Driver Rehabilitation of Hampton Roads is a service offered by the Center for Excellence in Aging and Geriatric Health. We specialize in helping individuals become safe and capable drivers following injury or illness, or those experiencing a change in abilities as a result of the natural aging process. We provide driver safety assessments for clients with disabilities ranging in ages from adolescents to seniors, as well as training in modified vehicle equipment and adapted driving strategies for those with a physical or cognitive disability.
Credentials:
Driver Rehabilitation of Hampton Roads is the only free standing Driver Training School in the Hampton Roads area dedicated to the disabled and special needs population. We are a DMV- licensed Commercial Driving School serving the disabled population with on-road driving instruction.
Karl Hoffman OTR/L, CDRS, CDI established Driver Rehabilitation of Hampton Roads, Inc. after operating the Adaptive Driver Training Program for the Riverside Health System from 1996 to 2006. In 2011, Karl joined the Center for Excellence in Aging and Geriatric Health to create Driver Rehabilitation of Hampton Roads - a service of CEAGH. Karl is dually licensed as an Occupational Therapist and a Commercial Driving Instructor. He has been credentialed as a Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist (CDRS) by the Association of Driver Rehabilitation Specialists (ADED) since 1997. Karl holds membership in the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), the Association of Driver Rehabilitation Specialists, and the Virginia Association for Driver Education and Traffic Safety (VADETS). He has been a featured speaker at the annual VADETS conference, the Annual Alzheimer’s Association conference, and the Virginia Transition Forum. Karl has been featured in numerous newspaper and magazine articles relating to the subject of driver rehabilitation, and frequently presents at local support groups and community organizations.
Programs:
Senior Driver Safety Assessments
Adaptive Driver Assessment/Training
Driver Training for Teenagers With a Disability
CDRS Evaluations for DMV Medical Review
Population Served:
- CVA/Stroke
- Amputation
- Hip Fractures/Joint Replacement
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Parkinson’s Disease
- General Debilitation
- Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia
- Cerebral Palsy
- ADD/ADHD
- Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome
- Adolescents with special needs who have not held a driver’s license and need in-car instruction for the first time.
- Clients undergoing DMV Medical Review who need an evaluation with a CDRS (Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist)