Online Continuing Education Courses

Mobility

• Define functional ambulation
• Discuss the roles of  occupational therapists and other caregivers in functional ambulation
• Identify safety issues in functional ambulation
• Recognize basic lower extremity orthotics and ambulation aids
• Develop goals and plans that can help ambulatory clients resume occupational roles
• Identify the components necessary to perform a wheelchair evaluation
• Explain the process of wheelchair measurement and prescription completion
• Identify wheelchair safety considerations
• Follow guidelines for proper body mechanics
• Apply principles of proper body positioning
• Identify the steps necessary for performing various transfer techniques
• Identify considerations necessary to determine the appropriate transfer method based on the client ’ s clinical presentation
• Identify different transportation systems and contexts and the treatment implications each system presents
• Discuss the multilevel role of the therapist in the occupation of community mobility
• List performance skills and client factors that should be assessed in a comprehensive driver evaluation
• Discuss the value of driving within this society and how loss of license or mobility affects participation in occupation
• Develop awareness of the complexities involved in a driver referral and evaluation
• Define primary and secondary controls
• Discuss that driver competency assessment is a specialty practice area requiring advanced training