ADED eLearning
Application of Adaptive Vehicle Modifications 2025
Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 04/07/2025 at 6:00 PM (EDT)
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- Early bird pricing available!
- Non-member - $900
- Member - $450
- Regular Price after 03/24/2025 11:59 PM
- Non-member - $1,100
- Member - $550
Application of Adaptive Vehicle Modifications 2025
April 7-11, 2025 | 6 PM ET - 9:15 PM ET | Live-Virtual Online | 15 ADED Contact Hours
Early bird rate Member $450 / Non-member $900 until 3/24/25 11:59 PM ET
After 3/24/25 Member $550 / Non-member $1100
Registration is limited and closes when sold out or 9 AM ET on 4/3/2025 - We expect a rapid sell out of this course, so don’t delay in registering!
- This is a live-virtual, multi-day course conducted over five consecutive evenings for a total of 15 ADED contact hours.
- Attendees will join the live-virtual event via ADED eLearning to engage in the learning event.
- Attendees will have access to the content and session recordings until May 11, 2025.
- Course handouts will be provided in a digital format by the start of the course.
- Attendees will have access to an online discussion board to communicate with instructors and other attendees during the course.
- To use this course for ADED credentials maintenance, attendance live for the duration of all virtual sessions is required to earn 15 ADED Contact Hours.*
Abstract
This ADED course is ideal for those desiring knowledge of adaptive driving equipment as well as the process for prescribing and delivering such equipment to individuals with disabilities. Topics will cover adaptive driving equipment assessment, low tech equipment options, high tech driving systems, writing prescriptions, vehicle / equipment fitting and wheelchair passenger accommodations. The course also covers collaboration with local mobility equipment dealers and drivers for best-fit options.
Goals/Objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Analyze the taxonomy used in driver rehabilitation and vehicle modifications.
- Describe various client vehicle transfer options.
- Discuss key principles in driver positioning and vehicle fit.
- Compare and differentiate between low tech equipment and high tech driving systems.
- Analyze primary and secondary driving control modification options for drivers with various disabilities.
- Discuss documentation elements and best practice with respect to vehicle adaptations and adaptive vehicle prescription writing.
- Compare various mobility device stowage, securement and carrier options.
- Assess vehicle and equipment fitting.
- Develop effective collaboration with the mobility equipment dealer.
- Discuss key principles of securement for wheelchair dependent drivers and passengers.
Presented by Jenny Nordine, OT/L, CDRS & Jill Sclease, CTRS, CDRS
Thank you to our course sponsors!
Registration confirmation and payment receipts are e-mailed to the attendee. All cancellations for live-virtual events must be made in writing to the ADED Executive Office by March 24, 2025; a 20% handling fee will be charged. Refunds will not be issued after this date or for “no-shows.” Partial refunds will not be granted. ADED reserves the right to modify content, timetable, change speakers, or cancel events due to unforeseen/unavoidable circumstances at any time. If ADED cancels an event, a full refund will be provided to registrants. ADED does not offer refunds because of technological issues. All complaints relative to the content, instructor, and registration procedures are to be directed to the ADED executive office: 200 1st Ave NW #505 Hickory NC 28601 or via email eLearning@aded.net
*Current CDRS' & DRPs please refer to policy 403 for educational activity and maximum contact hours. Attendance at all live virtual sessions is required to earn 15 ADED Contact Hours.
ADED's Education Code of Conduct applies to this and all ADED education.
This course has been approved by The Council on Professional Standards for Kinesiotherapy (COPSKT) for 15 contact hours or 1.5 CEU's.
Jenny Nordine
OT/L, CDRS
Driving to Independence
With 15 years of experience in acute care and rehabilitation based Occupational Therapy, Jenny Nordine had a strong desire to develop a driving program to provide the ultimate level of independence. This passion was developed into Driving to Independence in 2000. Driving To Independence has grown to cover the states of Arizona and New Mexico providing a wide variety of opportunities for clients. Jenny recommends a wide variety of adaptive driving equipment, vehicles and lifts to accommodate each individual’s needs for independence. Jenny has presented at multiple conferences on subjects related to developing and sustaining Private Practice and Adaptive Drivers Assessment and Training including the Association of Driver Rehabilitation Specialists, the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association, Arizona Occupational Therapy Association, American Stroke Association Stroke Survivor Conference and Arizona Brain Injury Transition conference. This is in addition to recurring engagements at Midwestern University Occupational Therapy program and the Arizona School of Health Sciences Occupational Therapy program. Jenny sat on the Board of Directors for the Association of Driver Rehabilitation Specialists from 2014-2019 with the position of president in 2015 and 2018 and is currently ADED's Leadership Development Chairperson.
Jill Sclease
CTRS, CDRS
Driving To Independence
Jill Sclease is a Recreation Therapist and CDRS working at Driving To Independence in Tempe, Arizona. She has been a member of ADED since 2010 and is currently ADED's President. In 1995 Jill began working in a neurorehabilitation setting where her career focused on brain and spinal cord injury rehabilitation. Jill’s enthusiasm for assisting patients has been the focus of her career. While working in acute rehabilitation, she introduced patients to the possibility of returning to work and community activities through therapeutic community reintegration outings. Adaptive driving is a key part of this community reintegration. Throughout her career, Jill has served in many leadership roles, including those at the Arizona State Therapeutic Recreation Association, Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association, and Arizona Adapted Watersports. Jill has also held leadership roles within ADED, having served as Scholarship Committee Chair, Education Committee Chair and ADED President. She has presented at both NMEDA and ADED conferences, as well as promoting driver rehabilitation at local Universities and organizations. Jill was honored to be recognized as a spinal cord injury specialist by Banner Good Samaritan Rehabilitation Institute in 2006 and to be presented the Outstanding Professional award in 2009 by the Arizona State Therapeutic Recreation Association. In May 2010 Jill joined Driving To Independence to concentrate on independent and safe driving for individuals with disabilities. She received the credential of a Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist (CDRS) in 2011. Conducting driving assessments and training clients to become independent in the community is her passion. She often says the process of identifying appropriate equipment for persons with physical differences is like putting a puzzle together and her job is to put the puzzle together without hammering in the corners.
