Resources for Parents of Young People

Resources for Parents of Young People

Resources for Parents of Young People

Parents of young people

The Facts

Parents continue to exert a positive impact on their kids during adolescence, promoting academic development and life satisfaction (Balsa 2016)

The influence parents can have on the attitudes, behaviour and safety of young drivers is profound and enduring (Rasch 2018)

Positive role modelling by parents will continue to have an enormous influence on their children’s ability to develop and sustain safe driving practices and attitudes (Rasch 2018)

Programs and resources for parents

Youthsafe’s programs and resources provide information and strategies to promote parent influence,
and help young people manage risk and prevent serious injury.

Teen Safe Driving workshops bring parents and novice drivers together to share pointers on low risk driving and how to work effectively together while learning to drive

Ls to Ps: Teaching Aussie Teens to Drive eBook is an everyday language, practical guide for teaching young learner drivers

Teen Safe Driving Resources page provides the Graduated Licensing Scheme checklist and teaching tips to parents

Managing social injury risks – for home partying and going out

Safe Steps to Solo Driving offers essential safety tips and resources for young learner drivers to practise solo driving responsibly and confidently

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Teen Safe Driving workshops bring parents and novice drivers together to share pointers on low risk driving and how to work effectively together while learning to drive

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Ls to Ps: Teaching Aussie Teens to Drive eBook is an everyday language, practical guide for teaching young learner drivers

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Teen Safe Driving Resources page provides the Graduated Licensing Scheme checklist and teaching tips to parents

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Managing social injury risks – for home partying and going out

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Safe Steps to Solo Driving offers essential safety tips and resources for young learner drivers to practise solo driving responsibly and confidently

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FREE E-BOOK VALUED AT $19.95!

FREE E-BOOK VALUED AT $19.95!

Youthsafe’s deputy chairperson, david riches, has written a book “teaching aussie teens to drive”, based on his many years of experience as a road safety consultant as well as working with parents and young learner drivers.

The clearly written, practical advice of Youthsafe’s eBook can be a great help to parents and learners alike: containing useful advice about teaching the more challenging aspects of manoeuvring a car - like hill starts, parallel parking, three-point turns etc - as well as useful tips for establishing and maintaining a great ‘working’ relationship for effective teaching and learning.

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