IC27 – Positioning the Head

Program ID : IC27.2017
Webinar Length of Time: 1.25 Hour

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Presenters

Michelle L Lange, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP/SMS
Access to Independence
Arvada, Colorado
United States

Note: Faculty for this activity have been required to disclose all relationships with any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services, with the exemption of nonprofit or government organizations and non-healthcare related companies.

* (Presenter(s)) disclosed the following conflict(s):
Consultant for Seating Dynamics

Description

This course will present strategies to support the head in wheelchair seating. Content will include causes of decreased head control, strategies to improve head control and provide posterior support as well as anterior options for those with no head control.

Learning Objectives

Upon viewing this webinar, participants will be able to:

List three causes of decreased head control in clients using wheelchair seating.
List three strategies to provide posterior head support as a part of a wheelchair seating system.
List three strategies to support the head for clients with significantly reduced head control in a wheelchair seating system.

References

Field, D. A., & Roxborough, L. A. (2012). Validation of the relation between the type and amount of seating support provided and Level of Sitting Scale (LSS) scores for children with neuromotor disorders. Developmental neurorehabilitation, 15(3), 202-208.
Lin, W., Pierce, A., Skalsky, A. J., & McDonald, C. M. (2012). Mobility-assistive technology in progressive neuromuscular disease. Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America, 23(4), 885-894.
Field, D., & Livingstone, R. (2013). Clinical tools that measure sitting posture, seated postural control or functional abilities in children with motor impairments: A systematic review. Clinical Rehabilitation, 27(11), 994-1004.

CEU Registration and Cost

0.125 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be awarded to individuals for viewing 1.25 hours of instruction.
The cost for the webinar is $59.00

Instructions to Obtain CEUs

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Updated | 06.19.2017