Adjust & Align: Getting to Grips With Tools (Newcastle)

Adjust & Align: Getting to Grips with Tools is a practical workshop which explores the topics below:

• When/how can a therapist adjust a client’s wheelchair and seating components vs when a supplier should be contacted
• The ways in which a wheelchair/seating system can be modified to meet the client’s needs vs when to consider replacement
• Which tools to use when
• Opportunity to practice making hands-on adjustments using tools. 

This session is suitable for therapists of all levels, as well as therapy assistants and students.

Morning tea will be provided.  Please bring your tool kit – we’ll also have tools available to use during the event.

Meet the Presenters: Kate Pain (GTK) 

Kate comes from an occupational therapy background, with two decades of experience in varied settings, specialising in wheelchair seating and positioning. She finds the evolution of power wheelchair alternate drive technology fascinating, and looks forward to exciting innovations becoming more readily available in power wheelchairs.

Kate really enjoys appointments with children who are trying out a wheelchair for the first time. She loves seeing the excitement in their eyes as they move independently for the first time – it’s contagious!

Kate also enjoys working with adults trialling a wheelchair for the first time, who have a lifetime of limiting perceptions about using a wheelchair, who then realise that the right equipment can amplify their abilities and enjoyment of life.