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Outpatient Driver Rehabilitation – Regain the freedom of being safe
behind the wheel.
For more than 20 years, St. Lawrence has helped men and women with temporary
or permanent disabilities learn to drive or return to driving. We offer a comprehensive
program with licensed instructors and driving rehab specialists in adapted vehicles.
All clinical evaluations, assessments and training are provided by registered
occupational therapists who are also NJ licensed driving instructors. Our program makes recommendations regarding your driving to your physician. All final decisions about driving status are determined by a physician and/or the NJ MVC.
Our drving school is licensed by the NJ Motor Vehicle Comission (license # 20993C). We are also an approved NJ Division of Vocational Rehabilitation evaluation and training center.
Requirements to begin the program:
- Physician referral
- A valid driver’s license or learner’s permit
- Adequate visual acuity
- Independence transferring in and out of a car
We offer:
- Clinical, pre-driver evaluations, which include functional ability, brake reaction, vision, perception and cognition.
- Behind-the-wheel evaluations to assess actual driving behaviors progressing from residential to highway driving.
- Driver Training for use of adaprive equipment such as hand-controls, left foot accelerator, spinner knob, directional cross-overs.
- Driver's license examination in the St. Lawrence vehicle, accompanied by our licensed Driver Instructor.
Driver Rehabilitation Registration
Click to download the Driver Rehabilitation Registration Form.
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