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conni marschke

my son needs help learning the rules of the road in order to get learners premit any ideas?

my son is ryan, he is learning disabled and like quin to look at him you have no idea  of his l. d. his problem is book learning. he is 18 years old and we have had him evaluated by a driving instructor and he was found to be a good driving candidate. he is a visual learner do you have any ideas that would aid in his learning the rules of the road? we have used the audio tapes, special ed. rules of the rode book. once again we are at a stand still and like we always do we must push ahead and dig till we find our way. thank you for doing gma and i look forward to reading quins book. conni marschke

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Kristen Ruthkowski
Thursday, April 23, 2009

Basic suggestion from someone who's taken the test.  Try to relax, it's a pretty easy test. 

bhph
Thursday, April 23, 2009

There are often on-line tests he could use to practice. 

 

They probably have hundreds of questions, in about 10 different sets of multiple choice tests at the official exam, so you won't know EXACTLY what questions you will be asked.

 

But at least practicing might take the 'edge off'.

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Before, I couldn't drive anymore. I remember studying day after day. It was not an easy test for me. Well at least the writen part was hard, and I wasn't good at test. My Suggestion would be to see if you can get the book learning rules on tape. Sometimes hearing the book outloud helps bring the words to life. With having vcfs, test taking was a struggle to me.

 

I went to amazon and found a few items that may be of help. I am also a visual learner. My dad I remember bought me something that I was able to study on the computer, and I remember that some of the same question's were also on the official test. Here is a few links that I suggest. I hope these are helpful. Best of luck to you and your son.

 

Passing the Written DMV Test

http://www.amazon.com/Passing-Written-DMV-Test-Dmv/dp/B000P6XQ1O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1240536817&sr=8 -2

 

Link to different items

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Drivers+test

Carol
Thursday, April 23, 2009

My daughter has vcfs and l.d. and recently got her license. After school ended last spring (right after her 16th birthday) I went through the book with her endlessly. She kept studying it (we made index cards) but she never felt ready to take the test. Finally, I said, "We are going now. At worst, you'll fail and know what to expect next time around." She passed - it's a fairly basic test. he should know the basic signs and what they mean (Stop/yield/Railroad/etc) and the rules concerning drunk driving. I would suggest, after a decent amount of preparation, let him take the test and, if he fails, he'll know better what to expect next time. Good Luck!!!

Carol

Jill
Thursday, April 23, 2009

In addition to the other responders great suggestions, I also talked to our daughter while I was driving asking questions about road signs and what they meant, what the different types of lines in the road meant, pointing out what other drivers were doing and why it was good or bad.

 

I also talked out loud about my thought process as I drove-"I see a yellow caution sign ahead that says curve right:15 mph. I'm going to slow way down. Why do you think that sign is there?" or "the broken yellow line just turned into a solid yellow line so I can't pass anyone. Why do you think it would be unsafe to pass on this section of road?", or "the light turned green for me to go,but first I'm going to look both ways to be sure the cross traffic has stopped", etc....

 

Best regards,

Jill

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Friday, April 24, 2009

A visual learner requires visual imput for understanding.  Audio tapes alone will not help him. 

 

My suggestion is to work with him with toy cars and trucks on pieces of paper that have roads and traffic signs drawn on them.  This way he can see the process of driving and obeying the signs.  He will also employ kinesthetic or motion learning as he drives the cars on the paper.  You may choose to use the audio tapes with the toy cars to help him further.

Robert
Thursday, May 07, 2009

NO. INCOMPLETE QUESTION.

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