PHASE 6 SIMULATION - SCHOOL NOTE: No images of persons with disabilities appear in these simulations.
The team examined the activity of going to and from school as two separate routes. They divided the event into the trip to school and the trip from school. The team considered both options--in each direction. They completed four task analyses using the Task and Discrepancy Analysis Form.
Ride to school in neighborhood car pool.
Walk from front door to car waiting in driveway.
Get into car with other children riding to school in car pool.
When car arrives at school, exit and walk with other children.
Stay with other children until after they enter the school building.
Once inside the school building, proceed to classroom.
Take regular school bus to school.
Walk from front door to the sidewalk.
Turn toward other children waiting for bus on the corner.
Walk to where other children are standing and join them.
Wait with other children for school bus to arrive.
When bus arrives follow other children across street.
Board bus with other children.
Find seat and ride bus to school.
When bus gets to school exit with other children.
Stay with other children as they enter building.
Proceed to classroom inside the school building.
Ride home in neighborhood car pool.
Walk from front door of school to waiting parked car.
Get in with other children in car pool.
Ride in the car until it pulls in own driveway.
When car stops, exit, and move away from car.
Walk up to own home and enter house.
Take regular school bus home.
Walk from front door of school toward parked buses.
Walk to correct bus.
Wait in line and board bus with other children.
Locate a seat and sit down.
Remain seated and ride bus to the correct stop the route.
When bus stops, leave with other children exiting.
Stop following other children and walk toward own home.
Walk up driveway and enter the house.
After breaking the sequences into steps, the team repeated Phase 5 to compare and select how Roy would go to and from school. They considered the following:
The regular bus offers contact with the greatest number of peers.
The regular bus is the most typical transportation for children living in the neighborhood.
The family would have to take on responsibility for other children in a car pool arrangement.
Arranging coverage at home if Roy was sick and it was the family's turn to drive in the car pool would be both difficult and stressful.
Arranging to get Roy to school if another family cancelled their turn to drive the car pool on short notice would be both difficult and stressful.
The regular bus offers Roy a chance to be more self-directed.
Although Roy's safety on a regular school bus remained an uncertainty, everyone agreed that completing the discrepancy analysis would provide more information about how to answer this question. The team then moved on to Phase 7.