Saturday May 25th 2013

School Bus Safety

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:
  • “Preventing Problem Behavior on Your School Bus” poster
  • “Risks of Restraints” booklet
  • “The Art of Setting Limits” pamphlet
  • “How to Prevent Problem Behavior on Your School Bus” pamphlet
  • “10 Tips for Crisis Prevention” pamphlet


The Kentucky Department of Education's Pupil Transportation Branch is dedicated to the safe transport of Kentucky's school children.

Helpful Resources

Kentucky Department of Education Driver Training Program - The Pupil Transportation Branch currently has over 675 state certified driver training instructors. There are over 12,000 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 ... More


New- Free Feds set to roll out bullying intervention training for school bus drivers - June 2011 - School Transportation News - The overview is designed for transportation trainers and administrators, and the full, four-hour course is targeted specifically at school bus drivers. “It's going to be designed to equip school bus drivers to recognize bullying behaviors among ... The training is fully-funded by the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and will be made available free of charge to school districts across the country....


New - More school bus safety tools now online...new school bus safety webpage – October 2011 - School Transportation News -The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration announced at the NAPT Annual Summit that it has created a new web page dedicated entirely to school bus safety. This extensive new resource is geared toward school transportation ...


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.


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)


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…


Special Safety Concerns of the School Bus …- 2010 - 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)


New- 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 - October 2011. 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.


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)


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.


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. ...