Transcript Title Master - National Service Inclusion Project

Accessible Transportation:
Collaboration between Education and
Transit to Facilitate Access to
Programs across Disability
The National Service Inclusion Project (NSIP)
Webinar
August 2012
Judy L. Shanley, Dir. Student Engagement & Mobility Management, Easter Seals Project ACTION
Cynthia McCauley, Executive Director, Chautauqua Learn and Serve, Bay District Schools, Florida
WWW.PROJECTACTION.ORG
www.serviceandinclusion.org
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Today’s Agenda
• Overview of Easter Seals Project ACTION
• Discussion regarding Federal Initiatives and Mobility
Management – Leveraging Coalitions
• Descriptions of Human Services – Education – Transit
Connections
• Learning about ESPA Inclusive Transportation Service-Learning
Program
• Hearing from the field - The Chautauqua Experience
• Discussion & Questions: What are you doing in your
community?
Easter Seals Project ACTION (ESPA)
• Mission: promote universal access to transportation for people
with disabilities…
• Supports Transportation Precepts of the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Begun by Congress twenty three years ago to build bridges of
understanding between the Transportation and Disability
Community
• Cooperative Agreement funded by the Federal Transit
Administration and Administered by Easter Seals
• Aligned with Easter Seals work to improve the lives of children,
youth, and adults with disabilities
Four Functional Areas to Help Local
Organizations Build Accessible
Transportation Capacity
• Training Events – travel training, webinars, online training
• Technical Assistance – 800#, email, in-person coalition building events
• Applied Research – fund catalyst and gap filling programs to stimulate
academic inquiry and leverage new product development
• Outreach – build awareness & create partnerships
A Poll
What is your experience with
Project ACTION?
1.Project ACTION is a must have
resource - I participate in ESPA events,
trainings, and use products!
2.I have heard of Project ACTION – and
that’s about it
3.I am so excited to learn more about
Project ACTION and can’t wait to find out
about events, trainings, and products!
Voices from Youth
I feel like I am independent. I don’t
need to depend on my mom and dad to
take me places. Now I can ride
the bus to get to my job and to the movies
with my friends
These are some of the reactions from youth and adults with
disabilities who have gained independence and mobility due to
the simple fact that they can now get a ride to work, school, the
mall or the library.
http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/183/183.pdf
United We Ride
• Federal interagency initiative
• Established in 2004 by Executive Order, the Federal
Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) - 60
Federal programs that fund services for transportationchallenged populations
• Improve the availability, quality, and efficient delivery of
transportation services
• Transportation plays a critical role in providing access
• Transportation services are often fragmented, underutilized, or
difficult to navigate
www.unitedweride.gov
Person-Directed Mobility Management
Mobility management works at the community level by ensuring that
transportation is accessible and the pathways to transportation are
accessible
• Focus on individualized customer markets
• Coordinate service delivery
• Design and manage a transportation infrastructure
http://www.projectaction.org/Initiatives/MobilityManagement.aspx
WWW.PROJECTACTION.ORG
A Poll - What do you Know about Accessible
Transportation in your Community?
Think about the various transportation
providers in your community. What do you
know about the services they provide?
1. I know the transportation providers and their
services
2. I know the transportation providers, but, not
much about their services
3. I don’t know much about either the
transportation providers or their services and
can’t wait to learn more!
Aligning Transportation Education with
Educational & Community Reforms
• College and Career Readiness
• Common Core
• District & School Curricular and Programs
• Community & Experiential Education
Why is Transportation Education Important to
Students, Families, Educators, and Schools?
READY BY 21 INSULATED PIPELINE
College and Career Readiness
Transportation, Health, Mental Health, Housing, Financial
Families
Peers
Community Members
ECD & Child After-School Civic, Social, Work Social & Strategic Placement
Care Providers
Programs
Opportunities
Supports & Coaching
http://www.readyby21.org/
Why is Transportation Education Important to
Students, Families, Educators, and Schools?
Implementation of the Common Core Standards
A POLL
• Are the services you
provide affected by
the common core
standards?
1. Yes
2. No
Strategies to Integrate Accessible
Transportation and Transition Services
• Conduct resource mapping of transportation resources & travel
training services
• Learn about mobility management and coordinated planning in
your community
• Ensure IEP goals around accessible transportation
• Invite transit professionals into events
• Use & visit transit – field trips
• Embed transportation content into curriculum and instruction
• Integrate transportation content into professional development
Engage Transportation Stakeholders
• Invite pupil and public transportation professionals to your
meetings, event, IEPs.
– National Association for Pupil Transportation
www.napt.org
– American Public Transportation Association www.apta.org
• Organize events to address a continuum of transportation –
across education, pupil transportation, and community
transportation
• Use public transit for work experience & field trips
• Use school-provided services to emulate public transit
Share your Successes Regarding TransitConnections…
• Present at events
• Communicate with district and community
• Write articles and stories
• Document your work – incorporate stories in news briefs and
reports
• Participate in national programs
Share Your Stories
• Use the chat function to share examples of your work
around accessible transportation
• Share your stories via the Accessible Transportation
for Students (ATS) Online Community
– http://www.espa-ncst.communityzero.com/ats
Inclusive Transportation ServiceLearning Program
• Program Goals
– Increase student awareness & use of
accessible transportation
– Enhance student self-advocacy & choice
– Extend inclusion in school and community
• Participants
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Five school districts
Urban & rural
Student-directed projects
Small grant provided to district
About Chautauqua
• Comprised of two programs-a
transition school for individuals
with disabilities ages
– 18-22 and
– AmeriCorps VISTA program
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Founded in 2005, Chautauqua is
a service learning evolution of
Bay High School
• Emphasis on transit and mobility
• Partner with higher education
• Characterized by an Inclusive
learning environment
Our Project with Project ACTION
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Informed by pre and post survey – Data driven
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Follows the service learning methodology: preparation,
action reflection and celebration
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Facilitative -all are learners and teachers-teacher,
students (regular ed & special ed) and seniors
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High school students will have IEP goals (challenged) or
dual-enrolled service learning goals-all related to transit
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Elementary students will see a model for inclusion and
friendship
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Learning is hands on and concrete
Service-Learning Project with Project ACTION
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Project called "Grandparents, Parks, Picnics, and
Public Transportation“
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Goal - expand the concept of mobility through a
shared reality.
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High school students with and without disabilities
created a coloring book, highlighting restaurants
and public parks served by the trolley
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High school students will work with elementary
students to create an invitation for grandparents or
senior friend
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Seniors will ride the trolley to a park and have
picnic with students
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All groups will be diverse and inclusive in all
dynamics
Grandparent and student
Sharing Our Success
• Awarded the 2011 Global Call to Action Award,
selected by Nobel Peace Laureates
• Participate in national and International events and
presentations
Chautauqua Community
Presentation
Trip to Egypt for IYNS
Conference
Let’s Talk….
• Are there challenges related to supporting the use of
public transit?
– How did you address these challenges?
– What words of advice would you have for
colleagues who want to start programs on transitrelated service-learning projects?
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Report on Transition
Limited access to reliable public transportation to and
from employment programs and service providers –
especially in rural areas – was also frequently
highlighted as a major challenge
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-594
Better Federal Coordination Could Lessen Challenges in the
Transition from High School
GAO-12-594, Jul 12, 2012
Promoting Travel Training and Transportation
Education – Be Engaged!
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Join the accessible transportation for students (ATS) online
community-http://www.espa-ncst.communityzero.com/ats
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Sign up to receive all of ESPA notifications www.projectaction.org
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Attend online Webinars – forming partnerships, advocacy, etc.
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Use Global Travel Training Community (GTTC) as a platform for
information sharing – dialogue – strategy development – invite others!
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Collaborate across disciplines
– Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Division on Career
Development & Transition, National Association for Pupil
Transportation (NAPT)
Resources
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Travel Training for School Success High school curriculum
Pictorial guide: You Can Ride
Brochure: Rights & Responsibilities of Transit Customers with
Disabilities
ADA Bookmark
Competencies for the Practice of Travel Training and Instruction
ESPA training: Introduction to Travel Training Course (scheduled at
several times and in various cities annually)
Impact, Feature Issue on Meeting Transportation Needs of Youth and
Adults with Developmental Disabilities. ICI U of Minnesota
http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/183/default.html
NICHCY publication - http://nichcy.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/ts9.pdf
Contact Information
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Judy Shanley
– [email protected]
– 800-659-6428
– 202-403-8354
Cynthia McCauley
– [email protected]
– 850-785-5056