dispatchers
Do you talk at or to your drivers? Drivers have things you need to
know (maybe about a bully on their bus; maybe about sexual harassment by a student
rider); maybe about a parental issue). Dispatchers are being relied
on more and more to make decisions – Do they have the information and
the tools they need?
Launi Schmutz, Transportation Administrator,
Washington County School District, St. George, UT; Christa Hill, Transportation Supervisor, Denver Public Schools; Michelle Borwer,Special Needs Coordinator, Douglas County Schools, Castle
Rock, CO
Wheelchair
& Occupant Securement:
The ABC’s of Safe Transport
This session is a basic level session for those new to transportation, or
those who wish a review of best practices of wheelchair & occupant
securement.
Sue Shutrump,
OTR/L,
Trumbull
County, OH ESC
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| GENERAL
SESSION |
8
to 11 am |
Opening remarks:Charlie Hood, Director School Transportation, Florida Dept.
of Education, and Roseann Schwaderer, Edupro Group, Conference Chair
Special
presentations:
American Logistics Scholarship Award, Chris Thomas, Manager,
American Logstics Company |
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Related
Services
Transportation
& U.S. Dept. of Education
Priorities
Join officials from state governments and national associations in this important dialogue regarding regulatory initiatives on restraint and seclusion of students with disabilities, collaboration, and priorities within the Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services of the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Linda F. Bluth, President, National Assn. for Pupil Transportation, and Chief, Special Education Administration, MD Dept. of Education; Charlie Hood, President, National Assn. of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services, and Director, School Transportation, FL Dept. of Education; and Michele Polland, Educational Policy Analyst, Exceptional Education & Student Services, FL Dept of Education
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8:30 to 9:30 am |
Special Needs Transportation in a
Sour
Economy:
Avoiding Unintended Consequences of
Retrenching
Be creative, Make
Lemonade, but don’t sacrifice safety.
Members of the Conference Tenured Faculty, the National Advisory Board
offer their recipes for surviving tight budgets, warn of pitfalls and
absolute no-no’s, and suggest that good things can come from the
least-expected situations and events. In this rapid-fire session, each
presenter will have 5 minutes to offer their best advice. Your
questions answered, 10:30 to 11 am.
Pauline Gervais,
Alex Robinson, Sue Shutrump, Cheryl Wolf, Kathy
Furneaux,
Mark Hinson, and Tim Ammon (session chair) |
9:50 am to 11am |
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| BREAKOUT
SESSIONS |
11:15 am to 12:15 pm |
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Ten Most Common Mistakes in Securing
Children in Car Seats and Safety
Vests
Are you properly securing children in car seats and safety vests on the
bus? Be forewarned of the mistakes you may be making, and learn to employ
best practices.
Kathy
Strotmeyer, Southwestern Regional Coordinator, Pennsylvania Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
Perspectives on the Transportation/Special Ed Partnership
Pete Meslin, Transportation Director, Newport Mesa USD
Knowledge, empathy, and understanding are necessary to build any successful long term relationship. This presenter will share lessons learned from partnerships that work and those that don’t. You’ll learn to recognize the signs of friction in the relationship, and discuss how to determine when it is best to confront them and when it is best to let them be. What should be said and what should be left unsaid? A truly effective transportation/ special ed. relationship is not only possible but essential for our budget and our customers
Transition
Tools for Head Start Personnel:
Thinking Like a Transportation
Provider
From beginning until end of day, you are a provider of transportation.
What does it mean, and what does it take to walk the walk? Here are some
tools for helping to bring theory into practice.
Alex Robinson,
President Elect, National Assn. for Pupil Transportation
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| LUNCH |
12:15 to 1 pm |
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BREAKOUT
SESSIONS (concurrent) |
1:15
to 4:30 pm |
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Breakout
A: OPERATIONS
Training Special Needs Personnel
While Meeting Budgets & Best
Practices
This presentation gives insights on tailoring special needs training
programs to meet the needs of all size systems while achieving compliance
with local, state, federal laws and striving to achieve best practices
given budget constraints. You’ll learn about innovative, cost
effective ideas to "make it happen".
Charlene Majors, Training Specialist, Gwinnett County, GA
Public Schools |
1:15 to 2:45 pm |
Transporting
Pre-School Children
Keys to Managing a Growing
Population
Your goal is to provide the best transportation for your preschool
population, while being efficient in your routing. These presenters
discuss the process from the time the request for transportation comes in,
to planning for the next year.
Janet Ulrich, Special
Needs Supervisor, and Sue Goodwin, Special Needs Transportation Scheduler, Aurora CO Public Schools. |
3 to 4:30 pm |
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Breakout B:
OT/PT/TRANSPORTER
FORUM
Co-Chairs: Susan Englert Shutrump, OTR/L, Supervisor of Occupational and Physical
Therapy, Trumbull County (OH) ESC and
Charley
Kennington, Director, Transportation Services, Region
4 ESC, Houston
The
Forum is an annual segment of the conference that focus on transit
wheelchairs and liability issues related to accommodations required for
safe transportation of children with
disabilities. |
1:15 to 4:30 pm |
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Proper Seating
Support & Effective Occupant Restraint:
Vital Links to Safe Special Needs
Transportation
Advances have been made in safe transportation of those who use
wheelchairs, and the focus is turning from tiedown of the wheelchair to effective
occupant restraint and other occupant securement issues, including
effective placement of the shoulder lap belt while assuring proper support
from the wheelchair’s seat. Another seating/occupant restraint
concern is whether or not to use a booster seat with the new shoulder/lap
belts on bus seats. In this forum we will shift our focus to the new
seating standard and related standards and efforts to assure
postural support and effectiveness of the occupant restraint. |
1:15 to 2:45 pm |
| Co-Chairs Shutrump and Kennington will be joined by the following
panelists:
Larry
Schneider, PhD., Research Professor; and Miriam Manary, BSE, Senior
Engineering Research Associate, University
of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI);
Kathy Strotmeyer,
Pennsylvania Chapter,
American
Academy of Pediatrics; Cheryl Wolf, NCST Special Needs
Writing Comittee; and securement/seating
manufacturer representatives. |
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Preparing Transportation Plan Solutions
for Your Most Perplexing
Cases
Back by popular demand, this interactive session offers practical advice
and potential solutions for tough and involved cases and to situations you
bring up for consideration by the Forum panelists mentioned above. |
3 to 4:30 pm |
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Breakout C: POLICY &
PRACTICE
Lessons You Can Learn from Case
Law
Circuit Courts, state and district courts and Office of Civil Rights cases
are a fertile learning laboratory. In this 90 minute session, you
will hear from one of the nation’s most astute case-watchers and
analysts about the implications that case law can have for your operation.
In an unrelated bonus to wrap up the session, the speaker will share her
findings about the impact of stimulus funds on pupil transportation.
Linda Bluth, Director, Office of Quality Assurance and Monitoring,
Div. of Special Ed/Early Intervention Services,
Maryland Dept. of Education
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1:15 to 2:45 pm |
| Violent
Behavior & Conflict Resolution in the Workplace
Mark Hinson, SPHR, Assistant Superintendent,
Adams 12 Five Star Schools, and Consultant, Education Compliance Group,
Inc. |
3 to 4:30 pm |
NAPT SPECIAL NEEDS COMMITTEE MEETING
All registered conferees and exhibitor reps are welcome to attend.
Chair: Cheryl Wolf, NAPT Director,
Region 3, and Safety & Training Supervisor, Lafayette IN School Corp.
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4:45 to 5:15 pm |
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| TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010 |
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Tuesday
morning's General Session will be immediately followed by the opening of
the 2010 Exhibition of Products and Services.
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GENERAL SESSION
New Traffic Pattern Ahead – May Require
Lower Gear
We're driving through tough times and bumpy roads. Budgets are
squeezed, ideas drained, and attitude adjustments are in order. Is it
all up hill? The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement
Act does not require a Cadillac model, but the old Chevy must have a motor
and gas. How does this apply to transportation of students with
special needs?
Jane Dixon, Consultant
and Goat Farmer (Ret. Director of System Wide Programs, Exceptional
Education, Hamilton County Dept. of Education, Chattanooga, TN) |
7 to 8 15 am |
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| EXHIBITION
OF PRODUCTS & SERVICES |
8:15 am to 1 pm |
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| Take
advantage of this opportunity to build stronger relationships with with
suppliers. Make Lemonade: Exchange creative ideas; learn from them; they're
eager to learn from you because this is how new products and services enter
the marketplace. Continental breakfast and lunch will be available duirng
the exhibition. Goodies, cash prizes and drawings for supplier gifts.
No other conference activities are scheduled at this time so you can meet
with your suppliers. |
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| BREAKOUT
SESSIONS (concurrent) |
1:15 to
5:15 pm |
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| Breakout A: OPERATIONS |
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How Sensory Deficits Impact the Bus Rider &
Interventions for Safe Securement,
Boarding & Behavior
Learn how to structure the bus environment to accommodate students with
sensitivities to touch and movement and those who have difficulty filtering
auditory or visual information. Learn to recognize the effect of
sensory deficits on establishing rapport, proper bus behavior, and the fit of
child safety restraint systems. Learn safe boarding and evacuation procedures
and techniques to avoid acting out or disruptive behavior. Here are
helpful strategies used in the classroom and therapy with emphasis on how
to transfer them into the bus ride.
Sue Shutrump, OTR/L, Supervisor of Occupational and Physical Therapy, Trumbull County
(OH) ESC
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1:15 to 2:15 pm |
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After Training: Do You Know What’s Happening in the
Field?
This physical therapist's job evolved into spending three days per week on
special needs transportation training of drivers/attendants/school staff
and implementing strategies to insure that the training is actually being
followed through with out in the field. She and her supervisor will
discuss how they work with drivers and attendants to identify "gaps"
that are happening between training & real life situations
Dianna Rose-Gates, PT, PCS, Physical Therapist, and Bill
Samuels, Facilitator, Caddo Parish Schools, Shreveport, LA
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2:30 to 3:30 pm |
Positive Behavior Supports
for Preschoolers on the Bus
Here are tools that drivers and assistants can use when dealing with common
behaviors of 3- to 5-year-old children on the school bus. Participants will
be asked to describe challenging behaviors they’ve experienced with
preschoolers, and to problem-solve together using positive behavior
supports described in this session.
Susan Hunt, Lead
Transportation Specialist, Oregon
Child Development Coalition |
3:45 to 4:45 pm |
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| Breakout B: LAW & POLICY |
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Maintaining Quality Special Education Transportation in the Current Economy
Granite School District trimmed nearly $1.5 million (17%) from its transportation budget while continuing to improve and sustain special education busing. Ideas will be shared on budgeting, controlling bell schedules, calendaring, integrating services, layering school routes, and transitioning students. Emphasis on developing communication techniques with school administrators, special education personnel, and related departments will be included as part of the presentation.
Thomas Given,Director,
and Viki Wassink, Special Education Transportation Supervisor,Granite School Dist., Salt Lake City
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1:15 to 2:15
pm |
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Federal Program Update:
Head
Start,
Lap/Shoulder Belts, etc.
Here’s what’s down the pike for special
needs transporters. As she does each year, this transportation policy
analyst keeps you in the loop on federal actions that are, or will be,
impacting your special transportation operations.
Robin Leeds, Consultant and Industry Specialist, National School
Transportation Assn
|
2:30 to 3:30 pm |
Homeless Children: The Right
&
Sometimes Troubling Route to School
School systems across the country are serving more
children under the McKinney-Vento Act than ever before. Home
foreclosures and temporary housing are stressing the definitions of
“homeless” and “disability.” What does this mean for
special needs transportation?
Pauline Gervais,Executive Director of Transportation, Denver Public Schools |
3:45 to 4:45 pm |
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| Breakout C: LAW & POLICY
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Video Training for Special Needs
Drivers:
Putting "The Road to
Compliance to the Test"
Peggy Burns' developed her
video, "The Road to Compliance for Special Needs Drivers," as a
tool and a foundation upon which to build your driver training program. How
does that work? In this session, you become the trainee as Robin
Parks, joined by other driver trainers, demonstrates how to conduct a
training program, using the video as a guide.
Robin Parks, Transportation Specialist, Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES, Ithaca NY
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1:15 to 2:15 pm |
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Problem Solving & Decision
Making:
in Special Needs Transportation
Pupil transportation managers will be especially challenged by reduced budgets, increased operational demands, and increased parental expectations over the next several years. Effective decision making will be the differentiator between programs that succeed and those that struggle. This session will focus transportation personnel on several key decision points and ask whether the current state of school district finances requires a reassessment of how these decisions are made.
John Benish, Jr., Chief Operating Officer, Cook
Illinois Corp.;Tom Given, Director,
Granite School Dist., West Valley City, UT, and Tim Ammon, Management Partnership
Services
|
2:30 to
3:30 pm |
Coping Skills for Managers in a
Down Economy
Now, more than ever, you need to be a leader. But how are you coping with staff cutbacks and
substitutions, budgets that don't go far enough, client distress about
policy and practice modifications, and day-to-day surprises? This veteran
school transportation professional is walking in the same shoes, and she
has some helpful coping techniques to share with you.
Kathy Furneaux, Executive
Director, Pupil Transportation Safety Institute
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3:45 to
4:45 pm |
| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010 |
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GENERAL
SESSION |
7 am to 10:45 am |
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Potpourri – A Conversation and Q/A with the Faculty
Get answers to your lingering questions; hear our thoughts on Charter Schools in the Race to the Top educational environment; and offer your input to our Tenured Faculty and National Advisory Board as we look ahead to next year’s program.
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7 to 7:45 am |
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Training Transportation Specialists as "Teachers"
for Today's "Classroom" on Wheels
The bell has rung and contrary to popular belief, "school" is NOT over! In her presentation, Jo Mascorro -- back by popular demand -- will provide specific strategies for training Supervisors, Trainers, Drivers, and Driver Assistants, regarding the extended connection between the School and the Transportation Department's response to challenging behavior demonstrations. These techniques will emphasize the why's and how's for teaching ownership and accountability as well as what is expected for a safe transportation experience.
Jo Mascorro, Consultant,
San Antonio,
TX
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8 to 10:45 am |
ADJOURN UNTIL
MARCH 2011 |
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