Special Training

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

NHTSA Child Passenger Safety on School Bus Training

Location: Frisco 9

Instructors: Kathy Anneken, Denise Donaldson, Kala Henkensiefken, Miriam Manary, Susan Shutrump & Charles Vits

The newly updated Child Passenger Safety on School Buses National Training provides an overview of the use of child safety restraint systems on school buses, with a focus on pre-school aged children and children with disabilities. Instructional videos are incorporated throughout the training. Participants are provided time for hands-on practice with guidance from skilled staff members. Nationally certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians will earn 3.5 continuing education units (CEUs) for course completion.  

This seminar is available as an add-on to Main Conference registration or can be taken by itself. Registration and fees required. 

Special Training

8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Foundations of Special Needs Transportation

Location: Frisco 1

Speakers: John Benish, Alexandra Robinson, & Katrina Morris

Description: Join this dynamic session to get all “the foundation” you need!
By the conclusion of the session participants will understand: The basic laws and regulations as they relate to transporting students with disabilities; Definitions used routinely in Special Education Transportation; The IEP Process; General operations guidelines and best practices; Where to go for resources on mandated services
Plus: our panel of operational experts will provide answers to all your challenging difficult special needs transport questions.

Special Training

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Mastering Wheelchair & Occupant Securement Training Certification Class

Location: Frisco 7

Instructor: Maritza Valentin

Hosted by AMF-Bruns of America

At this Training Boot Camp, student transporters will learn to train with AMF Bruns’ recently launched automatic and self-tensioning Silver Series retractors. With this course, school transportation professionals will be provided the tools to support and teach their teams proper safety techniques, which included hands-on training. The key objective to this course include: Overview of equipment, securing the wheelchair, securing the occupant with a different variety of occupant securements, understanding your vehicle floor anchorages, WC 18 and WC 19 and understanding the regulation; identifying a WC 19 wheelchair, raising awareness about risks of not properly securing passengers, deboarding passengers, and passenger sensitivity/etiquette. Certification will be provided upon completion of this course.

This seminar is available to Main Conference attendees but requires separate registration at no extra charge. Class size is limited to 75 participants. 

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Lunch Break

12 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Lunch on your own

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Special Training

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Best Practices for the Training of School Bus Monitors & Aides

Instructors: Launi Harden & Randall Crawford

Description: More school districts are staffing aides or monitors on school bus routes regardless if student IEPs call for them or not. The benefits include increased oversight of student behavior, one-to-one assistance for students, and reducing school bus driver stress. Training and supervising aides and monitors when they are transportation employees is one thing. But what if these staff members work in another department, like special education? What if the vehicle they ride in isn’t a school bus? This seminar defines the critical roles and responsibilities aides and monitors have during commutes in school buses and other vehicles, and the training that these employees need. The discussion also explores how to pull all the information together into a handbook to implement that training and provide oversight. 

Keynote

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Developmentally Appropriate Safety Education

Location: Frisco 1

Keynote: Michele Gay

Michele addresses one of the most pressing and timely concerns school communities face today: Developing and delivering safety curricula and training with respect to the unique needs of students and staff of all ages, abilities and educational levels. Using models for teaching and training developed by Safe and Sound Schools, Michele empowers staff to determine objectives and activities for developmentally appropriate and psychologically safe education and training in the K-12 school setting.​ 

Keynote Sponsored by

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Special Training

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Wheelchair Securement Training | Special Needs Roadeo

Location: Frisco 7

Speaker: Trisha Nolen  

Description: Receive instruction from Q’Straint/Sure-Lok representatives on proper securement of wheelchairs in school buses. This class is a refresher class for TSD Roadeo contestants as well as main conference attendees. 

Open to all TSD Main Conference Attendee & Roadeo Participants. 

Presented by

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Ride & Drive

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Safety & Technology Product Demonstration / Special Needs Ride & Drive

Cocktail & Networking Reception

Description: Join us to experience special needs safety technology in action during the TSD Product Demo/Ride & Drive event +  reception!

Presenting Diamond Sponsor

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Transportation

6:45 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Welcome Party

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Welcome Party at Topgolf the Colony

Enjoy a fun evening of networking with school transportation professionals with food and drinks on the driving range!

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  • Foundations of Transporting Students with Disabilities & Preschoolers 
  • OT/PT/Transporter Forum 
  • School Bus Monitor/Aide Training 
  • School Bus Evacuation Training 
  • National Specification Updates to Transporting Medically Fragile Students & Preschoolers 
  • Medicaid Reimbursement Funding 
  • American Sign Language for Student Transporters 
  • The 13 Exceptional Abilities 
  • Wheelchair Crash Test Updates 
  • Developing Policies for Proper & Safest Usage of Student Restraint & Seclusion 
  • Modeling Behavior Interventions for Transportation 
  • Creating a Culture of Wonder with Staff for Their Student Riders 
  • Avoiding One-Size-Fits-All Solutions for Transportation 
  • Service Animals and Section 504 
  • Proactive Driver & Attendant Training Programs
  • Build Blocks for Career Development
  • Successful Partnerships Between School Districts & Contractors
  • Providing Training for the Service of Medically Fragile Riders
  • When Can & Should You Say No to IEP Team Requests?
  • What the Latest Wheelchair Crash Research Tells Us

And more!