12 Tips For Effective School Bus Driver Special-Needs Training

Use local resources within your special-education department to train drivers and attendants in managing student behavior during the bus ride.

Transporting students with disabilities safely is a very complex procedure that requires, by federal guidelines, training for anyone providing the related service.

School bus drivers and attendants need to be trained and qualified in operating equipment, federal and state laws pertaining to transporting students with disabilities, loading and unloading procedures, securing procedures for students using a wheelchair, proper use of child safety restraint systems, behavior management and emergency evacuation – just to name a few.

How do we do this in a time of dwindling budgets and with the many time constraints we are under? 

There is a plethora of good training material out there that can be used in many ways, or you can build your own training program.

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