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2:00 PM - 6:00 PM “BASICS OF SPECIAL NEEDS TRANSPORTATION” (SNT 101)* Disabilities & Special Needs Presenter(s): Cheryl Wolf Description: This session is a must for first time attendees, those new to their job, and those wishing to review the foundations of policy, practice and operations.
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM “PROMOTING FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND SCHOOL READINESS WITH YOUNG BUS RIDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES” Head Start & Preschoolers Presenter(s): Susan Hunt Description: How do we as school bus transporters build relationships with families so they can assist us in ensuring their children’s safety on the school bus? Come to this workshop to hear some ideas and be prepared to share yours. Family engagement and school readiness are buzz words in head start. The theory works for all preschool children. Parents need to be involved in all aspects of their children’s education including transportation. We as transporters need to ensure we are preparing young children for all aspects of their regular school experience.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM “INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS & DECISION-MAKING: ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS” Management Presenter(s): Mark Hinson, Peggy Burns Description: Whether you’re dealing with a student behavior or staff performance issue, prompt, thorough and objective investigation is critical. Panel members will discuss key components of the decision- making process associated with effective investigations.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM “TEAM DYNAMICS & FAMILY INVOLVEMENT: CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT, BULLYING” Head Start & Preschoolers Presenter(s): Mark Deschaine Description: Working with small children requires professionals to attend to social issues such as bullying, neglect and abuse. In order to be most effective, transportation staffs need to work cooperatively with school staff and parents to address the challenges posed by these issues. Information related to the technical, legal, ethical, and practical aspects of abuse, neglect and bullying will be provided, as will interventions that have found to be effective interventions.
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3:45 PM - 5:00 PM “TRAINING AND LITIGATION-“LIMITING RISK THROUGH AN EFFECTIVE TRAINING PROGRAM”” Management Presenter(s): Kathleen Furneaux Description: Nothing can remove risk all together, but having a “living” training program can provide a timely response to skill and knowledge deficits exhibited by your staff. Your training must provide the targeted support needed to operate at maximum safety levels. This session will address recommended procedures to bring your training program “to life” and keep it that way.
SUNDAY
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM “CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEMS ON SCHOOL BUSES - NATIONAL TRAINING” (SNT 102)*
Training Presenter(s): Charley Kennington, Cheryl Wolf, Sue Shutrump Description: This 8-hour school-bus-specific National Training Curriculum involves both a hands-on and instructional clinic in which you learn from the best CPST instructors in the nation – the professionals who developed the curriculum for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. A Certificate of Attendance is provided to those who complete this NHTSA Training. NAPT 102 Special Needs Endorsement Credits are available for attendees of this workshop. Those electing to receive NAPT credits must attend the full 8-hours of training.
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM “PUNISHED, PROTECTED, OR PRISONER: RESTRAINT CONSIDERATIONS IN LAW, OPERATIONS & PRACTICE” (SNT 106)*
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General Session Presenter(s): Peggy Burns, Sue Shutrump, Cheryl Wolf Description: Use of restraint has become an important and controversial issue in legal, legislative, research and operations arenas. Learn the important considerations that must inform effective decision-making and practice in school transportation.
*SNT endorsement is available for these workshops through NAPT.
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