Overview:

• Helps satisfy 49 CFR §382.603 requirement that all persons designated to supervise drivers must receive at least "60 minutes of training on alcohol misuse and 60 minutes on controlled substance use"
• Trains your supervisors to help keep impaired drivers off the road
• Explains the concept of reasonable suspicion
• Uses dramatic vignettes to illustrate different scenarios with which supervisors may be faced
• Reviews the appropriate supervisor actions in those situations
• Ready-to-use training program includes several components
• Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
• 8-minute bonus CSA video segment explains how reasonable suspicion testing factors into the Drugs & Alcohol BASIC

Program Components

• (1) 20-Minute Video - Available on DVD, the program clearly explains the concept of "reasonable suspicion." Uses several real-life scenarios supervisors could face, including “refusal to submit to a drug & alcohol test.” Also includes information on physical behavior, speech and performance indicators of probable alcohol misuse or drug abuse, as required by 49 CFR §382.603.
• (1) Trainer Tools CD-ROM (not sold separately) - Features supplementary information, including content for audiovisual presentations/handouts, quizzes, answer keys, clip art, posters, and a training log. These items can be used as-is, customized, or imported into PowerPoint® presentations.
• (1) Trainer’s Guide - Features answer keys to workbook tests and exercises.
• (6) Supervisor Workbooks - Contain 40 pages of pre- and post-tests and new learning activity scenarios, plus a tear-out receipt page.
• (6) Certificates of Completion - Provide a quick, easy way to prove that required training has been completed.
• (6) Observed Behavior Reasonable Suspicion Record Forms - Help document a reasonable suspicion testing situation per 49 CFR §382.307, which requires that a written record be maintained.

DVD Main Menu

• CSA and Reasonable Suspicion Testing
• Play Program - Plays entire main program.
• Chapter Selections - Access chapters by topic.
  • Vignette #1 - A supervisor observes a conflict between two drivers,and one of the drivers is very agitated and confronts the agitated driver.
  • Introduction - Explains the concept of reasonable suspicion and the supervisor’s role and responsibilities.
  • Vignette #1 Continued - Shows how the encounter plays out between the supervisor and the driver he reasonably suspects is under the influence.
  • Review of Supervisor’s Actions - Narrative discussion of what the supervisor did right.
  • Vignette #2 - A supervisor observes a driver taking a drink and confronts her.
  • Review of Supervisor’s Actions - Narrative discussion of what the supervisor did right.
  • Vignette #3 - A supervisor observes a high-strung driver talking with another driver and confronts him.
  • Review of Supervisor’s Actions - Narrative discussion of what the supervisor did right.
  • Conclusion - Reiterates the purpose of reasonable suspicion testing and training for supervisors.
  • Vignette #1 Conclusion - Wrap up of the opening vignette of the agitated driver.
  • Closing Thoughts - Acknowledges the need for impaired drivers to be taken off the road for everyone’s safety.
• Review – Provides a quick way to refresh memory on key points of the program to better aid retention.
• Commentary – Additional interviews by industry professionals
• Quiz – 10 interactive questions; offers correct/incorrect remediation to reinforce effectiveness of training. – Introduction to topic for trainer/management.
• Message for Management - Introduction to topic for trainer/management.
• Alcohol & Drug Testing: Driver Awareness Preview - Offers a sneak peek at training program for a related topic.

Producer: J.J. Keller