Downloadable Resources

Positioning Chart

How Do I Know a Student is Positioned Appropriately? A Checklist

This checklist is designed to be used to determine if seating intervention is required. If intervention is required, the child should be referred back to the seating and mobility evaluation team.

Dynamic Seating Decision Making Tree

This decision making tree guides the reader through dynamic seating clinical indicators.

Frequently Asked Questions: Restraints

Power Wheelchair Joystick Decision Making Tree

This document can be used as a reference when determining the optimal joystick type, placement and mounting for a client.

Power Wheelchair Non-Joystick Driving Methods Decision Making Tree

This document can be used as a reference when determining the optimal power wheelchair driving method for a client.

 Power Wheelchair Mini Proportional Joystick Comparison Chart

This document compares features on the available mini proportional joysticks for power wheelchair driving.

Power Wheelchair Head Array Comparison Chart

 This document compares features on available Head Arrays for power wheelchair driving.

Power Wheelchair Electronics Comparison Matrix

This document serves as a reference of key features between various power wheelchair electronic systems. Sometimes a relatively specific feature is needed y an individual and can drive product selection. Other features may not be used if the evaluating team is not aware of both the feature and the clinical benefit.

Programmable Power Wheelchair Driving Methods

Typically, a power wheelchair driving method is connected to and programmed through the base electronics (please refer to the Power Wheelchair Electronics Comparison above). More and more power wheelchair driving methods now include some independent programming.

Tracking Technologies

Indoor Power Mobility Criteria

This checklist can be used during an evaluation to demonstrate and document skills assessed and the results. If a client is not yet ready for a power wheelchair, this checklist indicates where mobility training is needed to develop needed skills.

Outdoor Power Mobility Criteria

Driving a power wheelchair outdoors requires additional skills. This checklist can be used to assess these skills.

Pre-mobility Training Guidelines

Are you working with someone who does not have a power wheelchair, but needs to develop driving skills? Here are some training guidelines to develop these skills.

Mobility Training Guidelines

Are you working with someone who recently received a power wheelchair? These training guidelines can be used to optimize driving skills.

Basic Electronic Aids to Daily Living

Basic EADLs provide direct, latched or timed on/off switch control of battery operated toy, simple electrical appliances or send a limited amount of infrared signals to a limited amount of devices. For control of more devices and features, please refer to the Multifunction EADLs chart.

Mounting Chart

Need to mount a speech generating device, laptop, tablet or even cell phone to a wheelchair? Here is a comparison chart with important features to keep in mind.

RESNA Position Papers

RESNA Position on the Application of Dynamic Seating