Instructors: Denny Coughlin, Frank Gazeley, Launi Harden, Aaron Harris & Diandra Neugent

Location: Frisco ISD Transportation West

Description: Join student transportation experts in a classroom setting to review best practices for a successful emergency evacuation of students with disabilities and preschooler, followed by an exercise on a school bus that mimics a real-life route that is servicing students with various physical disabilities as well as younger riders. Complicating the exercise will then be the introduction of fake smoke on the bus to hinder the visibility of attendees as the practice evacuating the “children” during a fire. The instructors will time the participants on how quickly they can evacuate the bus. The seminar will provide instruction on the proper evacuation of students who ride in wheelchairs and who use various child safety restraint systems. Tools used by participants will include evacuation and fire blankets, belt cutters and more. Held offsite at Frisco ISD.  

Transportation & lunch provided. 

Maximum of 32 participants | Separate registration and fees required | Transportation & Lunch Provided 

Speaker: Christy Schiller

Description: Research shows that transporting students is among the highest risk opportunities for sexual abuse and misconduct, and students with disabilities are more likely to be targeted.  A single incident of this nature can be catastrophic for students, families, your organization, and the community. This session will address how abuse happens, current trends and best practices for mitigating this risk with updated policies, training on boundaries and red-flag behaviors, and supervision strategies. 

Praesidium
Praesidium’s mission is “to help you protect those in your care from abuse and to help preserve trust in your organization.” Praesidium is a national leader in abuse risk management and has worked with organizations across industries in the United States and other countries to help them prevent sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults, prevent false allegations of abuse, and to manage reputational risk.

Description: This fun and interactive networking event with a football tailgate theme takes place on the trade show floor and enables attendees to visit with exhibitors that will be highlighting innovative products, solutions and services. Exhibitors and attendees can connect in a more relaxed atmosphere with food and drink stations spread across the trade show floor.