Proceedings of the Sixth National Workshop for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists

The 6th National Workshop for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists was held from May 27 to 29, 2004, at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. Sponsored by Transport Canada (through TDC) and the Capital Health Authority of Alberta, the workshop attracted approximately 200 professionals from across Canada to share knowledge and experience related to assessing driving skills, training drivers, licensing and regulations, and prescribing vehicle modifications for drivers with disabilities. Abstracts are provided in both English and French. The workshop featured a wide range of presentations given by and for occupational therapists, driving instructors, dealers specializing in modified vehicles, researchers, and people from related agencies such as road safety, licensing authorities, vehicle modifiers, and rehabilitation specialists for persons with disabilities. The presentations included: Disabilities-Drugs-Driving; The DriveABLE Competence Screen as a Predictor of On-Road Driving; Predictors of Driving Ability Post-Stroke: A Systematic Review; Correlation Between Visual Perceptual Testing and On-Road Performance; Driving With Bioptics; Is Specialized Training in Driving Evaluation and Retaining Needed?; Validity of the Cognitive Behavioral Driver's Inventory in Predicting Driving Outcome; L´influence de l´administration partielle du Cognitive Behavioral Driver's Inventory sur sa validité de critère : une étude exploratoire et rétrospective; The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): Considerations for the Driving Rehabilitation Specialist; Assessing Metacognition - A Structured Interview Format; Assessing Scanning - A Dynamic Approach; CanDRIVE; What Is Required for 'Standardization' in Driver Assessments?; Canadian Consensus Meeting on Driving Evaluation in Older Drivers; Survey of Driving Professionals: What Is Being Used for Off- and On-Road Testing?; Driving Simulation: A Pilot Study of Persons with Brain Injury and Matched Controls; Driving Simulation as a Means of Altering Self-Awareness of Deficits in Persons with Brain Injury; Concurrent Validity of a Virtual Reality Driving Assessment for Persons with Brain Injury; Dementia and Driving Cessation: An Overview of the Development of Group Interventions for Patients and Caregivers, and Preliminary Results. Subject: Automobile drivers with disabilities--Congresses.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Conference Proceedings are available on CD-ROM.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  Transportation Development Centre, 800 Rene-Levesque Boulevard West, Suite 600
  Montreal, Quebec  Canada  H3B 2X1
• Authors:
  • Marshall, B F
  • Sutherland, H
• Publication Date: 2005-5

Language

• English
• French

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Correlation analysis; Driver improvement programs; Driver licensing; Driver rehabilitation; Driving instructors; Highway safety; Human factors engineering; Occupational safety; Safety; Therapy; Workshops
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01000315
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TP 11489
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 18 2005 3:08PM