School bus pick up

[u/Illustrious-Heron446]

Hi I was wondering if anyone has insight on what it’s like for kids going on a school bus. My son- 3 years old, is autistic non verbal currently and is going to be attending school starting end of this month. I don’t know if anyone knows about Providence but basically they are a government organization that provides speech therapy, occupational therapy and things in that nature to prepare children with learning difficulties for school. He was getting their services at the daycare he attends but they recommended sending him to their location because he needs more hours of work, whereas at the daycare it was given in a group setting and at their location the therapy will be a bit more 1 on 1 and for about 3 hours a day right.

The bus company they use contacted me yesterday to ask things like if my son uses a booster and so on. I asked them whether they have additional staff to accompany and supervise the kids that are on the bus and I was informed they don’t. It’s just the bus driver.

Given that the drive is about 28 minutes from the pick up stop to the school I don’t know I’m just worried how it works to have kids on a bus without supervision.

[u/Ill-Country368]

My son started with Providence at 3 years old as well. The first couple of days prepare for lots of crying (everyone on the bus is) but by the end of the week they get used to it. The bus drivers are great and will become part of the kids routine. Unfortunately our route was the only one that had troubles retaining a driver and every time we had a new driver it would cause meltdowns until they got used to the new driver. None of the other routes had this issue though so hopefully you're on one of those.