TRANSPORTING SPECIAL NEEDS PASSENGERS 2 INSTRUCTOR'S KIT
With the increasing focus on the safe transportation of passengers with impairments, today's drivers must be trained as professionals, and schooled not only in defensive driving techniques, but also in safe passenger assistance procedures. Both public and private organizations that transport special needs passengers are responsible for training their drivers to perform their jobs as professionals, keeping the passengers' safety and dignity in mind at all times. This 6 to 8 hour course is specifically designed to address these training needs. Both novice and experienced drivers will respond positively to the non-lecture Coaching format of the course. Through individual and "Driver Learning Team" exercises, group discussion, and hands-on demonstrations, trainees actively participate in the learning process.
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
Video Presentation which features various types of special needs vehicles, and offers comprehensive coverage of collision prevention techniques and issues, including:
*Cushion of safety (following distance, stopping distance, blind spots, tailgaters, etc.)
*Scanning and vehicle positioning on the roadway in various driving environments
*Adapting to changing traffic patterns and adverse weather conditions
*Passenger assistance procedures including effective communication skills
*Handling a passenger pick-up site including assisting passengers in and out of the vehicle, safe lift procedures and securing passengers within the vehicle
*Safe backing procedures
*Vehicle inspection procedures including proper mirror adjustment and blind spots
*Vehicle handling and design characteristics
INSTRUCTOR'S GUIDE which is fully scripted and gives step-by-step guidelines for presenting the course. Its format includes wide margins to allow insertion of local policies and procedures. It includes all answers to the response book questions -and a reproducible observation checklist and class registration form… and guidelines for conducting a 2-hour hands-on clinic.
RESPONSE BOOKS (one per trainee) with 32 pages that include a self-appraisal, follow-up discussion questions, analyses based on driving situations drivers transporting passengers with special needs face daily as well as actual collision situations, collision reporting procedures, passenger assistance analyses, a driver summary, and a course completion certificate. Packaged in units of 25
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