This session is part of two comprehensive series:
Therapies in the School 25th Annual Conference PROGRAM B – ON-DEMAND 11
and
Therapies in the School 25th Annual Conference 2024 – ON-DEMAND 11
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This session will focus on aspects of school transportation that can be supported by school providers in general and will include a review of guidelines recently published for school-based physical therapists. The session will begin by demonstrating the importance of and barriers to transportation for students with disabilities, followed by a review of legislative mandates for transportation services in schools. After demonstrating an overall lack of guidelines for supporting school transportation, presenters will review a tool recently designed to assist physical therapists in bridging this knowledge gap, including resources for school transportation in general. Interviews with additional transportation stakeholders will emphasize the importance of collaboration, and multiple case studies will facilitate problem-solving and discussion around how to support transportation from the early elementary to post-secondary transition years. The session will end with potential “next steps” in the support of transportation for students with disabilities in the educational setting.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Identify reasons transportation services benefit students with disabilities.
- Recognize transportation-specific resources currently available to school providers.
- Determine appropriate IEP/504 goals that support access to transportation services.
- Choose appropriate interventions to address IEP/504 goals that support access to transportation services.
AUDIENCE
School-Based Therapists
COURSE SCHEDULE
- Importance of transportation, barriers to transportation.
- Legislative mandates for school transportation for students with disabilities.
- Current guidelines for the provision of school transportation for students with disabilities.
- Recently published guidelines for the role of PTs in the provision of school transportation services for students with disabilities.
- School transportation stakeholders (transportation staff, student, caregivers) emphasizing importance of team collaboration.
- Case Studies: identifying transportation-related strengths/needs, goals, interventions (direct, consultative); cases will include students using wheeled mobility and ambulatory students, as well as students of elementary age and of transition age.
- “Next Steps” to further support school transportation for students with disabilities.
- Post-Test
Sarah Scow has over 10 years of experience working in a variety of pediatric settings including school-based practice in NC and PA and hospital-based outpatient setting at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Sarah’s passion for school-based practice led her to contribute to PA’s Guidelines for the Practice of OT and PT in Educational Settings and the APTA Pediatrics fact sheet on School Transportation for Children with Special Needs in addition to presenting nationally on the role of PTs in school transportation. She was a LEND fellow and has a certificate in Public Health. Her teaching experience includes positions as an affiliate assistant professor on Wheeling University DPT Program’s international service-learning trips, an adjunct professor and guest lecturer at Campbell University, and a teaching assistant at Elon University.
Sarah Scow receives an honorarium from Education Resources.
Sarah Scow has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Tim Dokken has over 24 years of experience working in the Fairfax County Public Schools FCPS). He helps coordinate the PTOT support for Extended School Year, and through his role as the PTOT Transportation Liaison, works with FCPS Transportation in supporting students with unique transportation needs and advocating for student’s rights and independence while always stressing student and staff safety. Tim served as a member of the workgroup that developed the APTA Pediatrics fact sheet on School Transportation for Children with Special Needs and has presented nationally on the role of PTs in school transportation.
Tim Dokken receives an honorarium from Education Resources.
Tim Dokken has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
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