Announce Skills for Life 4

Announce Skills for Life 4

Dianne Farabi

9/19/2014

Skills for Life 4: 2015 Bilateral Upper Limb Loss Workshop

 

US-ISPO would like to announce an educational event taking place October
22-25, 2015 in Houston, Texas.

 

This workshop includes a program that will feature a series of workshops
devoted specifically to issues faced by individuals with bilateral upper
limb loss. Presenters will include individuals living with bilateral upper
limb loss, therapists, prosthetists, physicians and others.

 

Who Should Attend:

. Individuals with bilateral upper limb loss

. Anyone involved in the care or rehabilitation of a person with
upper limb loss

. Therapists

. Prosthetists

. Rehab nurses/Case managers

. Physicians

. Life care planners

 

Learning Objectives:

. Understand pre-prosthetic evaluation and treatment needs
unique to the bilateral upper limb loss individual

. Understand evaluation and treatment needs after a prosthetic
device has been fit

. Gain exposure to functional skills, adaptations, equipment,
modifications used by individuals with bilateral limb loss

. Learn about the latest technology: surgical techniques and
prosthetic componentry

. Discuss appropriate functional outcomes, dependent upon level
of limb loss

. Discuss emotional adjustments and impacts to the individual
and family living with bilateral upper limb loss

 

For exhibitor/sponsor information, attendee registration as well as a
printable handout, please visit the Skills for Life Website:

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Skills for Life on Facebook:

www.facebook.com/skillsforlifeworkshop

 

Sign up for the Skills for Life email blast

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Sincerely,

US-ISPO and SFL4 Planning Committee