Core Competencies for

Travel Instruction

Evolution of the Competencies

• How•Why •When•Who was it intended for?

Academic Competencies Travel Training

Instructor

• Medical aspect of disability• Sensory motor functioning• Psychosocial aspects of disability• Human growth and development over the lifespan• Travel concepts• Environmental analysis• Systems of transportation• Mobility and information access devices• Travel skills and techniques• Assessment, instructional methods and strategies• History and philosophy of travel instruction• Professional information• Administration and supervision of travel instruction programs• Legal and ethical issues in serving students in travel programs

Academic Competencies Travel Trainer• Psychosocial aspects of disability• Assessment, instructional methods and strategies• Travel Skills and Techniques• Environmental Analysis• Sensory motor functioning• Medical aspects of disability• Travel concepts• Mobility and information access devices• System of transportation• Professional information• History of travel instruction• Administration and supervision of travel instruction

programs• Legal and ethical issues in serving students in travel

programs

Field Practice Competencies

• Travel Training Instructor• Travel Trainer

Domains from Competency

• Assessment• Body Position• History, Philosophy and Legislation• Environmental Analysis• Instructional Techniques and Strategies• Documentation • Professional Information

Application of competencies

• Training new personnel• Providing on-going professional development in

specific competency domains• Designing annual performance appraisal for personnel• Structuring program and assuring that all steps have

been followed for each instructional plan: pre-assessment, environmental analysis, instructional strategies, safety practices, intersectional analysis, post-assessment

• Building a culture based on knowledge of disability history and philosophy of travel instruction

• Documentation

Domains• Assessment• Body Position• History, Philosophy and

Legislation• Environmental Analysis• Instructional Techniques and

Strategies• Documentation • Professional Information

Competencies•Psychosocial aspects of disability•Assessment, instructional methods and strategies•Travel Skills and Techniques•Environmental Analysis•Sensory motor functioning•Medical aspects of disability•Travel concepts•Mobility and information access devices•System of transportation•Professional information•History of travel instruction•Administration and supervision of travel instruction programs•Legal and ethical issues in serving students in travel programs

ATI - Definition of Travel Training

Services• Transit Orientation• Familiarization• Travel Training

Activity• Which competencies do you consider most important to your practice?

• Discuss as a group, come up with a consensus of what is most important

• Create groupings based on your list

• In what ways should the competencies be updated to reflect current practices

• Report back

Professional Advancement of Travel

TrainersWork done this year:• Professional Advancement committee established

September 2012• Resource development

Next steps• Reach out to all members to gather additional resources• Vet resources• Resource library on members only page of new website• Determine what areas we should focus on to

further develop resources