Seating Course

This workshop will focus on wheelchair seating. It is designed to provide information, and resources to enable participants to make clinical decisions to meet the postural and functional requirements of their clients. The workshop gives participants the opportunity to develop and practise hands-on techniques for assessment; making clinical decisions and prescribing wheelchair seating systems.

As the workshop includes practising the postural assessment in supine and sitting, wearing comfortable clothing is recommended.

Topics covered:

• Seating principles

• Seating anatomy and terminology

• Identifying needs

• Postural assessment (Mat assessment in supine and sitting)

• Interpretation and analysis of assessment data for prescription

• Postural support design options

• Applying the process with case studies and practise with clients