Clinical Reasoning for Complex Vehicle Modifications June 2 & 3, 2025
Explore and advance your knowledge of vehicle modifications. Benefit from complex case studies to grow your clinical reasoning. This workshop is for the driver rehab specialist.
Unlock the Secrets of Vehicle Modifications in Driver Rehabilitation
June 2 & 3, 2025 - Winamac, Indiana
Driving isn't just about steering and braking—it's about ensuring the entire vehicle and its modifications fit the unique needs of the driver and passenger.
This course is designed for driver rehabilitation specialists looking to:
Expand knowledge of vehicle selection and modification.
Strengthen clinical reasoning to solve complex cases.
Gain a deeper understanding of how medical conditions and injury impact the person vehicle fit.
Join us for a dynamic, expert-led experience covering current trends, best practices, and real-world clinical strategies that will elevate your ability to recommend and assess vehicle modifications.
Gain the tools to analyze both current modifications.
Connect with industry stakeholders.
Leave ready to offer community mobility solutions that support independence and safety.
Get ready to learn, grow, and connect!
Hands-On Learning for Real-World Impact
This workshop isn’t just about theory—it’s about immersive learning. Through interactive case studies, you’ll explore and analyze five to six different types of vehicle modifications in a real-world setting. Experience the impact of these modifications firsthand and gain the confidence to make effective, evidence-based recommendations for your clients.
Exclusive Access to BraunAbility
Go Behind the Scenes of the Vehicle Modification Process
Learn at BraunAbility’s state-of-the-art educational facility, explore a variety of adaptive vehicle modifications inside a climate-controlled garage, and take an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour to see how a standard vehicle is transformed into a wheelchair-accessible vehicle.
Learn from the Best in Driver Rehabilitation
Your Instructors: Tammy, Susie, Trista, & Cassy
With 90+ years of combined expertise in driver rehab, medical conditions, and vehicle adaptations, our instructors are committed to mentorship and ongoing support—ensuring your growth extends well beyond the workshop.
Sharpen Your Skills & Gain Confidence
Leave feeling empowered with practical strategies, in-depth knowledge, and a network of professionals who share your passion. Through engaging discussions and hands-on activities, you’ll refine your clinical reasoning, problem-solving abilities, and decision-making processes to better serve your clients.
Learn, Connect, and Grow
Build Knowledge, Friendships, and Mentorships That Last
This workshop isn’t just about learning—it’s about connecting with like-minded professionals, sharing experiences, and building relationships that will support you long after the event ends. Engage in dynamic discussions, hands-on activities, and mentorship opportunities that foster collaboration and professional growth. Leave not only with valuable clinical knowledge but also with a network of peers and experts to support you as you apply your new skills in your own practice or clinic. Get ready to learn, have fun, and be inspired!
We’re Here to Support You — Every Step of the Way!
Learn in Comfort, Be Treated with Care
Did we mention you’ll be spoiled? From the moment you arrive, we’ve got you covered—coffee, water, soda, candy, notebooks, handouts, and more—all in a state-of-the-art learning facility designed for your success. Enjoy delicious meals, engaging discussions, and a seamless learning experience while we take care of the details. Come ready to learn, and we’ll make sure your experience is nothing short of exceptional!
Curious About What Others Think?
Hear from Last Year's Participants!
I loved this course!
I loved the course. Loved the stay and time with clinicians in and out of course. Loved the energy. The humor. Loved the knowledge and experience of shared clinicians to grow myself personally.
Knowledgeable Presenters!
Great course! I really learned a lot and have a lot of good information to take back into my practice! All the presenters were very knowledgeable and made it fun!
Better understanding of the process!
"Being able to see the process helped me to understand the complexities of the WAVS."
AOTA - 16 Contact Hours!
Adaptive Mobility Services, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. This live workshop activity is offered at 1.6 CEUs or 16 contact hours, intermediate level, under application 0000009242.
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Important Notice Regarding CE Approval for This Workshop
This course is approved for 16 CE hours by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) under application number 0000009242.
If you are seeking ADED CE credit, we encourage you to review ADED’s continuing education policies. While this course is not pre-approved for ADED CE, ADED members may have options to apply for credit independently. Please refer to ADED’s guidelines for further details.
For any questions, feel free to contact us at [email protected].
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June 2 & 3, 2025 - Winamac, Indiana
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Continuing Education Hours: AOTA Approved for 16 hours.
Abstract
Successful engagement in the occupation of driving extends beyond the operation of primary and secondary controls – it also requires consideration of vehicle selection. This process requires that the following areas must be carefully considered:
- Ingress/egress,
- Loading/unloading,
- Stowage and securement of mobility devices,
- Seating and positioning,
- Access to primary and secondary controls.
Specialists are often called upon to identify, problem solve and assist with vehicle selection, and vehicle modification solutions to fit an individual’s specific client factors and performance skills. Work in the field of driver rehabilitation inevitably requires the ability to problem solve a range of complex and challenging cases. This is especially true as vehicles continue to advance, reshape, and evolve.
This course is for the specialist looking to expand their foundational knowledge and apply careful analysis of these areas and provide clients with a list of vehicles and modifications that will fit their needs.
- We will review both historical and current vehicle conversions and modifications.
- Then, through the lens of the specialist, we will discuss current trends and learn about stakeholders engaged in the vehicle modification process from the manufacturer to modifier to final fitting to the end user.
- Connections will be made between the impact of medical conditions and/or injury on client factors, performance skills, and environmental demands.
- Expert-led discussions will engage learners to identify methods for clinical reasoning, prioritization of decision-making, and identification of community mobility solutions for complex client cases, including both drivers and passengers.
- Recommendations will be discussed utilizing industry best practice guidelines, current evidence, expert knowledge, licensing regulations, and industry standards in order to support fitness to drive.
Program Details
This workshop is being held at BraunAbility in Winamac, Indiana and will include education by driver rehab specialists and BraunAbility staff. A tour of the BraunAbility conversion plant will provide greater understanding of the conversion process and other modification products offered by this manufacturer.
Since 1972, BraunAbility has focused on connecting wheelchair users with their communities via vehicle conversion and modifications. They are one of the industry's leading companies that is providing transformative mobility solutions. BraunAbility offers wheelchair accessible vehicles, and many other innovative product solutions for ingress/egress, loading/unloading, stowage and securement of mobility devices, seating and positioning, and access to primary and secondary controls. This wide offering of products and vehicles, gives both instructors and attendees a “lab setting” where they can apply the methodology and evaluation process learned in the classroom setting to our client’s with a comprehensive mobility solution. By touring the BraunAbility plants the attendees will gain valuable knowledge about the manufacturing process. They will be able to confidently provide their clients with solutions that support safe and independent access to the community.
This is the first offering of this course. This collaboration of presenters with manufacturers is a model that we hope to continue to expand to other manufacturers in our industry.
Light breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Audience & Education Level
Target Audience – driver rehabilitation specialists
Prerequisites – This workshop is for the specialist who has completed one of the following courses: Adaptive Mobility’s Part 2: OT Driver Rehabilitation Specialist Training, ADED’s Application of Adaptive Vehicle Modifications, or the Veterans Administration 2 week Driver Rehabilitation Instructor Training Course.
Please email your course certificate to [email protected] within 48 hours of course registration to demonstrate competency and confirm your spot. Please note it is the responsibility of the student to provide proof of meeting the prerequisites. Inability to provide proof will result in course refund minus credit card processing fees. If you do not meet the prerequisites, but are interested in attending, please reach out to [email protected]. The instructors may consider previous or alternative study you have completed. Disclaimer about case by case.
Educational Level – intermediate.
Justification for intermediate level of education - the objectives of this course encompass higher-order thinking skills such as application, analysis, evaluation, synthesis, and problem-solving. Participants are required to not only understand concepts but also apply them in real-world scenarios, demonstrating a level of cognitive complexity consistent with an intermediate level course according to Bloom's Taxonomy.
Additional Details
Contact hours: This course has been approved by AOTA for 16 hours.
Registration Fees: $499 – This includes a continental breakfast & lunch each day!
Method of Learning: Live, in person
Course Completion Requirements: attendance of full course attend and course survey
Course Review Date: June 2 & 3, 2025
Meet Your Instructors
Committed to Your Growth
With over 90+ years of combined experience, our team of experts is dedicated to not only guiding you through the workshop but also supporting your growth long after the event ends. We're here as mentors, offering valuable insights and ongoing support to help you succeed in your career.
- Susie Touchinsky, OTR/L, SCDCM, CDRS, President & CEO, Adaptive Mobility Services - 25 years of experience
- Tammy Phipps, OTR/L, CDRS, President & CEO, Driver Rehab Center of Excellence - 25 years of experience
- Cassy Churchill, Sr. Marketing Manager, BraunAbility - 20+ years of experience
- Trista Windows, COTA, CDRS, Director of Driver Rehab, DRCE - 20 years of experience
Learning Objectives
1. Discover current trends and about stakeholders engaged in the vehicle modification process from vehicle manufacturing to modification to final fitting to end user.
2. Understand expert clinical reasoning methods to identify solutions for challenging situations including both drivers and passengers.
3. Prioritize decision-making process for identifying solutions for ingress/egress, seating and positioning, fit with vehicle safety features, stowage and securement of mobility devices, and operation of primary and secondary controls.
5. Evaluate case study outcomes and solutions with industry best practice guidelines, current evidence, expert knowledge, licensing regulations, and industry standards to support fitness to drive and passenger applications.
6. Apply understanding and applications of vehicle modifications of case studies for both the driver and passenger through discussion and tour of plants, incorporating client factors, performance skills, and environmental demands.
7. Understand BraunAbility specific vehicle applications to support ingress/egress, seating, and positioning, fit with vehicle safety features, mobility device securement, and access of primary and secondary controls.
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