Independence Skills

Independent Travel Training

Rise College provides independent travel training for learners who come to college with Local Authority provided transport. 

Travel Training gives people with special educational needs or disabilities the confidence and skills to travel independently on buses, trains and walking routes.

Being able to travel on public transport is a key life skill. It lets you make choices about how you live, go about your daily life and fulfil your potential.

Additional benefits

These skills can help people access further training, employment, and locations that they were previously unable to independently.

Because of the independence young people will get from the training, their parents and carers can benefit from a long-term reduction in care responsibilities. This will help them participate more in employment, education, and leisure activities.

The programme includes:

• one-to-one personalised travel trainer support
• increased confidence and self-esteem
• journey planning
• road and personal safety skills
• time management
• problem solving in unexpected situations
• emergency strategies

How the training is delivered

• we give the training on a one-to-one basis. 
• we will support the student through the different stages of training:
• we provide initial road safety and personal safety training
• initial training to the student’s bus stop or train station
• training from home to college
• shadowing the journey
• final review/assessment and sign-off

Parents and carers will be involved from the outset. The travel trainer will meet them to explain how the programme works and make sure the training is tailored to meet the student’s needs. 

Throughout the training, there will be regular reviews and assessments of the young person’s progress, which will be shared with the family.

We will provide a timetable for the training sessions, which will be constructed around the learner’s college start and finish times.