Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructor – Developing Your Client–Centred Learning and Coaching Skills (eng)

This bestselling guide is recommended by the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) as required reading for the Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) examinations, to improve your driver teaching, coaching and communication skills.
"Complements The Driving Instructor's Handbook by linking professional knowledge with practical delivery. It sets out clear and up‑to‑date approaches to teaching, learning and coaching that reflect the demands of modern driver training." - DVSA

Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors is a definitive resource for trainee and qualified Approved Driving Instructors who want to deliver more effective lessons, support faster learner progress and succeed in the ADI Standards Check. Fully updated in partnership with the DVSA, it combines practical instruction, coaching expertise and real-world application aligned to current industry standards.

You'll learn how to:
- Plan and deliver structured driving lessons that build skills progressively from first lesson to test success
- Adapt your teaching approach to suit different learning styles and individual learner needs
- Apply coaching and communication techniques to improve learner engagement, confidence and driving performance
- Understand how people learn and translate theory into effective, on-road instruction
- Prepare for and pass the ADI Part 3 and Standards Check using proven, DVSA-aligned strategies

This book is the essential companion to The Driving Instructor's Handbook, also published by Kogan Page.

Themes include: ADI exam preparation, DVSA standards, driving instructor training, coaching skills, communication skills, learner driver development

John Miller has been involved in the driver training industry for over 35 years. A qualified and experienced instructor trainer and LGV instructor, for many years he ran his own driving school for car and lorry drivers, together with an instructor training facility. He is now a consultant to the driver training industry.

John Miller is the author of The Driving Instructor's Handbook, which is listed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency as recommended reading material for the Approved Driving Instructors' exams, and Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors, both published by Kogan Page.