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Texas Driver Education

Parent-Taught Teen Driver Education

Study online with a guided course experience designed for confidence, safety, and responsible driving.

✓ TDLR-approved courses managed by TEA-certified superintendents, principals, and teachers.

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Texas Parent-Taught Teen Driver Education program with classroom lessons, quizzes, parent instructor workflow, learner license milestone, driving logs, and certificate completion tracking.

Program Price

$45.00

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Program Modules

Module 1: Welcome to Driving & Driver Mindset

Introduces the responsibility of driving, safe attitude, teen driving risks, and the mindset needed to become a careful and responsible driver. Estimated Time: 45 Minutes

Module 2: Understanding Your Vehicle

Teaches students how to understand and prepare the vehicle before supervised practice, including controls, mirrors, braking, steering, safety equipment, and pre-drive checks. Estimated Time: 65 Minutes

Module 3: Basic Traffic Interaction

Introduces roadway awareness, lane positioning, traffic signals, signs, right-of-way basics, speed control, following distance, and hazard recognition. Estimated Time: 75 Minutes

Module 4: Basic Maneuvers & Parking

Teaches practical beginner maneuvers including turning, lane changing, backing, parking, parallel parking, space management, and smooth vehicle control. Estimated Time: 85 Minutes

Module 5: First Road Driving Preparation

Prepares students for supervised road practice through residential driving, school zones, pedestrian awareness, sharing the road, work zones, night awareness, and first practice expectations. Estimated Time: 90 Minutes

Module 6: Defensive Driving & Hazard Awareness

Builds defensive driving habits including scanning, space management, distractions, aggressive driving, decision-making, reaction time, blind spots, and practice preparation. Estimated Time: 114 Minutes

Module 7: Highway, Freeway & Lane Usage

Introduces highway and freeway driving, merging, lane discipline, passing, large vehicles, exits, heavy traffic, and freeway practice review. Estimated Time: 102 Minutes

Module 8: Special Driving Conditions

Covers rain, hydroplaning, fog, smoke, reduced visibility, strong wind, slippery roads, rural roads, nighttime weather, and other adverse conditions. Estimated Time: 95 Minutes

Module 9: Sharing the Road Safely

Covers safe interaction with pedestrians, bicycles, motorcycles, school buses, emergency vehicles, trucks, work crews, and vulnerable road users. Estimated Time: 65 Minutes

Module 10: Alcohol, Drugs & Distracted Driving

Covers alcohol, drugs, prescription medication, zero-tolerance choices, phone use, distracted driving, and consequences of impaired decisions. Estimated Time: 80 Minutes

Module 11: Crashes, Emergencies & Vehicle Problems

Covers skids, tire failure, brake problems, engine trouble, crash procedures, emergency scene safety, and vehicle malfunction response. Estimated Time: 85 Minutes

Module 12: Licensing, Testing & Legal Responsibilities

Covers licensing, insurance, traffic violations, legal responsibilities, graduated licensing concepts, testing readiness, and driving privileges. Estimated Time: 70 Minutes

Module 13: Lifetime Safe Driving Skills

Builds long-term safe driving habits, mature decision-making, environmental awareness, vehicle technology awareness, and lifelong risk reduction. Estimated Time: 65 Minutes

Module 14: Final Review & Practice Assessment

Reviews the full course, reinforces key safety concepts, prepares students for assessment, and supports final course readiness. Estimated Time: 55 Minutes

Module 15: Course Completion & Next Steps

Guides students through final completion, certificate expectations, continued practice, and responsible lifelong driving after the course. Estimated Time: 40 Minutes