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  • Over 40 Years
  • NDIS

Measuring Seating Solutions: How to Achieve Optimal Outcomes for Clients

Power Mobility is pleased to present this hands-on seating workshop – Measuring Seating Solutions: Distinguishing Features in Cushions, Backrests, Headrests & Positioning Supports

Navigating the vast range of seating products — cushions, backrests, headrests and positioning supports can be overwhelming without a clear understanding of their distinguishing features. No single product can meet the needs of every client, making clinical reasoning essential in selecting the right components to achieve optimal outcomes.

This interactive workshop will equip you with the skills to assess, measure and match seating solutions to individual client needs. Through hands-on training, you’ll learn:

  • Key assessment techniques, including locating bony landmarks and support surfaces to align with product features.
  • Measurement strategies—when and how to measure for seating solutions (not always based on wheelchair size).
  • Clinical reasoning pathways to optimise positioning solutions for function and comfort.
  • Evaluation methods to ensure chosen features align with client-centred goals.

Join us for a practical and informative session that will enhance your ability to provide tailored seating solutions with confidence!

Where

Power Mobility
2/452 Bilsen Road
Geebung 4034

When

Wednesday, 27 August, 2025
9.00am – 1.00pm
Refreshments & light lunch provided
(Please advise dietary requirements)

Cost

Free

CPD Points

4 points

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Who is this session suitable for?

This session is suitable for beginner to intermediate prescribing therapists who are new to wheelchair prescription or would like a refresher. Every hour is counted for CPD for Allied Health, and all attendees will receive a Certificate of Attendance.

Meet Lauren Hunter

Director of Clinical Services – Linds Rehab

Join the Power Mobility team as we welcome Lauren Hunter, Director of Clinical Services at Linds Rehabilitation Equipment. Lauren joined the Linds team to provide product consultation support as an equipment specialist working with the Motion Composite, CG Air Cushions, PDG, NXT seating, Seating Dynamics and Amysystem Alltrack product range. Lauren has over 15 years of clinical experience working with wheelchair prescription and intervention implementation over a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings, working through the spectrum from paediatric to aged care. Lauren has a passion to educate therapists in the practical applications of wheelchair assessments and intervention planning, to ensure goal setting becomes an easy and clear pathway to achieving wheelchair prescription success.

Where

Power Mobility
2/452 Bilsen Road
Geebung 4034

When

Wednesday, 27 August, 2025
9.00am – 1.00pm
Refreshments & light lunch provided
(Please advise dietary requirements)

Cost

Free

CPD Points

4 points

Register Now
  • Wednesday, 30 April, 2025
    Brisbane

Introduction to Power Wheelchairs & Programming

This training aims to help therapists gain skills to select the optimal power wheelchair base, aligning choices with individual goals, environmental needs and driving comfort. Understanding the significance of a well-matched power base, therapists enhance mobility solutions, meeting practical requirements while resonating with each participant's unique aspirations.

Amy Bjornson talking about MAT Evaluation to a group of therapists in a wheelchair training session.
  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    Gold Coast

MAT Evaluation 101

"Have you done a MAT evaluation?" Everyone asks for it, but do you know why? The Mechanical Assessment Tool (MAT) is a musculoskeletal examination of the client's range of motion, joint flexibility, muscle length, and skeletal alignment. It involves postural assessment of the person in their existing seating system, in supine, and sitting on a firm surface. The MAT process facilitates the selection of a seating system with appropriate ‘size’ and ‘shape’ for the client. It is carried out with respect to the client's requirement for functional capacity, posture and pressure management. Join the Sunrise Clinical Director, Amy Bjornson and the Power Mobility Team as they walk you through the 101 of MAT evaluations. Special emphasis will be placed on the value of a "hands on" seating assessment - both supine and sitting . We'll provide the practical tips and tricks to make you much more comfortable doing a MAT assessment.

MAT Evaluation Wheelchair Training
  • Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
    Rockhampton

Introduction to MAT Evaluation

Join us for a half day introduction to the MAT, exploring hands-on assessment techniques to map skeletal landmarks, interpreting joint range of motion and the impact of high and low muscle tone on seated postures and functional patterns. Learn how the outcomes of the MAT will assist with evaluating postural alignment for the intervention of supportive seating systems and 24 hour postural management plans. Join the Linds Rehab Clinical Director, Jace Goh and the Power Mobility Team as they walk you through the 101 of MAT evaluations. Special emphasis will be placed on the value of a "hands on" seating assessment - both supine and sitting . We'll provide the practical tips and tricks to make you much more comfortable doing a MAT assessment.

  • NDIS
  • We are a Registered NDIS Provider