er this. But I can’t give you straight-up guidance.’ I know people walk away a little disappointed because they didn’t get the silver bullet.” Dana Rosen, assistant director of transportation
for student safety and campus support with the Cy- press-Fairbanks Independent School District in Houston, Texas, delivered the final keynote on Nov. 12. She dis- cussed the numerous difficult challenges and requests that transportation specialists are asked to manage when transporting students with disabilities and special needs. She began with the fact that transportation staff fre- quently aren’t invited to IEP meetings and “are often an afterthought in planning for and meeting the needs of special education students.” “One of the big takeaways I hope people got from my
session is that transportation as a related service does re- quire that we follow all the accommodations outlined in the IEP paperwork. Along with that, it also ensures that campus staff support special education students on the bus, as well,” said Rosen, who also sat on a breakout pan- el about successful implementation of positive behavior intervention supports. She said a helpful tool when transportation drivers
or attendants are struggling with student behavior is to request special education staff, particularly a behavior
specialist, ride along with the student. “Campus staff need to see the behavior on the bus and create supports and accommodations specifically for that situation,” she elaborated. “Using proximity control or reduced atten- tion looks like one thing in the classroom but, due to safety concerns, those same accommodations will look very different on the bus.” Rosen also said it’s not enough for campus support staff to share notes or ideas with transportation staff to model interventions and accommodations. “Attendants and drivers are typically not trained to manage many of the behaviors and situations they will face on the bus,” she added. “For transportation staff to implement them successfully, it’s important for them to see the inter- ventions modeled for them on the bus. Seeing it done (versus) hearing what to do … is very different and much more impactful.” Rosen lauded other presenters and the informa-
tion shared, including behavior expert Jo Mascorro, who opened TSD on Nov. 8 with four-hour training on de-escalating behavior. “Student behavior, liability or un- derstanding autism are all vast topics that many dedicate their entire career to understanding and teaching. These presenters each connected with the audience and provid- ed information that was professionally sound and relatable
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