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Disciplined Attention

Text & On-Line Driver Education Course

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Course Description

The Disciplined Attention Course is a text and web-based driver education curriculum aimed at improving a driver’s attention on the road. The course focuses on distracted and aggressive driving and how to prevent accidents.

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Requirements

You must have a valid email address and access to the internet. The email address that you list on the registration form must remain the same for the duration of the course.

You must read a short book to pass the course.

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Course Length

You can read the book and complete the course in about 10 hours.

After you read the book, you must take a short exam on-line and pass it. You also must complete 2 surveys about your driving habits and be willing to give us feedback about the course.

You can do the course at your own pace…some clients complete the course all at once while others space out the steps over 60 days.

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Course Fees

The cost of course is $60.00, which includes the cost of the book ($29.95, including tax). If you sign up by phone or on the web, there is a $4.95 shipping and handling charge for the book.

Cash, credit card and money order payments only.

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Course Step 1  

Registration…go to:www.alertdriver.net

or

call (919) 408 -0745

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Course Step 2

Complete the On-Line Survey of Driving Beliefs & Behaviors.

The survey takes about 15 minutes to complete.

All responses on the survey are strictly confidential and not available to the court, insurance companies or any licensing agency.  

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Course Step 3

Read a book - Disciplined Attention. It’s an easy-to-read book about how researchers and driving instructors advise drivers to improve their attention on the road.

You can learn more about the book at www.disciplined-attention.com.

On-line help about the text material is available during the course.

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Course Step 4

You will take an on-line exam about the text. You are allowed 3 attempts to receive a passing grade on the exam (70%). If you do not pass the exam after 3 attempts, you can email our staff at examhelp@alertdriver.com for further instructions.

The exam is open-book.  

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Course Step 5

Complete a second On-Line Survey of Driving Beliefs and Behaviors.

The second survey gives you the opportunity to pass along driving tips to other drivers who will participate in the program.

You also have opportunity to provide feedback about the survey and course.

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Course Step 6

You will be mailed an official Certificate of Completion in the Disciplined Attention Course that you can present to the court. Your certificate will have “Official Certificate” embossed on the surface and you should have it signed by the DA.

The Certificate of Completion may reduce your sentence or the insurance points on your license.

 

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Course Progress

Each participatant in the on-line program has his/her progress automatically tracked step by step. You may log on at any time and see what steps you have completed, what steps remain and the expected due date.

The due date for completing the course is often your next court appearance date.

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Course Progress

On-line registration, driving surveys, exam, course evaluations and step-by-step student progress.

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You are not alone

The Disciplined Attention course covers the same material that has been presented to driving instructors, corporate safety officers and professional drivers in seminars around the U.S. and Canada.

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Disciplined Attention is used by:

new drivers truck drivers military drivers teen drivers athletes athletic referees and officials parents teaching children sports traffic offenders senior drivers police cadets and officers highway patrol troopers anyone who wants to improve his/her visual attention skills.  

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OUR BIOLOGICAL SETUP – THIS IS GOODThe eyes lead

Old view & new view –attention & emotionsTwo visual attention systems: the detail & wide view

Visual routinesVisual processing times

Emergency and peak performance

THE BREAKDOWN – THIS IS BADThe eyes get stuck – target fixation & tunneling

When the eyes stick the most Basic, primitive process – no wide view

Eye panic & getting lost in the scene Disrupting motor responses & smoothness

HOW TO IMPROVE – THIS IS VERY GOODAttention skill development

Calm scene processingHone the focal system – the path to visual references

Putting it together under pressure

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This is the 159 page book you must read to pass the course. It is written at a 10-12th

grade level. It is hardbound to last.

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Book Statistics

Book StatisticsTitle: Disciplined AttentionSubtitle: How to Improve Your Visual Attention When You Drive Author: Kenneth C. Mills, Ph.D.ISBN: 0-942267-29-XLCCN: 2005900135CIP: 1. Automobile drivers--Psychology. 2. Motor vehicle driving--

Psychological aspects. 3. Vision. 4. Attention. TL152.7 .M55 2005 629.283Length: 159 pagesBinding: 6” X 9” hardcover, printed caseAdditions: 3 illustrations, 2 tables, 10 exercises, bibliography, indexWebsite: www.disciplined-attention.com

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Book Abstract

The book extracts life-saving ideas from top driving instructors and research scientists to give you simple exercises that can be practiced each time you drive. First, you discover how your visual attention is uniquely challenged when you drive, the latest findings on hazard perception, how expert drivers control their attention, and importantly, how disrupted attention leads to collisions. The reader progress through 4 stages of how to improve visual attention, with 10 simple exercises that become part of everyday driving habits.

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Teaching Guides

The following 2 slides can be printed and used as summary illustrations of the topics in the book and the Disciplined Attention seminar. They cover the target fixation cycle and how it leads to crashes. The second slides illustrates accident prevention strategies. The cycles can also be used to train peak sports performance. (PowerPoint versions available).

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Target Fixation- Lock Up Cycle

EYES SPOT A THREAT UNFAMILAR

UNEXPECTED

MAYBE MOVING

Evoked Fixation

Response

Stuck or panicked eye routines

Responses start to freeze

Ramps into tunnel vision

Mental lock up

Actions go to ONE threat

1/10 second primitive

Crash, missed play!!!

Injury or death

Hard to control

Time distortion

Old habits

Both Mental and

Physical freezing

May be a necessary

part of training

Under 2 seconds

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Prevention & Survival

Skills

EYES SPOT A THREAT UNFAMILAR

UNEXPECTED

MAYBE MOVING

Evoked Fixation

Response

Trust your eye movements

Develop focus skills

Visually move through the

action

Situation Awareness

Actions go to multiple

threats

Scan the scene: up,

down, left, right

Avoid crash,

make the play!!

Ready for more action

Sense of CALM

Control and Flow

Trained Habits

Acquire familiar

targets and move on

NECESSARY training

Flash recognition training

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About the author

Kenneth C. Mills Ph.D. is a psychologist & scientist. He has traveled the U.S. developing simulations and training programs for professional drivers: police, firefighters, EMT’s, school bus driver and professional truck drivers. His scientific background and the practical advice of top driving instructors provided the basis for the Disciplined Attention textbook, on-line course and seminar.

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Please visit www.disciplined-attention.com.

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