We are excited to welcome Max Maxwell, owner of Maxwell Driving School as our newest certified school. They are the only private driving school in the region with a “skid car” to offer realistic simulations of varying driving conditions. Max has been teaching driver education for 38 years and has been a professional stunt man…
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We are excited to welcome some amazing professionals who have joined us in recent weeks in our Behind the Wheel With ADHD certification program. They hail from all over the country, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Louisiana, and California, and we are very excited to partner with them to bring our specialized training to the teens and families…
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Join me and 25+ other amazing speakers for a FREE Telesummit! You can register and join the presentations you are interested in, or plan to listen to the entire telesummit. Each speaker is an expert on his/her particular topic, all relevant to ADHD. Check this out, you don’t want to miss this opportunity to hear…
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INTRODUCING OUR NEWEST CERTIFIED DRIVING SCHOOLS We are pleased to welcome two driving schools to join us in our mission as certified schools, the Safe Driving Coach school in PA and The Driving Coach school in Iowa. Todd Avery has a brand new driving school, Safe Driving Coach, serving Montgomery County in Pennsylvania. Todd…
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NEW RESEARCH LINKING TEEN DRIVING BEHAVIORS TO ADHD AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH FACTORS Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute published new findings on the symptoms related to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder, and depression and .how they affect teen driving behaviors. The research was conducted with 60 newly licensed teens in the state of Pennsylvania and…
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INTRODUCING….our Professional Training Webinar for Driving Instructors and Rehabilitation Specialists NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN RECORDED FORMAT! Using all our research and tips from our live webinars and introducing new and updated information, we now offer you this important training in recorded format. Behind the Wheel With ADHD Professional Training Webinar is a program designed…
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AUTUMN BRINGS MORE DEER IN THE ROADS! Listen to our friend Anne Scallon explain why it’s important to be extra vigilant during these next 6 weeks when 40% of collisions with deer occur. October/November is the riskiest time for drivers to encounter deer in the roads. Anne offers some good tips to help maneuver the…
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With these tips, parents can help kids improve their ability to plan, organize and execute daily tasks. By Jennifer Lea Reynolds, Contributor – Source: US News | July 19, 2017, at 2:58 p.m. Parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder undoubtedly come across a variety of phrases pertaining to the disorder – “executive functioning” among them. However, sifting through…
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We want to invite you to attend as our guest, from the comfort of your own home… or workplace (or the gym, beach, car…wherever you can get a phone or internet signal), completely free of charge. https://eu101.isrefer.com/go/telesummit2017/annshanahan/ Below are the other guest experts and the topics at this year’s Telesummit ADDA and CHADD – “Spark…
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A study published in the June issue of JAMA Pediatrics found that teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are about one-third more likely to be involved in a car accident than people without ADHD. They’re also more likely to obtain their driver’s license at a later time. One of the study’s researchers, Dr. Flaura Winston,…
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Important information from our colleague and friend Anne Scallon in Milwaukee, on the topic of driver distractions that are often overlooked and how to anticipate and respond to them. Here are highlights from her interview: Ask yourself (or your teen driver) at the beginning of each trip, “What are my priorities for this trip?” The…
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Sunday, February 12, 2017 Christopher Chavez looks forward to the day he can earn his license and drive himself to his karate lessons and the job he hopes to have one day. It isn’t as easy as it sounds. Teen drivers with ADHD • More likely to have received repeated traffic citations, mainly for speeding…
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One student from a suburban high school near Chicago struggled with his behind the wheel course in school, perhaps due to his autism/ADHD diagnoses, so his parents brought him to one of our certified driving schools for a more customized approach to try to improve his skills They are happy with the progress and have…
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ANNOUNCING : Behind the Wheel With ADHD new PARENT WEBINAR for parents of teens with ADHD and other challenges learning to drive PRESENTED IN 3 MODULES COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF THIS TOPIC: Foundations Module Parenting Strategies for Novice Teen Drivers with ADHD Recommendations and Resources from the Professionals PURCHASE THE WEBINAR NOW! PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES…
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5 X Olympic Medalist Simone Biles had this to say yesterday on her social media account regarding her ADHD medications: I have ADHD and I have taken medicine for it since I was a kid. Please know, I believe in clean sport, have always followed the rules, and will continue to do so as fair…
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Gayle and Ann were thrilled to be guests of Jeff Copper on Attention Talk Radio this week! We had an opportunity to chat with the amazing Jeff Copper on his show Attention Talk Radio about how ADHD affects driving skill and how teens with ADHD can benefit from some of the strategies and tools we…
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Top Driver Illinois is the first commercial driving school to collaborate with Behind the Wheel With ADHD to create a brand new curriculum to serve the needs of the students who struggle with ADHD and other executive functioning challenges. We are proud of this amazing effort by Jim Mihalovich at Top Driver who utilized our…
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We were thrilled to be invited to provide our training to over one hundred rehabilitation specialists at their annual conference last week in Columbus, Ohio. The Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists (ADED) certainly was a welcoming crowd and we delivered our training seminar to a packed conference room on August 15th. . These specialists are…
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We were excited to be invited guests on The Morning Blend to share our expertise on mitigating risks associated with ADHD and driving. Our friend Anne Scallon from Before the Wheel was there as well and we enjoyed a lively discussion with the 2 lovely hosts. Check out the segment here: http://www.tmj4.com/shows/the-morning-blend/helping-new-teen-drivers-with-adhd
We are pleased to announce that our Behind the Wheel With ADHD program will be the featured Promising Practices profile in the December issue of Attitude Magazine! Behind the Wheel With ADHD Behind the Wheel With ADHD provides driving instructors with additional training to better understand the risks associated with ADHD and teen driving. Instructors…
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We are pleased to announce our brand new professional driver education training program, “Behind the Wheel With ADHD” (and its accompanying ADHD pre-trip app) has now been adapted for parents, coaches and other professionals working with our population of novice teen drivers! On September 23rd and September 30th we will be providing a 90 minute live webinar…
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We’re talking today with Greg Hardt, a Certified Behind the Wheel With ADHD driving instructor with Fresh Green Light Driving School in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Greg was trained in Behind the Wheel With ADHD in March, so has been utilizing his training and new skills for about 4 months with students who he has that have…
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On May 7th we were honored to be recipients of the Illinois High School and College Driver Education Association award acknowledging our corporate membership support of driver education and traffic safety in the State of Illinois. We attended the annual IHSCDEA conference in Effingham Illinois and were delighted to meet driving instructors from schools all…
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