TEEN DRIVER EDUCATION
Recommended Parent Taught
Driver Education Program
Who qualifys as a parent taught instructor?
Any parent, grandparent, step-parent, step-grandparent and/or
legal guardian.
Active Military US military personnel and their spouse may participate
as instructors if they hold a valid license from their state of
permanent residence or last duty station
Why parent taught?
Parent taught driver education has quickly become the most popular
method of teaching driver education.
Many choose parent taught driver education simply because it
has shown dramatic improvments in the accident rates of teen drivers
when compared the current national and state averages.
There are so many Parent taught courses available. What are
the differences?
Although it sometimes can seem overwhelming with the amount of
websites offering Driver education, there are actually only 3
general types:
A "Build your own course": Which actually are
the least expensive because they are the most difficult on the
parent.
They require the parent to set up their own curriculum from the
entire generic set of state requirement documents.
Parents are also requred to participate as the physical instructor
for all hours of the classroom work.
If time is critical,"build your own courses" may not
be your preferred route as incorrect paperwork can delay or negate
partt/all of the training.
BTextbook Courses: These also include most of the CD ROM
and Onine courses offered today as the teaching method iremains
the same, reading test. Abeit reading from a computer screen.
Videos are sometimes included with upgraded packages and can
be interchanged to a nearby TV/VCR setup when one is available.
C CBT Course:
Computer based training or CBT, was first used in the 80's has
shown that students retain more when the same information is sent
to different senses,by utilizing graphics, audio, animations,
and videos intertwined.
Devleloped in the 80's CBT is still used by the military for
training youth in very complex fighter aircraft and combat vehicle
operations.
Now CBT is available for driver education. It is the easy for
parents as it provides the parent with a virtual instructor to
teach all of the In-class instruction taking ALL of the guess
work out. The parent is gauranteed that their student is following
the process correctly.
We recommend Virtual
Drive of America as the best parent taught program
Is Parent taught allowed in my state?
Currently all but a few states have adopted a parent taught
program while legislation is quickly moving forward most of the
others. If you have a question about your state feel free to contact
the folks at Virtual Drive directly at 1-877-652-9558.
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