Understanding Autistic Learners: A Practical Guide for Driving Instructors

Understand the learner. Adapt the teaching. Build independence.
Every autistic learner is different. A diagnosis can help us understand possible barriers, but it does not tell an instructor how that individual will learn to drive.
Understanding Autistic Learners is a practical professional guide for ADIs and PDIs who want to develop a more confident, informed and flexible approach to supporting autistic learner drivers.
The guide explores how autism may influence communication, sensory processing, predictability, anxiety, attention and information processing, before considering what these differences can mean inside a real driving lesson.
Rather than providing a rigid list of techniques, it encourages instructors to identify the individual learner's strengths and barriers and adapt their teaching accordingly.
Inside you'll explore: autism and individual differences; sensory processing and the driving environment; communication and processing; anxiety and overload; adapting instruction; and practical strategies for developing safe, independent driving.
Ideal for: ADIs, PDIs, instructor trainers and anyone involved in supporting autistic learner drivers.
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