The manual is intended for training personnel who provide transportation services to handicapped students. Sections cover: types of special education transportation, state regulations (Illinois) governing special education transportation, major concerns of transportation providers, brief descriptions of the various areas of exceptionality (e.g. behavior disordered, early childhood, hearing impaired, learning disabled, mentally handicapped, physically handicapped, visually impaired), responsibilities of special education transportation personnel (including the transportation coordinator, the driver, and the transportation aide), special medical considerations and procedures for the transportation of handicapped students (such as management of students experiencing epileptic seizures), emergency suggestions and procedures for the transportation of handicapped children, suggested procedures for drivers when parents or guardians are not at home, and positioning and management of severely handicapped students. Appended are a sample letter to the parent or guardian, a sample policy statement for safety and discipline procedures regarding student transportation, sample rules of conduct, a daily transportation checklist, a sample disciplinary letter to parents, communication suggestions with special education students, and suggestions for student training. (DB)