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VESID - Evaluation Process

Driving Evaluations take 2 -3 hours.

The in-house clinical test take approx. 2 hours and the behind the wheel assessment takes approx. 1 hour.

All Behind the wheel assessments our done in our vehicles as we are State Certified and our vehicles are equipped with Dual Controls and adapted equipment.

Driving evaluations are performed by a registered Occupational Therapist who is also a state Certified Driving Instructor and a Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist. OT and facility are members of ADED: The Association for the Driver Rehabilitation Specialist.

The following is a list of what we test for:

  • Cognitive Skills
  • Memory
  • Attention
  • PA Driving Knowledge
  • Head/Neck Flexibility
  • Range of Motion
  • Strength
  • Reaction Time in the Vehicle
  • Multi-tasking
  • And….

Vision plays a large role in the overall task of driving so we do several vision tests, to include testing for:

  • Visual Acuity
    – Optec 2000 Machine
  • Visual Memory
  • Visual Perception
    • Figure ground
    • Form constancy
    • Spatial relationships
  • Visual response time
 
 
 
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