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Pride Mobility Products Corp., the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of mobility products including Jazzy Power Chairs, Go-Go Travel Mobility, Pride Scooters & Lift Chairs, is proud to announce its 2005 Seminar Tour. For the sixth consecutive year, representatives from Pride will set out on a 24 city seminar tour to train providers, physical therapists and occupational therapists in the latest advances in Pride’s technology and services. The Pride Mobility Seminar Tour begins in March and continues into late August.

This year’s Jazzy power chair seminar features four courses designed to educate participants on electrical and mechanical functions, end-to-end funding for mobility products, and hands on applications for troubleshooting. This year a newly designed CEU program includes five different presentations on seating and positioning. These courses provide 0.6 CEU from the University of Pittsburgh as well as six contact hours. The presentations will be taught by several different well-respected OT’s and PT’s at each city, showcasing different aspects about seating and positioning at each location: Susan Johnson Taylor, OTR/L, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago will present: “Seating & Wheeled Mobility”; Penny J. Powers, PT, MS, ATP, and Jenny Robison PT, ATP, Vanderbilt Medical Center will present: “Seating, Positioning and Mobility: Improving Functional Outcomes 2005”; Christine Maurer, MPT, ATP, Shepherd Center will present: “Evaluation for Success”; Janice Fisher PT, MS, ATP and Ginny Paleg MS, PT will present: “Power Kids” and Mark R. Schmeler, MS, OTR/L, ATP, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will present: “Elkectric Wheelchair Seating and Mobility: An Evidence-Based Perspective”.

Cost for all wheel chair classes, excluding the seating and positioning, is $50 per person. This includes a continental breakfast, deli lunch, and seminar materials. The seating and positioning class is $75 per person and also includes a continental breakfast, deli lunch, and seminar materials. “Pride is privileged to have such quality seating and positioning instructors on the tour this year. Our Pride chair technical courses have always been a huge success and this year will be no different. With the pending changes in Reimbursement, our “Reimbursement for Power Mobility Products in 2005” course, will provide a detailed understanding on how these changes affect the industry,” says Dan Fedor, General Manager of Reimbursement and Compliance. For a complete schedule of the 2005 Seminar Tour, see the schedule below for a date and location near you.

For more information, contact Pride at 1-800-800-8586 ext. 1398. For additional information about the CEU course, contact Pride at 1-800-800-8586 ext. 1071.