Mobility Scooter Prescription
Workshop Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $120.00
Do you feel unsure how to assess whether a scooter is safe and suitable for community mobility?
Are you confident identifying risks, choosing trial models and interpreting guidelines across states?
If mobility scooter referrals leave you second guessing your process, this training builds clear, practical skills for safe recommendations.
Purchase this workshopWhat will you learn?
- The role of scooters in mobility and how they differ from powered wheelchairs
- Key assessment steps including medical, cognitive, functional and environmental factors
- How to structure trials – from choosing models to testing across terrains
- Risk management and safety considerations, including statistics and common pitfalls
- Resources, funding guidelines and supplier insights to streamline practice
- Training approaches to build participant skills, independence and confidence
Who is this workshop for?
- OTs prescribing or considering scooters for NDIS participants
- Clinicians new to scooter assessments and training
- Anyone seeking greater confidence in community mobility solutions
Why attend?
- Learn a step-by-step process for scooter assessment, trial and training
- Strengthen your clinical reasoning for scooter vs powered wheelchair decisions
- Gain access to practical tools, checklists and resources you can use straight away
- Build confidence in supporting participants to safely access their communities
- Avoid common errors in prescription and increase effectiveness of your recommendations
What's included?
- Gain online access to the workshop – live workshops are delivered via Zoom, while self-paced options include access to recorded sessions
- Download workshop slides and any resources provided by the presenter
- Enjoy six months of access to the recording and resources via your Verve OT Learning Library
- Receive a certificate of completion for your CPD records, available via email upon completion of the workshop
About the Presenter
Karen Maurer has over 27 years’ experience working as an OT, including many years as a senior clinician with a special interest in assistive technology for adults.
She runs Capable Spaces, a private practice supporting clients with neurological conditions, spinal cord injury & traumatic brain injury to live with dignity and empowerment, by maximising their independence in everyday life.
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Quick add to cartWhat Are Others Saying?
"Information clearly organised and at a good level for me with very limited experience with prescription of mobility scooters. Key points were the assessments, weight load for inclines and the need for undercover storage."
Debbie B, Occupational Therapist
"Fantastic workshop that translates well to real life scenarios. A key takeaway for me is that a diagnosis or a poor off road assessment result should not automatically fail the client, it's always good to give them a chance to see how they perform on road given they have medical clearance. Also value the concept of a 6 monthly review."
Keely M, Occupational Therapist
