Wheelchair Skills Training for Professionals - Dublin

Go Kids Go! Independence Through Mobility

Wheelchair Skills Training for Professionals

1 day in person course 

Firhouse Community Centre, Dublin, 28/04/25, 10am - 3pm

(For Galway bookings go to separate event page for that event)

The purpose of this course is to give the therapists a chance to experience some of the challenges faced by wheelchair-using clients and to practise wheelchair skills techniques for overcoming these challenges. There will be a focus on how to teach these techniques to clients and how wheelchair activities can help to encourage independent mobility.

Learning Outcomes:

·         Recognising the key differences of various types of wheelchairs (for example; rigid frame vs folding frame)

·         Recognising how the setup of a wheelchair impacts on the users experience

·         Understand back-wheel balancing techniques 

·         Be able to demonstrate techniques for ascending and descending Kerbs in a wheelchair 

·         Be able to demonstrate techniques for managing slopes and ramps in a wheelchair 

·         Awareness of emergency evacuation techniques and equipment 

About the facilitators: 

Go Kids Go have been providing training to training for professionals for over 30 years, giving health care and education professionals the chance to learn wheelchair skills and gain first-hand experience of using a wheelchair.

Please note that this is a practical course and that a reasonable level of fitness is required for some elements

Members of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP) can now register at the AOTI member rate. To avail of this, please sign up at the non-member rate and email us with your ISCP membership number for a refund of the difference.

Application and Payment information:

• Payment in full is taken at the time of application.
• Payment of the fee does not guarantee you a place at this event.
• Full payment must be received prior to the closing date in order to secure your place.
• If the event is oversubscribed you will be provided with a full refund.
• Successful applicants will be notified that they have a place at the event following the closing date.
• Places are limited and members are advised to apply early to secure a place.
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