Free resources
are available through the
Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc.
website. Learn the
skills to safely manage disruptive student
behavior on your bus…The
free resource pack includes one of each of the
following:
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“Preventing Problem Behavior on Your School Bus”
poster
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“Risks
of Restraints”
booklet
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“The Art of Setting Limits”
pamphlet
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“How to Prevent Problem Behavior on Your School Bus”
pamphlet
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“10
Tips for Crisis Prevention”
pamphlet
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The Kentucky Department of Education's Pupil
Transportation Branch is dedicated to the safe
transport of Kentucky's school children. |
Kentucky
Department of Education
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The Pupil Transportation Branch currently has
692 state certified driver training instructors.
There are over 13,000 certified school bus
drivers statewide. All driver trainers were
required to initially complete an intense
four-day certification regimen with additional
annual update training. Kentucky is nationally
renowned for its driver training with many
states modeling its’ program. Kentucky has
received numerous awards on the national level
for this program. Everything
you need for training: Forms, certificates,
manuals, incident reports, surveys, and more.
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Bullying intervention
training for school
bus drivers -
Two
training modules were jointly created by NAPT, the
Education Department’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free
Schools and Safe and Supportive Schools Technical
Assistance Center. The first module, titled "See
Something, Do Something: Intervening in Bullying
Behavior," will teach drivers what does and does not
constitute bullying, how to respond to the behavior
on or around the bus, and specific strategies for
addressing and reporting bullying as it occurs. The
second module, "Creating a Supportive Bus Climate:
Preventing Bullying," focuses on building mutual
respect on the school bus.
The
training is fully-funded by the Office of Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and is available
free of charge to school districts across the
country.... |
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The National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration has created a web page dedicated entirely to
school
bus safety.
This extensive resource is geared toward school
transportation professionals and the public, and it
features numerous training materials, such as
training for school bus drivers. It also provides
the latest news in school transportation and
industry regulations as well as information on
current issues like seat belts and safer bus-stop
locations. |
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National Association for Pupil
Transportation - National School Bus Safety Week
- is always held the
third full week in October. The resource guides and
activity booklets can be used to reinforce each
year's theme. |
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1. Kids
Page - School Bus & School Zone Safety
This website provides students with rules and
activities for being a safe bus rider.
Your
school
district probably has a
school bus behavior policy.
Your
bus driver's number one
interest is your
safety.
He or she will ask you to be on your
...
(SafeNY.com) |
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Aboutschool.com
is a good source for bus safety rules for students.
It has rules for the bus stop, on the bus, exiting
the bus… |
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Special Safety Concerns of the School Bus
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Every weekday in the school year school
transportation systems in the United States operate
approximately 440,000 yellow school buses to provide
safe transportation for more than 24 million
school-aged children. This synthesis documents the
various safety issues faced by the school bus
industry. Safety issues include each aspect of
school bus operations, including the driver,
environment, equipment/technology, and
organizational design. Information was gathered
through a literature review and a survey on school
bus safety issues that was disseminated to a variety
of professionals associated with school bus
operations. …
(Transportation Research Board of the National
Academies) |
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NHTSA’s (The National Highway
Transportation Safety Administration)
Updated School Bus Driver In-Service Safety
Series is now available online at
www.stnonline.com/go/856
.The training covers such topics as
driver attitude and knowledge of bus routes,
emergency evacuations, highway rail grade
crossings, and loading and unloading, vehicle
training and student management, including
students with special needs. NHTSA has also
posted a Child Safety Restraint Systems on
School Buses training video on its website
at
www.stnonline.com/go/857. Six modules
covering the basics of child safety restraint
systems (CSRS) include specific information on
rear-facing and forward-facing seats and safety
vests. The training is available in English and
Spanish and is intended as an introduction to
proper use of CSRS in school buses and as a
refresher overview. |
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School Bus Driver
In-Service Safety Series
- School Bus Driver
In-Service
Safety Series. For Administrators and
Supervisors. Administrator Guide · For Pupil
Transportation Supervisors. Lesson Modules with
one section on
"Adverse Road Conditions"... (NHTSA) |
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Back-to-School: Hop on the
bus, Gus, with these safety tips
ConsumerReports.org -
School bus safety is—if you'll pardon the pun—a
two-way street. Take some time to teach children
the do's and don'ts of riding the school
bus.
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Bus Drivers and
Bullying Prevention
... NEA’s recently released report,
offers practical tips about what bus drivers can
do to prevent or intervene in bullying
situations. ... |
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