Why Get the Driver's Attention
This is what you should do if you start to feel sick on the bus.
Correct response: Get the bus driver's attention
This is the first step of the skill — what you do with your body before raising your hand.
Correct response: What is stay seated / stay in your seat?
This is what the bus driver is focused on the whole time you're riding the bus.
Correct response: What is driving?
If you smell smoke or the driver yells for everyone to get off, this is what's happening.
Correct response: What is a fire on the bus?
This is the name of the student in the video example who spilled water on the bus floor.
Correct response: Who is Jasmine?
This is what you should do right away if you feel hurt on the bus.
Correct response: Get the bus driver's attention (tell the driver)
This is the hand signal that lets the driver know you have something to say.
Correct response: What is raising your hand?
If your question or comment can wait, this is what you should do.
Correct response: What is wait?
If a student nearby suddenly starts having a seizure, this is the kind of situation you're facing.
Correct response: What is a medical emergency?
This is the thought Jasmine has right after she spills her water.
Correct response: What is “Someone could slip on the water — I should tell the bus driver”?
This is the thought you might have if the bus already passed your street without stopping.
Correct response: What is “I think I missed my stop”?
After you raise your hand, this is what you need to do before speaking, even if it takes a moment.
Correct response: What is wait for the driver to see you?
This is the skill you need to practice if the driver doesn't notice your raised hand right away.
Correct response: What is being patient?
If you fall asleep and wake up to find the bus empty and at the garage, this is your situation.
Correct response: What is being the last kid left on the bus?
This is exactly what Jasmine says out loud to the driver once the driver looks at her.
Correct response: What is “I spilled water all over the floor”?
This is the kind of situation — like someone doing something dangerous — where you should get the driver's attention immediately, without waiting.
Correct response: What is someone being unsafe?
This is the third and final step of the skill, once the driver says “Yes?”
Correct response: What is communicate your question or need and stay calm?
This is a reasonable thought to have while your hand is raised and the driver hasn't looked over yet.
Correct response: What is “they might not see me yet” / “they're busy driving”?
If an adult you don't know says your parent sent them to pick you up, this is who's approaching you.
Correct response: What is a stranger?
This is how the driver responds after Jasmine tells her about the spill.
Correct response: What is “Thanks for telling me, I'll come clean it at the next stop”?
In the video example, this is what Jasmine spilled on the bus floor that she needed to tell the driver about.
Correct response: What is water?
This is why you have to wait for the driver to see you instead of calling out right away.
Correct response: What is the driver is busy driving and might not see you right away?
Correct response: What is the driver is busy driving and might not see you right away?
In Jasmine's example, once the driver looks over and says “Yes, Jasmine?”, this is what she needs to do next.
Correct response: What is communicate her question or need and stay calm?
If a group is laughing at and making fun of another student nearby and it's escalating, this is what's happening.
Correct response: What is teasing / bullying?
This is the safety reason it mattered that Jasmine told the driver about the spill instead of staying quiet.
Correct response: What is someone could slip and get hurt?