If you, or a member of your family, has a disability and has an NDIS plan, you may be able to get some financial assistance towards the cost of learning to drive. There is a process that the NDIS usually require:
- Client to have learning to drive listed as a goal on their plan.
- Funding under Independent Living
- Client to complete an occupational therapy driving assessment (OTDA).
- A quote submitted for the OT’s recommended number of lessons.
- Approval from the NDIS to release funding for driving lessons before commencing training.
We can provide an OTDA in either an automatic or a manual car. Our driving instructors are experienced in driver rehabilitation and teaching people with disability. We work with a driver-trained occupational therapist to conduct on-road driving assessments. Follow this link for more information on the OT driving assessments.
Patient and friendly Driving Instructors
Teaching people with learning difficulties can sometimes take a lot of patience, understanding and awareness of the difficulty or disability. It can take longer for the student to grasp a concept, especially as some aspects of driving aren’t black and white. Driving situations can change rapidly and students need to be able to make decisions quickly. As a driving instructor, it is very important to realise that learning these skills can be quite challenging and therefore may take more time, patience and understanding.
Our driving instructors all:
- Have exceptional instructional ability and excellent communication skills;
- Are friendly, patient, likeable, of good character and;
- Hold a police clearance and working with children card;
Unique lesson plans and visual teaching aids
- We use structured lesson plans and select content to the students’ specific ability. This ensures they cover everything required to become a skilful, safe and confident driver.
- We track the students progress digitally so the instructor knows exactly how they are progressing.
- We use digital teaching aids that explain things visually to help give a clearer explanation of the techniques being taught. These teaching aids work to help overcome any limitations with communication and are highly beneficial for students who are visual thinkers/learners. See the example below.
Dual-controlled vehicles
All our vehicles are fitted with dual controls to ensure maximum safety at all times. These dual controls offer our students the ability to take full control of the decision-making process, facilitating accelerated learning, whilst feeling assured our professional, highly skilled instructors are able to maintain safety at all times.
NDIS Driving Lesson Enquiry
NOTE: If you/your client needs to complete an Occupational Therapy Driving Assessment to get access to NDIS funding please complete the form on the OT Assessment page instead.
Submit your contact details below to enquire about getting some lessons from us – we are a registered NDIS provider.