Training a Parent in Wheelchair Skills to Improve Her Child's Wheelchair Skills [electronic resource] : A Case Study / R. Lee Kirby, Cher Smith and Jessica L. Billard.

We tested the hypothesis that training a parent in wheelchair-user and caregiver wheelchair skills would improve the child's wheelchair skills. We studied an 11-year-old girl with spina bifida and her mother. The mother received 4 training sessions averaging 42.5 minutes per session, over a per...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Authors:	Kirby, R. Lee, Smith, Cher (Author), Billard, Jessica L. (Author), Irving, Jenny D. H. (Author), Pitts, Janice E. (Author), White, Rebecca S. (Author)
Corporate Author:	Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2010.
Subjects:	Mothers. Caregivers. Congenital Impairments. Training. Parents. Assistive Technology. Parent Education. Hypothesis Testing. Skill Development. Preadolescents. Physical Disabilities. Program Effectiveness. Scores. Simulation.