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Driving Test.

Roy

Hi, my youngest son keeps taking driving tests and not passing, we are 99% sure  he has ADHD, he was expelled from school when 13, the school couldn’t handle his outbursts. He drives very well, when at the test his anxiety goes off the scale, he sits in the car shaking, I’ve tried everything I can think of, I even took him to a test centre on a country route. Unfortunately his theory test has now expired so we are now on test 3 of that. He really needs to drive, he is now 21 and can progress at work a lot with a license. There is a box on the application for special requirements, unfortunately he is not officially diagnosed.

Does anyone have any ideas?

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  • 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.

  • in reply to SRP-7

    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. 

  • in reply to Roy

    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.

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  • in reply to Roy

    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.

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