Monday, October 20, 2025
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Workshop Summary:
Children need independent mobility. This fact remains undisputed, and literature supports how all children learn by independent mobility and exploration. Specifically, even as it regards language development, the initiation of communication itself, is based on a person’s actual physical approach to another person. In the field of AT, students of all ages are presented with and encouraged to use computers, dedicated communication devices, tablets and smart boards. No student is expected to demonstrate mastery before they have experience, yet in powered mobility, old expectations of driving skills are required. This session is designed to assist those therapists, teachers, parents and other service providers, who truly are up to the challenge, themselves, of radically changing the ways that mobility has been “taught, encouraged or discouraged.”
Professional Development Credits:
IACET CEUs: 0.7
ACVREP CEs: 7
Learning Outcomes:
As a result of this activity, participants will be able to:
identify 3 parameters of the chair’s performance which must be programmed for initial use by a first-time assessment.
identify 3 different assessment strategies needed to support any child’s independent control of powered mobility vs. driving strategies.
identify at least 2 different methods of access to powered mobility.
Presenter(s)
Workshop Fee:
$330