Unit 5: Transportation
Lesson 2: Relying on People You Know for Transportation
OBJECTIVES
Discuss ways to get a ride on a consistent basis from people who you know.
Discuss ways to get a ride from people at work.
Practice asking a co-worker if they would be able to take you to work each day.
INSTRUCTIONAL FORMAT
This is a short, but important topic. Teach the students that getting a ride
from someone they know is not always reliable. They will need to be informed
about ways to ensure that they will get a consistent ride to work. Students
should also be informed on ways they can identify people at work with whom
they could car pool. For those students who may not have advanced social
skills, it might be good to have them practice talking to a co-worker about
riding with him or her each day.
Discuss ways to get a ride on a consistent basis from people who you know.
Provide the driver with some type of compensation (gas money, lunch once
a week, babysit her kids, etc.). Discuss with students what might be reasonable
compensation based on distance. In some situations (long distance, driver
goes out of her way), paying for half of the gas may be appropriate. In other
situations (short distance, driver picks you up on the way to work), paying
less than half might be appropriate.
Have a list of three to five other people you know who could take you to
work on an emergency basis. Compensate those people as well.
Make sure you have a phone so the person who drives can reach you.
Get the phone numbers of people who could drive you. Keep them in a place
where you will not lose them.
Be courteous! Be ready when your ride arrives, so he does not have to wait.
Call as soon as possible if you will not need the ride.
If the person is not reliable (shows up late or not at all), find someone
else who can take you, and inform the other person that you will not need
a ride anymore.
Inform the students that the best way to find out about getting a ride from
co-workers is to ask a supervisor, talk to the personnel coordinator, ask
around, or put a note up on an employee bulletin board. Discuss how they
will need to find somebody in their neighborhood or who drives near their
house on the way to work. Most people are not going to want to go out of
their way to take somebody to work. You may be able to walk a few blocks
to someone's house.
For those students who need the practice, have them work on asking a co-worker if they would be able to take them to work. Model, role-play, and give feedback.
Approach the person.
Make eye contact and give a greeting.
Say something like, "I don't have a way to work each day, and I heard that you live near me. Would I be able to ride with you to and from work? I would be happy to give you $5 a week.
Listen to the person's response. It is OK if he declines or want to think about it. Let him decide without pressuring him.
If he says yes, say "Thank you." If he says no, say "Thanks for considering it. If you think you can drive me in the future, let me know."
SIGNS OF GENERALIZATION
Students are able to obtain transportation from someone they know independently.
Students are rarely late or miss work due to transportation issues. When
they do miss because of transportation issues, it is due to a real emergency
(driver's car breaks down, driver found out a family member died right before
leaving for work, etc.)
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