ISWP’s Training Working Group is working to ensure people who need wheelchairs are provided with properly fitted chairs through competent training, testing and delivery. The Working Group promotes dissemination and rollout of World Health Organization (WHO) Wheelchair Service Training Packages, including Basic, Intermediate, and Managers and Stakeholders. The group also supports capacity building of wheelchair services and monitoring of personnel within the services to meet WHO guidelines. Working Group members include doctors, trainers, wheelchair technicians, university professors, consultants, and others who are experienced in wheelchair training and provision.
Two subcommittees comprise the Working Group:
Competency: Supports development of the ISWP Wheelchair Service Provision Basic and Intermediate tests, as well as the Trainee Competency Assessment (TCA) for the Training of Trainers course. Promotes mentoring for wheelchair service providers to improve skills to better assess, prescribe and fit wheelchairs and postural support devices.
Integration: Integrates wheelchair provisioning into pre-professional training curricula via evidence-based training materials and methodologies.
If you want to learn more or interested to participate in this group then please contact Krithika Kandavel at [email protected]
Accomplishments
- ISWP Wheelchair Service Hybrid Training
- ISWP Wheelchair Service Provision Tests
- Mentoring program
- Academic Training Partners
- Seating and Mobility Academic Resource Toolkit (SMART)
Member List
| Name | Organization | Sub-committee |
|---|---|---|
| Dave Calver | UCP Wheels | |
| Barbara Crane | Plymouth State University | Integration |
| Alia Alghwiri | University of Jordan | Integration |
| Hassan Sarak | University of Jordan | Integration |
| Hasan Alkhawaldeh | University of Jordan | Integration |
| Hanan | University of Jordan | Integration |
| Samantha Shann | WFOT | Integration |
| Gail Freidhoff-Bohman | AT-Retired | Integration |
| Ilse Caballeros | Free Wheelchair Mission | Integration |
| Ritu Ghosh | Mobility India | Integration |
| Michelle Hollier | UCPRUK | Integration |
| Thais Pousada | Universidad de la Coruña | Integration |
| Uta Prehl | Humanity & Inclusion | Integration |
| Teresa Plummer | Belmont University | Integration |
| Sue Eitel | Eitel Global | |
| Sarah Frost | Independent Consultant | Competency |
| Charles Kanyi | Motivation UK | Competency |
| Eliana Ferretti | Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) | |
| Lauren Flaherty | Motivation Australia | |
| Ritu Ghosh | Mobility India | |
| Mary Goldberg — Chair | University of Pittsburgh | Competency, Integration |
| Dietlind Gretschel | Dietlind Gretschel Physiotherapy | Competency |
| Eldar Husanovic | Human Study | |
| Chapal Khasnabis | World Health Organization | |
| R. Lee Kirby | Dallhousie University | Integration |
| Tchai Xavier | Independent Consultant | |
| Xavier Lemire | Humanity & Inclusion | |
| Sergio Mainetti | CBM International | |
| Jess Markt | International Committee of the Red Cross | |
| Rob Mattingly | Independent Consultant | |
| Kylie Mines | Motivation Australia | Integration |
| Sara Munera | Whee | |
| Patience Mutiti | Motivation UK | |
| Jamie Noon | Consultant | |
| Paula Rushton | University of Montreal | Integration |
| Elsje Scheffler | DARE Consult | Competency |
| Nicky Seymour | Motivation Africa | Integration |
| Samantha Shann | Northumbria University | Integration |
| Celia Stubbs | Motivation UK | |
| Nekram Upadhyay | Indian Spinal Injuries Centre | |
| Nicole VanderZouwen | Free Wheelchair Mission | |
| Eric Wunderlich | Latter-day Saint Charities | |
| Megan D’Innocenzo | University of Pittsburgh | Competency, Integration |
| Krithika Kandavel | University of Pittsburgh | Competency, Integration |
| Alexandria Miles | University of Pittsburgh | Competency, Integration |
| Yohali Burrola | University of Pittsburgh | Competency, Integration |
| Nancy Augustine | University of Pittsburgh | Competency, Integration |
| Maria Toro Hernandez | University of Pittsburgh | Competency, Integration |
