|Written by Stephane Babcock| |Friday, 01 February 2008 00:00|
Drivers on special needs routes have a number of options for
receiving training from many levels There is no general profile
for a special needs student. The definition includes a wide
spectrum of children who look at the world in any number of
different ways than most. Currently, there are five million
special needs students who are afforded an appropriate education
through their individualized education program, or IEP. Of this
number, the industry has had some difficulty on extracting the
number of students whose IEPs include home to school
transportation. To best serve those students on their way to and
from school, drivers and monitors go through training that
covers not only the loading and unloading requirements for
certain students, but different types of disabilities, their
related behaviors and specialized evacuation techniques.
Training can come from any number of sources at many different
levels, including the local school district, th