Continue your professional development with Spex Academy.
The Spex Academy team works in conjunction with our distributors globally in offering training and educational programs that provide clinical and technical information, product features, and the Spex methodology of obtaining the most effective seating results for your clients!
Attendees include seating clinicians, Physical and Occupational therapists, technicians, case managers, funding body staff, and our enthusiastic Spex distributors.
Spex Academys are fun and interactive presentations that will engage the clinician with the objective of promoting optimal positioning, function, ease of use and overall faster results when performing and prescribing seating for persons in wheelchairs.
Events involve case studies and "hands-on" interaction with Spex products, giving attendees the chance to learn strategies when creating successful clinical outcomes for complex positioning needs.
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Upcoming Events
Stabilising the Curve | Practical solutions for Targeted Lateral Trunk Support for Postural Asymmetries in the Frontal and Traverse planesIt can be a challenge responding to the spinal curves that create asymmetry in the frontal and transverse plane within seated solutions. | |
| 1 hour Webinar: 2 live date options 16 November 2020, 11.00 am London time or 30 November 2020, 4.00 pm London time | |
| Bridget Churchill | |
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Theory into Practice: Cushion Selection Series (Part 1) | Understanding the Assessment Process and Biomechanics to guide Cushion SelectionHow do we decide on the wheelchair cushion that best meets the user's needs? This webinar series on cushion selection will guide you through the process of assessment, all the way to building confidence with scripting, including when considering needed customisations. | |
| 1 hour Webinar: 2 live date options 11 December 2020, 10.00 am London time or 21 December 2020, 3.00 pm London time
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| Occupational Therapist & Clinical Educator | |
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Theory into Practice: Cushion Selection Series (Part 2) | Cushion Customisations and why you need to know about themHow do we decide on the wheelchair cushion that best meets the user's needs? This webinar series on cushion selection will guide you through the process of assessment, all the way to building confidence with scripting, including when considering needed customisations. In Part 2, Bridget Churchill will help to link theory into practice by reviewing cushion customisations and the reasons why these might be required, considering:
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| 1 hour Webinar: 2 live date options 12 January 2021, 10.00 am London time or 28 January 2021, 4.00 pm London time | |
| Occupational Therapist & Clinical Educator | |
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Theory into Practice: Cushion Selection Series (Part 3) | Confidence with scripting, taking into account clinical presentation, cushion features, and user measurementsHow do we decide on the wheelchair cushion that best meets the user's needs? And how do we then confidently script our chosen selected cushion?This webinar series on cushion selection will guide you through the process of assessment, all the way to building confidence with scripting, including when considering needed customisations. In Part 3, Bridget Churchill will help to link theory into practice by consolidating the previous learning in this webinar series and to build confidence with scripting off-the-shelf and customised Spex cushions. We will review findings of the clinical assessment, user and wheelchair measurements, critical measures and biomechanical considerations to match the cushion with clinical findings and goals.
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| 1 hour Webinar: 2 live date options 8 February 2021, 10.00 am London time or 18 February 2021, 4.00 pm London time
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| Occupational Therapist & Clinical Educator | |
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