๐บ๏ธ Driving in an unfamiliar area without GPS is stressful.
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ซ๐ถ๐ณ๐บ.
Are you helping your clients with driving and driving retirement?
Navigating the return to driving without support or guidance creates more stress and frustration than is necessary.
As an OTP, youโre uniquely positioned to support these clients with expertise and empathy, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต.
๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐โ๐ ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐โฆ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
It all starts by asking the right questions during your evaluation and completing a driving risk assessment.
You donโt even have to specialize in driving to start the process.
(๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต. ๐)
If bringing up driving with your clients feels like opening Pandoraโs box, then we have a resource to share with you.
>> ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ญ: ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ธ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง
This is your ticket to gathering and presenting unbiased data so clients, families, and doctors have information as they make driving decisions.
^^ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ? ๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐.
You provide information and recommendations to the team, just like with any other ADL or IADL.
So donโt let your clients and their families navigate driving decisions without support.
Learn how to complete an occupational therapy driving evaluation and equip yourself to have conversations to support families no matter what the results say.
The Part 1 course is your next step.
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