Inside COVER STORY
MARCH 2016 VOLUME 25 ISSUE 03
50 THE FORCE IS WITH YOU Safety experts urge student transporters, school
therapists to champion for crash-tested, wheelchair- anchored lap belt options and to demand them from wheelchair manufacturers
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26 SEATING IS BELIEVING Experts weigh in on the impotance
of proper hands-on training when using Child Safety Restraint Systems on school buses
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32 PRECIOUS CARGO ON BOARD Gaining insight into the necessities of transporting students with disabilities and special transportation needs
44 VIDEO HAS DRIVERS’ BACKS Onboard video systems provide valuable legal evidence and a crucial eyewitness back-up for bus drivers who follow the rules
44 ON THE COVER
With new wheelchair securement standards in effect to provide total securement for students, read about the challenges school therapists and transporters are having in obtaining proper equipment from wheelchair manufac- turers. The topic will be a major point of discussion at this month’s TSD Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.
62 TSD CONFERENCE PREVIEW Illustration courtesy: Q’Straint/Sure-Lok 4 School Transportation News • MARCH 2016
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