Discrimination Begins at Home: The Case for Universal Design of Private Housing

Barry Seeger

Keynote Address

I’m Too Old For This...Aren’t I? Meeting the Ever-Changing Seating and Mobility Needs of the Aging Population

Sheila Buck

Plenary Session

Evaluation Strategies for Seating and Positioning in Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

Karen Hardwick

Plenary Session

The Chailey Levels of Ability: A Non Interventional Observational Approach to Assessment (Evaluation) for Postural Management

Teresa Pountney

Plenary Session

Potential Clinical Applications for Center of Pressure Measurements

Jean Minkel

Plenary Session

The BiAngular Back Revisited - Use, Misuse and Clinical Potentials

Simon A. Margolis

Plenary Session

Measuring the Clinical Utility of an Assessment: The Example of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure

Ingrid Barlow, Jan Miller Polgar

Instructional Session

Recipe for Success - Acquiring Funding for Assistive Technology

Kay Koch

Instructional Session

The Chailey Approach to Postural Management: The Theory and Practice of A Twenty-Four Hour Approach

Alice Goldwyn, Teresa Pountney

Instructional Session

Seating for Task Performance

Karen Kangas

Instructional Session

Dynamic Seating and Positioning With The Young Wheelchair User: An Overview of The Functional Aspects Using Case Studies

Patrick Meeker

Instructional Session

Delivering Seating and Mobility to the Other 70% of the World

Wayne Hanson, Cathy Mulholland, Mark Richard

Instructional Session

Mobility and Wound Management: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Karen Trenholm, Susan Moir, Kristin Goodman, David Keast

Instructional Session

Why Didn’t It Work, And What We Did About It

Catherine Ellens, Nicole Wilkins

Instructional Session

Stand Up and Function

Kathryn Fisher, Brenlee Mogul-Rotman

Instructional Session

Sitting Biomechanics 1 - Back to Basics

Patrick Meeker

Instructional Session

Key Prevention Strategies and Assessment Guidelinesfor Pressure Ulcers

Tina Roesler

Instructional Session

2nd Annual Chris Bar Research Forum –

Powered Mobility Training for Children with Complex Needs

Karen Kangas

Plenary Session

Paediatric Powered Mobility and Young Children: A Program of Research

Jan Furumasu

Plenary Session

A Controlled Environment Study of Functional Mobility Skills

Jean Minkel

Plenary Session

Force, Pressure and Pelvic Alignment of Children with Cerebral Palsy Using a Sacral Pad and Kneeblock in An Adaptive Seating System

Rachael McDonald

Paper Session

Wheeling Efficiency in Children with Spina Bifida

Bonita Sawatzky

Paper Session

The Effect of Tire Pressure on Wheeling Efficiency

Bonita Sawatzky and Ian Denison

Paper Session

Energy Cost of Propulsion of A Wheelchair with Under-Inflated Tires

Ian Denison

Paper Session

Using Peer-Reviewed Literature and Other Evidence to Justify Wheelchair Seating and Mobility Interventions

Mark Schmeler

Paper Session

Seated Postural Control Measure Development

Brigitte Gagnon

Paper Session

Establishing Criteria for a Seating and Mobility Assessment Waitlist

Margaret McCuaig, Elizabeth Sebesta

Paper Session

An Investigation Into Perceived Stress Levels Within The Confines Of Families With A Disabled Child

Alan McAlpine

Paper Session

The Effect of Corrective Seating on Arterial Saturation in Five Adults with Severe Developmental Disabilities: A Single Subject Alternating Treatments Design

Jo-Anne Chisholm

Paper Session

Self-Initiated Mobility is the Way To Go

Richard Escobar, Sharon Leslie, Christine Wright-Ott

Instructional Session

Understanding the Relationship Between Drive Wheel Position and Input Device Selection

Elizabeth Walsh, Shari Schubert

Instructional Session

The Ultimate Power Trip: Use of Power Mobility - Developing Criteria to Determine Choice

Sheila Buck

Instructional Session

Establishing Criteria for a Seating and Mobility Assessment Waitlist

Margaret McCuaig, Elizabeth Sebesta

Instructional Session

Power Wheelchairs - A New Definition

Doug Gayton, Ian Denison

Instructional Session

Molded Seating: Where Do I Start?

Mary Isaacson

Instructional Session

Using Peer-Reviewed Literature and Other Evidence to Justify Wheelchair Seating and Mobility Interventions

Mark Schmeler

Instructional Session

Recipe for a Wheelchair Prescription: Spina Bifida in the New Millennia

Gloria Leibel, Kathryn Fisher

Instructional Session

Performance: It’s Not A Dirty Word

Tina Roesler, Marty Ball

Instructional Session

Establishing a Wheelchair and Seating Equipment Capital Replacement Plan for a Multi-Site Organization

Guylaine Desharnais

Instructional Session

Paediatric Powered Mobility and Young Children: A Program of Research

Jan Furumasu, Donita Tefft, Paula Guerette

Instructional Session

Research 101: Getting Started in Clinical Research

Francine Miller, William Miller, Jan Miller Polgar

Instructional Session

Reimbursement Strategies and the Service Delivery Process – Serving the Consumer Using High-End Mobility

Ann Eubank

Instructional Session

You’ve Picked the Right Frame; Don’t Stop There!

Shari Schubert

Instructional Session

Specialty Sport Chairs: From Fear to Fun

William Lehr

Instructional Session

24 Hour Positioning – The Missing Link

Trudie Read

Instructional Session

The Development of Client-Centred Guidelines for Power Mobility Safety

Jeanette Boily, Ben Mortenson

Paper Session

Power Mobility Assessment in the Community: Assessing the Driver

Cathy Brighton

Paper Session

Development Of An Observational Checklist For Assessing Head Position And Head Movement In Children With Severe Cerebral Palsy: Preliminary Reliability Testing (Normal Children)

Cheryl Honeycombe

Paper Session

Perspectives on Head Positioning for Children With Severe Cerebral Palsy Who Find It Difficult to Maintain an Upright Head Position (Child, Parent & Teacher)

Cheryl Honeycombe

Paper Session

A Survey Summarizing Effects of the Use of Intrathecal Baclofen on Seating and Function

Susan Johnson-Taylor

Paper Session

Cross Validation of the Functional Evaluation in a Wheelchair (FEW) Instrument with Consumer Goals

Tamara Mills

Paper Session

Evaluating the Comprehensiveness/Effectiveness of Seating and Wheelchair Prescription: A Validity Test of A Clinical Rationale Measure

Laura Cohen

Paper Session

The Importance of Comfort to Wheelchair Users - A Preliminary Study

Barbara Crane

Paper Session

Value Received From Recycling Motorized And Wheeled Devices

Jocelyne Tremblay, Marcel Côté

Paper Session

Measurement of Cushion Interface Pressure Using the Proposed New Wheelchair Seating Standard

Allen Siekman, Peter Axelson

Paper Session

Weight Bearing Distribution in Supported Standing – Effectiveness of Commonly Used Devices

Tina Roesler

Paper Session

Positioning for the Spirit and Soul: When Work Becomes Our Religion

C. Kerry Jones

Paper Session