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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Consult Clin Psychol. 2016 Sep 12;84(12):1078–1093. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000137

Table 2.

Outline of Timing and Content of Intervention components for the STEER and DEDP groups

Week Driver’s Education
(Both Groups)
DEDP Content
(Both Groups)
STEER Intervention Content
(STEER Group Only)
Week 1 3-hour classroom
instruction
Week 2 3-hour classroom/1
hour driving
instruction
Parent provided CarChipPro Parent: Psychoeducation on risks of
ADHD and teen driving; House rules and
rules of the road
Teen: Motivational enhancement, House
rules and rules of the road
Joint Session: CarChip Pro introduction
and review, Driving contract
Week 3 3-hour classroom/1
hour driving
instruction
Simulation
Exercise 1:
Practice, Hazards
Course
Parent: Noticing and attending to
positive driving behaviors
Teen: Expressing feelings and knowing
the feelings of others
Joint: Review of rules, contract, CarChip
Pro; Simulation exercise 1 with parent
practice of parenting skills
Week 4 3-hour classroom/1
hour driving
instruction
Parent: Using effective instructions
while teaching driving skills
Teen: Making an appropriate complaint
Joint: Review of rules, contract, CarChip
Pro
Week 5 3-hour classroom/1
hour driving
instruction
Simulation
Exercise 2:
Distracted Driving
exercise, Impaired
Driving exercise,
Debrief
Parent: Planned ignoring to promote safe
Driving
Teen: Appropriately answering a
Complaint
Joint: Review of rules, contract, CarChip
Pro; Simulation Exercise 2 with parent
practice of parenting skills
Week 6 3-hour classroom/1
hour driving
instruction
Parent: Privilege removal for violations
of road rules
Teen: Accepting limits set by others
Joint: Review of rules, contract, CarChip
Pro
Week 7 3-hour classroom/1
hour driving
instruction
Simulation
Exercise 3:
Practice, Hazards
Course
Parent: How to discuss driving limits
and issues with the teen
Teen: Introduction to communication
Skills
Joint: Review of rules, contract, CarChip
Pro; Simulation Exercise 3 with parent
practice of parenting skills
Week 8 3-hour classroom/1
hour driving
instruction
Parent: Managing and challenging
unreasonable beliefs about adolescent
driving
Teen: Managing and challenging
unreasonable beliefs about parents
Joint: Review of rules, contract, CarChip
Pro
Week 9
3-hour classroom/1
hour driving
instruction
Parent: Review STEER content, Discuss
how parents and teens may continue to
implement these strategies in the future
Teen: Review STEER content, Discuss
how parents and teens may continue to
implement these strategies in the future
Joint: Review of rules, contract for
licensed driving discussed, CarChip Pro
Week
10
3-hour classroom/1
hour driving instruction
STEER Make-up (if needed)
Week
11
1-hour driving
instruction
Week
12
Driver’s instruction
make-up (if needed)

Note: STEER=Supporting a Teen’s Effective Entry to the Roadway. DEDP=Driver Education Driving Practice. Adolescent participants in both groups attended the driver’s education programming outlined in the second column. In parallel, participants assigned to DEDP and STEER received the treatment components listed in the third and fourth columns, respectively.