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Meslin, Pete – School Business Affairs, 2011
With tighter education budgets for support service, some districts must consider other means of providing transportation service for students with disabilities. Some districts have used creative strategies, such as optimizing class locations, sharing service with other districts, using other modes of transportation, and consulting transportation…
Descriptors: School Buses, Bus Transportation, Disabilities, Student Transportation
van Roosmalen, Linda; Hobson, Douglas – Exceptional Parent, 2008
Over the past year, a team of transportation engineers, product designers, and therapists has been writing a series of articles about wheelchair transportation safety in partnership with "EP." These experts understand the importance of transportation for social inclusion, maintaining health, and being able to get to school and work. Previous…
Descriptors: School Buses, Research and Development, Travel, Safety
Sibley, Michael O., Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2007
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: School Buses, Public Education, Natural Disasters, Transportation
Pleasnick, Stephen G. – Exceptional Parent, 1985
The school bus alert monitor is a computerized school bus alert and warning sytem that notifies parents of school bus arrival via radio frequency technology. The system also has been shown to enhance the self esteem of disabled transportation users. (CL)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, School Buses
Land, Imogene – Executive Educator, 1984
The state of Oklahoma recently published a school bus driver manual on transporting handicapped students. Yearly inservice training sessions are recommended to teach school bus drivers communication skills, use of special equipment for physically handicapped students, and preparation for emergencies. (MLF)
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Disabilities, Driver Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Fickes, Michael – School Planning and Management, 1998
Discusses problems school transportation administrators face in managing the transportation of special needs students. These include finding part-time, low paid drivers and attendants, managing equipment not approved for buses, training drivers to handle medically fragile and emotionally disabled children, and dealing with federal and state…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Bus Transportation, Disabilities
Seager, D. D.; And Others – 1980
The two mini reviews and two fact sheets contained in this collection synthesize basic information regarding four issues in rural education: special education, transportation, early childhood education, and reading achievement. Solutions to the special education problems of child identification, parent involvement, delivery of special education…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Handicap Identification