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Kirsten Davin, OTD, OTR/L, ATP, SMS, Related seminars and products

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KIRSTEN DAVIN, OTD, OTR/L, ATP, SMS, is best known for her long running seminar, Let's Roll! The Art of Performing Seating and Mobility Evaluations. She is a licensed Occupational Therapist, certified Assistive Technology Professional (ATP), and Seating and Mobility Specialist (SMS), with extensive experience in a variety of practice areas including inpatient, acute care, and intensive care units, as well as the Central Illinois Regional Burn Center. She is the owner of a successful home health-based private practice, Escape Mobility Solutions, LLC, which is dedicated to evaluating individuals for custom forms of assistive technology, such as power and manual wheelchairs, seating and positioning systems, and augmentative and alternative communication. She regularly conducts workshops on a national basis, regarding seating/positioning and assistive technology, and prides herself in offering entertaining and engaging seminars that make learning fun. Dr. Davin completed her undergrad studies in occupational therapy and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2001. She received her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy in 2007 from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, Utah, where she now holds a faculty position. Aside from her professional involvement in occupational therapy, Dr. Davin currently serves as a firefighter and the Medical Captain for the Pleasant Plains Fire Department, in her hometown of Pleasant Plains, Illinois.

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Financial: Dr. Kirsten Davin is the owner and primary therapist of Escape Mobility Solutions, LLC. She has employment relationships with Baylor University and Memorial Medical Center. She serves a consultant for Performance Health. Dr. Davin receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Dr. Kirsten Davin is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association and the Illinois Occupational Therapy Association.

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OVERVIEW OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT

• Power wheelchairs
  • Center, front, and rear wheel drive chair comparison
  • Turning radius, environmental benefits/liabilities
• Manual wheelchairs
  • Standard, lightweight, and ultra-lightweight chair comparison
  • Turning radius, environmental benefits/liabilities
• Bariatric wheelchairs, seating systems and product lines
• Seating systems
  • Overview of cushion types
    • Comparison and selection algorithm
    • New, cost efficient and, easy-to-implement equipment
  • Seating accessories
• Augmentative and alternative communication
  • Easy to implement, tech friendly options

PERFORMANCE OF THE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY (SEATING/MOBILITY) EVALUATION

• Referral process
• Client assessment process
  • Evaluate client’s current equipment
  • Obtain client’s medical and functional history
  • Home environment
  • Physical assessment
  • Obtainment of anthropometric measurements
    • Hands-on measurement lab
    • Measurement application to troubleshooting
  • Identification of orthopedic deformities
• Review of sample evaluation (case study example)

EQUIPMENT SELECTION PROCESS

• Determine the appropriate equipment based upon client’s needs and presentation
• Equipment algorithms
• Alternative equipment options for low budget situations

DEVELOPING THE LETTER OF MEDICAL NECESSITY TO OBTAIN FUNDING

• Design of letter of medical necessity
  • Key phrases to include for funding source review
• Review of sample letter of medical necessity
  • Case study example

TROUBLESHOOTING THE CLIENT’S CURRENT EQUIPMENT

• Extensive review of a multitude of problem seating situations with solutions!
  • Forward flexion, “pulling out” of wheelchair (w/c), “sliding forward” from seating system, lateral leaning in w/c, and more!
• Low cost options to improving the client’s current equipment
• An abundance of case studies, images and solutions to your toughest seating issues!

CLOSING, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Objectives

• Confidently troubleshoot a variety of wheelchair seating and positioning issues for patients in a multitude of settings
• Receive an arsenal of information on equipment options, cushions, backs, quick fixes and other seating and positioning products to better your patient
• Identify the appropriate assistive technology devices required to meet the client’s needs
• Explain the many intricacies of performing a seating and mobility evaluation and how to best integrate this evaluation into therapeutic practice
• Identify successful methods of documenting and obtaining funding for assistive technology
• Create an original letter of medical necessity to obtain funding for various forms of assistive technology
• Review a variety of common etiologies and pathologies which may necessitate assistive technology

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