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Driving in the community offers advantages of mobility, convenience, freedom, and personal independence. However, it is also a complex skill requiring physical strength, coordination, quick reflexes and decisions, vision, hearing, and strong cognitive functioning. Driving Solutions of Tennessee is committed to helping drivers enjoy the benefit of driving while taking responsibility for staying safe on the roadway.
Meet Our Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist
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Tara Harper, OTD, OTR/L, CDRS
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Tara is an occupational therapist and specializes in medically-based driver evaluations and training with adaptive equipment including left foot accelerators, hand controls, steering devices, and other low-tech adaptations. She obtained her doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Belmont University in May 2015. During her studies and fieldwork opportunities, she found driver rehabilitation to be an area of growth and opportunity for the Middle Tennessee area. She has since acquired the additional extensive training necessary in order to become a Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist.
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Driving Solutions of Tennessee, LLC is community-based, which means Tara will come to your home or other specified location in your community to complete clinical assessments and to observe driving skills on both familiar and unfamiliar roadways. She has an adapted vehicle modified with passenger-side gas and brake pedals that will be used during your evaluation and/or training for added safety. After the clinical and behind-the-wheel assessments are completed, Tara will sit down to discuss the outcome and recommendations with you and your family.
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Tara is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association and the Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists. She is nationally board certified through the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy.
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