A severe shortage of trained tractor-trailer drivers faces the trucking industry and the nation. The Trucking: Tractor-Trailer Driver Handbook/Workbook and ancillaries can help solve this problem by providing a comprehensive and turn-key curriculum for tractor-trailer trailer training. Written at a 3rd -6th grade reading level for ease of understanding, the Handbook/Workbook, addresses not only the body …
3 Keys to Keeping Your Teen Alive: Lessons for Surviving the First Year of Driving
Imagine lying awake in bed, waiting to hear the front door open so you’ll know your teen is home safely. But instead, tonight, the doorbell rings. Your heart stops when you see the police officers in the doorway, and you know instantly that your life will never be the same again. Wouldn’t you do ANYTHING to go …
Human Factors of Visual and Cognitive Performance in Driving
Human error is involved in more than 90 percent of traffic accidents, and of those accidents, most are associated with visual distractions, or looking-but-failing-to-see errors. Human Factors of Visual and Cognitive Performance in Driving gathers knowledge from a human factors psychology standpoint and provides deeper insight into traffic -user behavior and the ways drivers acquire information from the …
Acceptance of new technology and systems by drivers is an important area of concern to governments, automotive manufacturers and equipment suppliers, especially technology that has significant potential to enhance safety. To be acceptable, new technology must be useful and satisfying to use. If not, drivers will not want to have it, in which case it will never achieve …
The Mindful Driver: Using Mindfulness Techniques to Help Overcome Driving Anxiety
Are you troubled by your fear of driving? Overcoming Driving Anxiety can change your life… Driving anxiety is completely normal and is the MOST COMMON phobia. However, you can learn to keep your fear from turning into panic. You don’t need to live in fear and isolation. Utilizing techniques from mindfulness and meditation can help you gain …
Praise and Reviews: ‘Quite simply, this is the best book for learner drivers I have read’ – Kenneth Parker, ADI. ‘The best driver teaching aid I have encountered’ – Andy Howes, ADI. About to take your driving test? How confident are you of passing first time? As with any examination, your success depends very much on how well …
This pioneering book will make the difference between a successful first-time route into a neighboring country and possible problems that could mean a driver’s last trip across the border. Written for professional drivers crossing borders between Canada, the United States, and Mexico, this step-by-step guidebook offers explanations for many of the issues relative to policies among …
The Reading Lesson: Teach Your Child to Read in 20 Easy Lessons
The Reading Lesson is a bestselling program that teaches young children to read in 20 easy lessons. It is designed as a step-by-step course for parents who want to teach their young children to read at home. The teaching method is based on phonics and key-word recognition, and with its innovative and guided approach, the 20 step-by-step lessons …
Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Letter Name – Alphabetic Spellers (2nd Edition) (Three-hole Punched)
We believe that the hands-on word sorting approach to word study is invaluable to you and your students. Broaden your word study understanding and instruction with this expanded word sorting tool for week by week implementation with Letter Name-Alphabetic spellers (Grades K – 3). This stage-specific companion volume to Words Their Way ® : Word Study for Phonics, …
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn’t turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller’s students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller’s unconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets that make reading a chore. …