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They depend on transportation personnel to provide a safe ride to and from early intervention, Head Start programs and Teen Parent Programs. Transportation is a critical component for children and their families, accessing services to support a child’s growth and development. Transportation should be established as the mutual responsibility of parents, transportation and service-providers.  \nPrograms supported and funded by federal, state and local governments have made great strides in developing, designing and providing services for young children and their families to develop each child’s full potential. The school bus, for many children, is the primary vehicle that provides access to programs and services designed to meet individual needs of young children and families.  \nTransportation providers need to be knowledgeable and ~~to ~~develop skills to provide for the safety of young children while being transported in school buses. Infants, toddlers and pre-school children, in addition to those young children with special physical, cognitive or behavioral needs, present new challenges and responsibilities for transportation providers. These children require a great deal of supervision during the time they are in and around the school bus. Some issues that must be addressed to assure safe transportation in the school bus include: physical handling, communication with young children, behavior management, knowledge of child safety restraint systems (CSRSs), wheelchair tiedown and occupant restraint systems, special equipment management, medically fragile and complex conditions, confidentiality, length of ride, personnel training and parental responsibilities.  \nChildren under the age of five who reside in rural, suburban and urban areas are daily passengers in school buses. Since the exact number of children under the age offive riding in school buses is unknown, uniform transportation data on this population should be collected. This population includes children served in several programs for children from birth through age five. These programs include the Early Intervention Programs for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities (Part C, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), the Pre-schools Grant Program, the Early Education Program for Children with Disabilities, Head Start, Bureau of Indian Affairs Programs and Teen Parent programs. In addition, federal programs support a number of discretionary projects that are designed to promote services for young children with disabilities and their families.  \nDue to the numbers of young children under the age of five who are transported in school buses, it is essential to recommend guidelines for the use of child safety seats, occupant child safety restraint systems and securement systems. The purpose of this section is to assist transportation personnel by recommending policies, procedures and guidelines, while simultaneously recognizing the need for continued research studies to meet the needs of young children from birth to age five who ride school buses nationwide. (Refer to APPENDIX F for listings of laws and characteristics of disabilities.)  \nTRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES  \nThe Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), is the mechanism for addressing the unique needs of infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. The IFSP process has two main parts: (1) the IFSP meeting, where parents and interagency personnel jointly make decisions about an eligible child’s early intervention services; and (2) the IFSP document, itself, which is a written plan for the provision of early intervention services for the c","cbCaiasStZXKB4tJ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiasStZXKB4tJ","pdf",301593,22,"English","# INFANTS, TODDLERS AND PRE-SCHOOLCHILDREN INTRODUCTION\n## Safety responsibilities and operational challenges\n## Programs and transportation data needs\n## Guidelines for restraint and securement systems\n# TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES\n## IFSP process and transportation decision-making\n# TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES\n## IEP process and transportation requirements","[{\"question\":\"Why is transportation considered critical for infants, toddlers, and pre-school children?\",\"answer\":\"They are the youngest and most vulnerable passengers on school buses and rely on transportation personnel to provide safe rides to and from early intervention and other early childhood programs.\"},{\"question\":\"What safety issues must be addressed to assure safe school bus transportation?\",\"answer\":\"Key issues include physical handling, communication with young children, behavior management, knowledge of child safety restraint systems, wheelchair tiedown and occupant restraint systems, special equipment management, medically fragile conditions, confidentiality, ride length, and personnel training with parental responsibilities.\"},{\"question\":\"How do IFSP and IEP processes relate to providing transportation services?\",\"answer\":\"For infants and toddlers with disabilities, transportation is addressed through the IFSP under Part C of IDEA, including decisions made at IFSP meetings and recorded in the IFSP document. 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