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2024 Spinal Cord Injury Wellness Summit

 

 

On the Road Again: Everything You Need to Know About Trips, Travel & Transportation

The 9th SCI Wellness Summit will be offering a variety of programming for SCI consumers and providers, including presentations, demonstrations, equipment/resource exhibits, and continuing education credits for PTs, OTs and TRs. Plus, refreshments, raffle items, and free parking! See below for more info on the talks and other offerings that will be available at the Summit.

These presentations will be videotaped. Subscribe to our mailing list to receive email notices about the Summit and announcements when these videos become available.

Thanks to our underwriters, this event is free to the public.

11:00 am

Doors Open

(registration, refreshments, exhibits in lobby all day)

Interactive
Opportunities

  • Parking Lot (11:00 am – 4:00 pm):

    King County Metro Bus
    available to practice getting on/off all day
  • Parking Lot (multiple sessions):

    Community Driver Demonstrations

    • Manual Wheelchair to car transfer demonstration
      Session A: 12:00pm – 12:45pm
      Session B: 2:30pm &ndash 3:15pm
    • Power Wheelchair to car transfer demonstration
      Session A: 12:00pm – 12:45pm
      Session B: 2:30pm – 3:15pm

11:15 – 12:00 pm

Get Going: Transportation Tips and Tools
Jodi Connolly (TR)

12:00 – 12:45 pm

Break

12:45 – 1:40 pm

Drive On: Empowering SCI Survivors Through Adaptive Driving

Jen Fox (PT/CDRS), Adam Goetz & Daniel Gray

1:30 – 1:45 pm

Break

1:45 – 2:30 pm

Conquering Unfriendly Skies

Kenny Salvini (Here & Now Project Co-founder/President) & Jeremey Hannaford (Seattle Slam Rugby Player/Coach)

2:30 – 3:15 pm

Break

3:15 – 3:45 pm

Accessible Trails & Outdoors

Ian Mackay (President/Founder of Ian's Ride)

3:45 – 4:00 pm

RAFFLE / WRAP UP

Free continuing education credits available for OTs, PTs and RTs following the Summit: credit hours correspond to session length.

2024 SCI Wellness Summit Underwriters

 

Questions? Contact NWRSCIS at nwrscis@uw.edu or 206-685-3999.