"Beyond Driving with Dignity" Professional Certification Program

Oct. 22, 2011 - PRLog -- Keeping Us Safe, a national organization based in Cleveland, Ohio will be holding its "Beyond Driving with Dignity" training and certification course for professionals in:

Indianapolis on November 2, 2011
Raleigh on November 10, 2011
Tampa on January 19, 2012
Houston on February 9, 2012
Phoenix on February 21, 2012
San Diego on March 1, 2012
Columbus on March 15, 2012
Boston on April 12, 2012

The certification program has been designed to provide professionals with the additional tools necessary to help more mature drivers and their families work through the complicated issue of diminishing driving skills caused by the aging process.

Matt Gurwell, Founder & CEO of Keeping Us Safe explains that the Beyond Driving with Dignity professional certification program is not built around the premeditated goal of "taking the keys away" from an elderly driver.

Matt explains "the program is designed to help the older driver and concerned family members make appropriate decisions on the future of the individual's safe driving career. It is true that in certain circumstances, this may involve assisting the older driver in making a smooth and permanent transition from the driver's seat to the passenger seat."

The certification program is based on Keeping Us Safe's self-assessment program for older drivers, along with their recently published "Beyond Driving with Dignity; The workbook for the families of older drivers". The workbook complements the efforts of the BDD Professional, and the BDD Professional complements the contents of the workbook. Both the BDD professional and the workbook work in tandem to bring a peaceful resolution to the complex and sensitive issues surrounding an older driver's diminishing driving skills.

When asked what prompted the development of the Beyond Driving with Dignity program, Gurwell (a retired Ohio State Trooper) explains "It was the result of 20-plus years of holding dying people in my arms at terrible car accidents, and delivering dozens and dozens of death notifications to families. I would much rather work with families to bring a peaceful resolve to this sensitive and uncomfortable issue now, rather than have them deal with it when a State Trooper is knocking on their front door".

To learn more about this one-day training program, please visit http://www.keepingussafe.org/linked/brochurebddprofession...

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