The goal of this podcast is to educate youth and adults about traffic safety through meaningful conversations with youth, victims families and traffic safety experts. So if you are looking for a little more perspective around traffic safety we hope you will listen in and don't forget to take care of each on the roads and always lead by example.
Ep. 21 Roz Thompson Senior Public Affairs Specialist at AAA Northeast discusses teen drivers
To say that Roz Thompson is passionate about educating teens is an understatement. She is a joyful force working hard to educate youth on how to stay safe behind the wheel. She also focues on the parents role in helping teens make good decisions while driving. She has been with AAA Northeast for over 20 years and is the Senior Public Affairs Specialist. I am honored to introduce you to Roz.
AAA Northeast Youth Programs/Support:
SHIFTING GEARS - The blunt truth about driving under the influence of cannabis (https://northeast.aaa.com/community/Shifting-Gears/Overview.html)
FREE membership for teens 16-19 (https://northeast.aaa.com/membership/other/add-members.html?adobe_mc_sdid=SDID%3D60441F189AE6A871-0FF18DCF6C525C5F%7CMCORGID%3DF5237FF958248ED40A495E58%40AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1680036299&adobe_mc_ref=https%3A%2F%2Fnortheast.aaa.com%2Fsearch-results.html)
AAA NORTHEAST COMMUNITY OUTREACH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS (https://northeast.aaa.com/community/outreach/community-outreach.html)
28 Feb 2023
Ep. 20 Remembering Matthew Dennison with his father Mark Dennison
Matthew Dennison was driving home with his best friend when their car collided head on with an alleged drunken driver. Matthew was seriously injured and lost his fight 27 days after that crash. Within this episode his father, Mark Dennison, shares what happened on that day and how this crash has changed his life forever.
27 Dec 2022
Ep. 19 Traffic Safety Experts - Dr. Roberts & Dr. McDermott ADHD teen driving research
This episode we interview UMASS Professors Jennifer McDermott and Shannon Roberts, who share their research about driving as an adolescent with ADHD.
Dr. Roberts is an assistant professor of industrial engineering at UMASS Amherst. Her research is in human factors and she considers human abilities and limitations when we design technology. She has a particular focus on vehicles and how we can consider information about how people drive to better inform the design of vehicles.
Jen McDermott is an associate professor in the psychological and brain sciences department at UMASS and her focus is on developmental science. Studying early childhood attention and self regulation skills that are crucial to good behavioral control. Trying to understand what are the factors that help kids develop better attention and better self regulation. How do we help adolescents become better drivers by developing and using these skills when getting behind the wheel of a vehicle.
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Roberts Research Group Website: http://people.umass.edu/scroberts/index.html (http://people.umass.edu/scroberts/index.html)
APP - Behind the wheel with ADHD (https://behindthewheelwithadhd.com/)
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