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FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, WE OFFER:
Private behind-the-wheel
special needs driver instruction
30-minute lessons
Individualized, tailored to each student
Detailed and thorough
Provided with patience, respect,
and professionalism
Use of student's alternative instruction plan
Assessment and guidance
at conclusion of each lesson
Special needs lessons may be used for:
- Clinical driver rehabilitation program preparation
- DMV road test preparation
- 45-Hour practice log hours
- Currently licensed driver review
- Driver improvement lessons
- Practice time
Every student learns differently. We provide patient, personalized instruction in short, 30-minute sessions for students with a wide variety of learning styles, life experiences, and individual needs. Our instructors have experience working with neurodivergent students in the following areas:
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- ADD / ADHD
- Post-traumatic stress related to driving
- Physical and cognitive disabilities
- Mobility limitations
- Students rebuilding confidence after a collision
- Students affected by a family member's collision
- Students with medical or therapeutic requirements
- Neurodivergent, processing, and learning challenges
- Senior drivers (55+)
- English-language and hearing challenges
If you or a son or daughter have unique learning needs not listed above, please don't hesitate to contact us to discuss how we can tailor our instruction to help all become safe, confident, and responsible navigators.
Skills and maneuvers our special needs students may expect to learn:
- Residential roadway mastery
- Merging onto roadways
- Exiting off roadways
- Lane changing on roadways
- Merging onto highways
- Exiting off of highways
- Lane changing on highways
- Short-ramp highway yielding
- Left turns, right turns, U-turns
- Four-way stop-signs
- Traffic circles, roundabouts
- Overpasses and clover-leafs
- Inclement weather readiness
- Pedestrian and cyclist awareness
- High-speed highways
- Navigating Old Town Leesburg
- Navigating Tyson's Corner
- Hazardous two-lane roads
- Rural and country roads
- Acceleration for merging
- Navigating parking lots
- Navigating drive-thrus
- Navigating gas stations
- 90-Degree parking
- Diagonal parking
- Parking in tight spaces
- Backing into parking
- Parallel parking
- Speed management
- Spacing management
- Distance measurement
- Traffic signals and U-turns
- Road markings at lights
- Yielding to others
- Icy road preparedness
- Beginner dashboard review
- Mirror positioning
- Brake and accelerator usage
- Steering wheel positioning
- Driver seat positioning
- Steering forward and in reverse
- Staying centered in your lane
- Vehicle reference points
- Prep for DMV road test
- Private lessons for teen log
- Off-road recovery
- Dusk and nighttime driving
- Rain and snow navigation
- Emergency braking
- Stopping on a dime
- Skid control for icy roads
- Evasive steering
- Hydroplane awareness
- Safety emergency swerving
- Obstacle cone course
- Specialized steering control
- Alcohol-impaired goggles
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All special needs sessions are 30 minutes each
and include meetup and dropoff
at student's home in the Ashburn area
or at a local Ashburn high school
or workplace.
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Rates: please note that special needs students
are always welcome to register at our
regular private-lesson rates; we offer the following
for students who specifically require half-hour sessons:
Special needs 30-minute lessons @$110 ea
minimum of 2 = $220
Packages:
6 Special needs lessons @$108 ea = pkg @$648
10 Special needs lessons @$106 ea = pkg @$1060
20 Special needs lessons @$104 ea = pkg @$2080
40 Special needs lessons @$98 ea = pkg @$3920