Driving Test.

I have ADHD, and I am studying for my theory test. Due to perhaps negative reinforcement from school and outside sources, he associated studying as bad and "what's the point." beliefs (I sure did) start small. Perhaps ask him when he is free during the day to pick up his highway code and read one Rule every day, time it with a stopwatch or countdown timer (1-2 minutes,) and then talk about it afterwards with positive reinforcement, which should help him associate learning with rewards. At least this helped me.

Thanks for replying, to be honest, when he was in school I didn’t know I’m autistic then, I was living in my confusing hell, my wife is a full time nurse and had to do all the family stuff as well. My son just slipped through the net. School just put him in a solitary cubicle, you can imagine what that does to someone with ADHD. We have got the Highway Code part of it sorted, it’s the hazard perception that he struggles with, he struggles with holding his attention. I’m going to get some clips on a computer so he can just do as you said, about 5 minutes at a time. 

Thanks for replying, to be honest, when he was in school I didn’t know I’m autistic then, I was living in my confusing hell, my wife is a full time nurse and had to do all the family stuff as well. My son just slipped through the net. School just put him in a solitary cubicle, you can imagine what that does to someone with ADHD. We have got the Highway Code part of it sorted, it’s the hazard perception that he struggles with, he struggles with holding his attention. I’m going to get some clips on a computer so he can just do as you said, about 5 minutes at a time. 

School put me in solitary in the LIBRARY. I loved it...

If your kid can drive and has all the knowledge and skills and drives O.K. but is just fluffing the tests like mine was (4 in row before they finally asked me to help), then it's psychology that needs fixing.

And that's what I did.

First I let her drive me about and I observed her. I could see that some road situations made her really nervous and that lead to hesitation, which is no good but she could drive well enough, apart from getting onto an island and turning right.

Once I'd taught her how to use the vehicle on the right as a shield for entering islands (It's been making it easy for me for forty years!) and a few other workload reducing tips, the driving got visibly easier for her, so at that point I started adding pressure in the form of becoming an increasingly distracting and annoying passenger. By the end of the week she could not only drive fairly well but she could do it automatically whist complaining about or dealing with my antics, and me being a right PITA. Don't get me wrong, I had to be careful not to actually overload her, and only inflict distractions when it was "safe" to do so, but she's got ADD she's going to HAVE to drive well whilst being "distracted". Periodically I'd test her situation awareness, (I'd already got her doing a regular scan of all three mirrors, and taught her to lean forwards to check the blind spots),  

Needless to say, the next examiner and test she took, turned out to be a lot less like hard work than the previous week with me...

ADD for me as a driver means that I need to keep my focus on the driving at all times, in order to remain "safe" I found. To remain hyper focussed driving has to be absorbing and interesting for me, which is why on the very first safe opportunity I see, I will overtake.

I count the seconds when I am held to five or ten MPH below the averaging speed limit, and observe the cameras, and when I've got a few seconds of "speeding" in the bank, it gives me a legitimate opportunity for advancement, within the limits imposed by safety and "grace" (a mix of courtesy and style).

Doing this holds my attention wonderfully on driving safely and correctly of course.

Situational awareness is the key for us ADD people when driving. And we can get very good at it compared to the normies... 

I can understand completely. In that case, when doing the test. Having him have no distractions like a phone, for example, as well as having him do breathing exercises beforehand, can really help control anxiety. As well, when doing the test, having a strategy helps. Tell him to click once when a hazard is developing, once when it's active and another one when it just happens. (One-second gap, this will help get max points.) This will help him understand and give him a sort of structure in his head. But as they say, practice makes perfect. Hope this helps.