Course Description
This course will present the Importance of Early Mobility and the research that supports the developmental benefits of self-initiated mobility. The course will also address how to determine if a child is ready for a power wheelchair even before a formal mobility evaluation occurs. If a child is not yet ready, strategies to develop that readiness are presented. By recognizing the importance of power mobility for young children and developing readiness skills, we can successfully provide independence to our youngest clients.
Contact Hours: 2
Target Audience:
Instructional Level: BeginnerAccreditation Information:
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Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
This course will present the Importance of Early Mobility and the research that supports the developmental benefits of self-initiated mobility. The course will also address how to determine if a child is ready for a power wheelchair even before a formal mobility evaluation occurs. If a child is not yet ready, strategies to develop that readiness are presented. By recognizing the importance of power mobility for young children and developing readiness skills, we can successfully provide independence to our youngest clients. .
Learning Outcomes:
After completing this course, the learner will be able to:
- The participant will be able to select which pediatric clients would most likely benefit from power mobility.
- The participant will be able to interpret current research on the developmental impact of pediatric power mobility provision.
- The participant will be able to evaluate a pediatric client’s readiness for a power mobility device.
- The participant will be able to apply therapeutic interventions to develop power mobility readiness skills.
Disclosures:
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Contact Hours: 2 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state-specific course catalog for your profession).
Target Audience: Occupational Therapy Practitioners, Physical Therapy Practitioners
Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 75% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 75% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved.
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial- Michelle Lange is employed and receives a salary. She received payment from Colibri Healthcare, LLC for the presentation of this course.
Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service
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Authors:
Michelle Lange, OTR, ABDA, ATP/SMS
Michelle Lange, has over 25 years of experience in assistive technology. A former Clinical Director of The Assistive Technology Clinics of The Children’s Hospital of Denver, her work in this field is extensive. Having authored 7 book chapters and over 100 articles she is also editor of Fundamentals in Assistive Technology, 4th Ed. Currently on the teaching faculty of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA).
Michelle is a member of the Assistive Technology Journal Editorial Board and is also on the teaching faculty of the University of Pittsburgh for the ATP/ATS Review Course. Serving on the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) for Wheeled Mobility Advisory Board, she served as an editor of the Technology Special Interest Section of the AOTA. Michelle is a credentialed Assistive Technology Professional (ATP), Seating and Mobility Specialist (SMS) and a Senior Disability Analyst of the American Board of Disability Analysts (ABDA).
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