PHSA - BCCH - Power Mobility Assessment: Choosing The Driving Method

The course presents a framework for selecting the most suitable access method for driving a power wheelchair.This course outlines a variety of different access methods used with power mobility. For example, the most common method of access for a power wheelchair is a joystick.Topics include:
  • Access for power mobility
  • Hand access for power mobility
  • Head, face and mouth access for power mobility
  • Foot and other body part access for power mobility
  • Accessory function access
  • Problem solving the access assessment

2 hours
6000
BC therapists or students who have had some previous experience with power mobility and would like to enhance their abilities to assess more complex children