Seating and Wheeled Mobility

About this Certificate Program

Many people with disabilities require a wheelchair seating system to provide postural support, pressure distribution, and alignment and to optimize functional abilities. The first half of this series begins with seating assessment and moves through specific seating challenges as well as interventions. Many people using a wheelchair seating system will only achieve independent mobility through a power wheelchair. The second half of this series addresses power mobility, beginning with determining readiness, including research that supports early provision of power mobility with young children. Other courses address power wheelchair configuration considerations, power seating, alternative driving methods, mobility training, and advanced features. This technology is very sophisticated to provide independent mobility to a wide range of clients as well as provide control of external assistive technologies through the power wheelchair.

Target audience

Therapists (OTs, COTAs, PTs, PTAs) working with clients who require wheeled seating and mobility interventions.

Goals & objectives

• The participant will be able to identify when seating intervention is required.

• The participant will be able to list common seating challenges and appropriate interventions.

• The participant will be able to list three developmental benefits of pediatric power mobility.

• The participant will be able to list three proportional and three nonproportional power wheelchair driving methods.

• The participant will be able to identify three power seating options and clinical indicators for each.