Programme

PLENARY SESSIONS
Monday 7th June
Plenary 1. Personal Experiences
Spinal cord injury and wheelchair use - Tom Shakespeare
Dignity? - Anna Geirsdottir

Plenary 2. Outcome Measures
What can I use in my clinic? - Rory O'Connor and Mark Schmeler

Tuesday 8th June
Plenary 3. Tissue Integrity - A Joined Up Approach

Plenary 4. The Challenge of Independent Living
Community Rehabilitation - Chris Ward
The ethics of decision-making for people with a disability - Andrew Hanrahan
Capacity and cognition - Alan Carson

Wednesday 9th June
Plenary 5. Opportunities for joint working: holding hands with industry

Plenary 6.
Collaboration in Toronto - Geoff Fernie
How can CPUP prevent seating problems? Gunnar Hagglund

Plenary 7.
Medical problems affecting posture and movement - Margaret Phillips and Andrew Frank

BEST PRACTICE WORKSHOPS including

Empowering children and adults with cognitive disabilities to learn skills for powered mobility
Leader: Rosalie Wang

Preservation of upper limb function following spinal cord injury
Leader: Tina Roesler

Supported lying
Leader: Joyce MacDonald

Home assessments - options for safe transfers.  Bed, bath and beyond 
Leader: Jean Minkel

Clinical guidance on use of pressure mapping
Leader: Pat Meeker

Early intervention - best practice before the patient reaches the rehabilitation unit
Leader: Laura Graham

WORKSHOPS AND TOPIC SESSIONS including
The importance of setting standards
- the MDD: how does it apply to my everyday practice? - Peter Diesing
- Changes in cushion characteristics with use - Evan Call
- Free Papers

Physical Assessment
- Hints and tips - Jean Minkel and Dorte Stovring
- Interpreting your results - Dorte Stovring and Jean Minkel

Tissue Integrity
BSRM Vocational Rehab Special Interest Group - Judith Allanson
Research - a guide to the fundamentals - David Porter and Marie Kelly
Outcome Measures - Mark Schmeler and Rory O'Connor
Rural wheelchair services
Invasive management methods for spasticity - Chris Roy
How to set up and use active user wheelchairs - Hannah Proctor
Communicating with clients and their families
Funding and design of wheelchair services
Abnormal reflexes and seating strategies - Leslie Fitzsimmons

Posters

Free Paper Streams
Management
Wheelchair assessment and skills
Measurement
Spinal cord injury
Product design and development
Carers and users