Instructor : Kristi McLaughlin, ESPAC Consultant
Registration Fee: $200
Course Start Date: April 1, 2020
Course End Date: June 30, 2020
Introduction to Travel Training is now a comprehensive online course with hands-on, field activities. Participants will receive a workbook and access to a collection of useful electronic resources ready to use once they complete the course. The course consists of ten modules and covers strategies for training on rail systems and in rural communities in addition to the traditional fixed-route bus material.
Presenter : Kristi McLaughlin, ESPAC Consultant
Webinar Available From/To: April 1 – 30, 2020
Registration/Purchase Fee: $25
Travel Training Assessments: Determining Student Competency addresses skills trainees should have prior to beginning a travel training program or working with a travel trainer. Learners will learn how to use the assessment process and other respectful methods to collect information in order to develop an understanding of a trainee’s baseline skills. Travel trainers must first determine baseline competency information and then develop a travel instruction plan to help the trainee work toward their independent travel goals. This webinar will address the methods by which a trainer can accomplish these tasks.
Presenter : Kristi McLaughlin, ESPAC Consultant
Webinar Available From/To: May 1 – 31, 2020
Registration/Purchase Fee: $25
Best Practices in Travel Training Assessments addresses the role of the assessment as the foundation in one-on-one travel instruction, as well as the methods that travel trainers can use to respectfully and thoroughly assess a prospective trainee’s skills and independent travel goals and needs. Learners will become versed in how to develop and enhance intake and assessment forms and will practice multiple trainee assessment strategies. This webinar also addresses the importance of developing assessments that thoughtfully consider topics such as community safety and fears related to travel training, path of travel barriers, disability information and trip planning.
Instructor: Kristi McLaughlin, ESPAC Consultant
Registration Fee: $150
Start Date: July 1, 2020
End Date: August 30, 2020
This course provides information about different aspects of travel training programs including variations in programs, scope, people served, data collection and reporting, and program evaluation. Learners will have the opportunity to fully explore and assess their own program. The course is self-study with no scheduled meeting times. All homework assignments must be submitted on or prior to the end date of the course.
Presenter : Kristi McLaughlin, ESPAC Consultant
Registration Fee: $25
Available from: July 1 – 31, 2020
Intersection Design, Accessible Equipment, and Tools for Teaching Street Crossing addresses the variety of tools, technologies and other equipment travel trainers can use when teaching safe street crossings. Participants will gain information about intersection design and accessibility, and what tools (both high-tech and low-tech) can be developed to aid in the street crossing process during travel training and once the students begin traveling independently.
Presenter : Kristi McLaughlin, ESPAC Consultant
Webinar Available From/To: August 1 – 30, 2020
Registration/Purchase Fee: $25
Introduction to Street Crossing for Travel Trainers addresses the variety of tools, technologies and other equipment travel trainers can use when teaching safe street crossings. Participants will gain information about intersection design and accessibility, and what tools (both high-tech and low-tech) can be developed to aid in the street crossing process during travel training and once the students begin traveling independently.
Instructor: Kristi McLaughlin, ESPAC Consultant
Registration Fee: $150
Start Date: October 1, 2020
End Date: November 30, 2020
Travel trainers are in a unique position to make connections within their communities to increase the potential for independent mobility. This course starts with an overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act and public transportation and how this important piece of federal legislation connects with travel training, followed by information about building a good working relationship with local transportation providers. The remaining two modules explore connections across similar professions such as mobility management and ADA complementary paratransit eligibility programs. The course is self-study with no scheduled meeting times. All homework assignments must be submitted on or prior to the end date of the course.
Presenter : Kristi McLaughlin, ESPAC Consultant
Webinar Available From/To: October 1 – 31, 2020
Registration/Purchase Fee: $25
Travel Training Data Collection Standards addresses the foundation of data and data collection. The session covers what is data and data collection, methods and standards used for data collection and types of data analytics as appropriate for use in travel training programs.
Presenter : Kristi McLaughlin, ESPAC Consultant
Webinar Available From/To: February 1-February 29, 2020
Registration/Purchase Fee: $25
Importance of Data Collection for Travel Training Programs addresses the ever-important role that data collection and training outcomes play in travel instruction. In addition to learning about a variety of tools and methods for collecting travel instruction data, learners will be taught specific outcomes to track at multiple intervals when working with trainees, and what can be done with that information to enhance training programs. Learners will explore the role that data collection and the synthesis of trainee data plays in growing programs, justifying expenditures, developing budgets, determining cost savings and more.