• State and Federally funded programs that provide opportunities for people with disabilities to return to work and engage in community reintegration
  
  
• Workers compensation clients
  
  
• School systems to address the needs of the disabled student
  
  
• Individuals referred directly through their physician, other rehabilitation professionals
  
  
• Self-referrals from the individual or their families
  
  
• Those requested by the Division of Motor Vehicles Medical Review Branch to have comprehensive assessment in order to retain their license.
  
  

• State of the art technology available for clients with physical limitations that require this technology.


• Complete vehicle and equipment prescription provided.


• Clients can be trained to licensure in the van provided by DRS. This includes completing the DMV driving test in the training vehicle.

Convenience

• Services are provided in the client’s local driving environment.


• We will work with the consumer’s preferred vendor for vehicle modifications.


• Weekend and evening hours available.

Experience

• Over 30 years of combined experience on our team.


• All evaluations are completed by licensed Occupational Therapists with specialty training in driver rehabilitation, including staff with national certification as Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialists.

Coverage

• Coverage is provided throughout the entire state of North Carolina, northern South Carolina, southern Virginia and eastern Tennessee.


• Therapists are geographically based and travel to the client’s location to provide services.

ABOUT THE DRS STAFF
Cyndee Crompton, the president and owner of DRS, has a master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Washington University in St. Louis. Cyndee attended undergraduate school at North Park College in Chicago and received a degree in mathematics and psycho-biology. She began her career as a therapist in an acute care setting in Honolulu, HI. She then relocated to Greensboro, NC where she began a driving program at Moses Cone Outpatient Rehabilitation Center. She was also the team leader for the outpatient neurology-based therapy team, responsible for program development, personnel growth and retention. Cyndee started Driver Rehabilitation Services, P.A., an independently owned business, in August 1997, in order to work full-time in the area of driver rehabilitation.Cyndee enjoys lecturing at North Carolina Universities and for colleagues in the rehabilitation and medical fields. Cyndee is a Certified Driving Rehabilitation Specialist (CDRS), A Certified Driving Instructor (CDI) and has a Specialty Certification in Driving and Community Mobility (SCDCM) from the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).

Jan Stephanides is an Occupational Therapist (OT) who lives in Asheville, North Carolina and serves our clients in the western part of the state. Jan graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1987 with a master’s degree in Occupational Therapy. She also has an undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado in Psychology. Jan has over twenty years experience in several areas of OT, most recently, consulting with several school systems in the Asheville area. She has also worked in acute care and inpatient rehabilitation settings. She speaks basic Spanish that she learned while doing missionary work in Central America with her family in the late 1990’s. Jan is a Certified Driving Instructor (CDI) and is in the process of becoming a CDRS through the Association for Driving Rehabilitation Specialists.

Rick Dickerson is a former rehabilitation engineer with the NC Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services. His technical expertise, background in quality assurance, as well as experience in research and design, led him to move to DRS as a Technical Specialist. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1994 and graduated from East Carolina University in 1997 with a degree in Industrial Technology and a minor in business. Rick works remotely and is based out of Greenville, NC. He is also a Certified Driving Instructor.

Nancy Washburn oversees marketing efforts for Driver Rehabilitation Services previously worked for DRS as the office manager. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a master’s degree in communications in 1993. She Nancy has a strong background in public speaking and business communications. She has varied professional experiences including teaching undergraduate public speaking classes at UNCG and providing program management oversight for an adult illiteracy agency and for the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina. Prior to her work with DRS, she also served as a Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA) and was invited to speak in 2001 at an AmeriCorps launch rally alongside Governor James Hunt.

Samone Tuff is the Client Services Coordinator who graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in Anthropology in 1998. Samone is originally from Bermuda and moved to North Carolina with her family as a child. She has professional experience as an executive assistant with excellent organization and communication skills. She has previous work experience as an account manager in medical record keeping supplies and related technology solutions. She has also worked in medical sales support and implementation of a web-based prescription-writing application.

North Carolina licensed driving instructors provide driver training for DRS clients.  They have over 30 years of combined experience in the area of driver training. The evaluating therapist oversees all training and consultation between the therapist and instructor is on going.

All sub-contactors are provided with education in the area of disabilities and the appropriate use of technology for driving.

DRS POLICIES


Non-Discrimination: All services rendered by Driver Rehabilitation Services, P.A. will be provided without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or religious preference.

Confidentiality: Driver Rehabilitation Services, P.A. has a moral and legal obligation to its clients not to divulge confidential information about their physical conditions, financial status, or personal data to unauthorized persons. A release of information form is completed to request appropriate dissemination of information.

Licensure/Registration: All DRS staff have appropriate licenses, registrations and certifications for assigned duties required by the States or other agencies. Proof of stated qualifications are available upon request.