Client Testimonials
I passed my test twenty years ago but never did
any driving after that point and in the intervening years I developed a phobia of driving. With a
young daughter to now care for I realised that I needed to be able to get in the car and drive. I
was looking for someone who would not only help me to regain my driving skills but who would also have an
empathy and understanding of my driving anxieties. I consider myself extremely lucky to have found
Jackie Willis who takes a holistic approach to her driving tuition. Jackie is not only outstanding
in the teaching of driving itself she adds another dimension with her ability to feed the
mind. Driving is a mental attribute as well as a physical process and Jackie is a positive and
perceptive communicator who delivers individualized tuition that is both practical and
cognitive. She has developed a portfolio of driving aids that encompasses all types of learner and
nervous drivers and she has enabled me to move on from my phobia to actually enjoying being in the
driver’s seat! She has taught me to understand not just how to drive my car but also how I think
about driving and this essential combination is a skill for life.
Emma Shipton-Smith, Lyng,
Norfolk 
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I was tested at a young age, to find that I have
learning difficulties, which are Dyslexia and Dyspraxia. I came across Jackie Willis and Caremotoring
through researching for a driving instructor on the internet who specialises in people like myself. Also
she is a teacher with experience in this specific area and I wanted to learn in a manual
car. Jackie has really supported me
throughout driving using multisensory activities, for example listening to her podcasts, watching videos
and doing quizzes. She advised that I do a BTEC level 2 in Driving Science. Jackie manages to find ways to get the sequencing of driving
in a way that I can remember through demonstrations and pictures. In our driving lessons at the moment we go over the cockpit
drill then various repetitions from previous lessons. Then we set out on the lesson objectives for that
day. My aim is to pass my
driving test by the end of this year and pass the BTEC, I feel that with Jackie’s tuition I will do
this. I am thoroughly
enjoying each lesson and do not feel nervous with Jackie.
Amber Johnston, Fakenham, Norfolk back to 'dyslexia' page
It is with great pleasure and confidence that I
hand my 18 year old daughter over to Jackie for driving lessons. Amber is not a confident girl as she has struggled all her life with issues thrown
up by being dyspraxic/ dyslexic. As many people now understand these can often be barriers to successful
driving. Amber found Jackie via the internet and asked to do the BTEC. I happily funded this as the
course made a great deal of sense in producing true drivers, not just someone who has been taught to pass
the test. Using her experience and knowledge as a teacher and
her keen interest in producing successful well rounded drivers, Jackie has logically and sensitively
taught Amber using holistic approach. Visual, auditory and kinaesthetic repetition are required by my
daughter, reinforced by pod casts, etc that Jackie has produced. Amber enjoys her driving in many senses, and as her parent I am reinforcing the
feedback that Jackie gives both of us. I know that each level will be moved to at the appropriate
time.
Amber's mother.
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Mr T Filby, Wymondham, Norfolk
After trying to learn to drive for 3 years and
having 3 instructors with no success, my mum, a friend of
Jackie's suggested that I should ask Jackie to teach me. In the first lesson she picked up on
my Dyslexia straight away and tried to work around it even teaching me to walk in a straight line which
might sound like a simple thing but it changed the way I drove. She picked up on a number of things and
explained everything that was going on with my driving in a way that I understood. After a few hours
of lessons my confidence grew and I actually enjoyed driving for the first time!
She didn't just give me an hour lesson like most instructors do I got as long as I needed, I
also learnt many useful things such as planning routes with maps and also driving with a sat nav.
No lesson was ever the same and I was encouraged to plan my own lessons which seemed strange at
first but it meant that I would learn and practice things that I thought I needed. My first test with her
was my last, I couldn't believe that I had actually passed and now love driving.
Jessica Smith, Dereham, Norfolk. back to 'dyslexia' page
