Webinars

Watch Rifton’s on-demand video/webinar introducing Rifton’s New Pacer. The New Pacer is a gait trainer that achieves proper positioning and provides dynamic weight bearing and shifting for a natural gait pattern and easier stepping. In this 40 minute video, recorded in March 2016, the new large Pacer frame systems, accessories and features are explained and demonstrated.

Supplementary aids and services are a valuable way for therapists to support students in school systems. By viewing this 30 minute webinar, you will improve your knowledge of the role of supplementary aids and services as part of the IEP process, including decision making, key factors, and service delivery. This webinar also touches on the ICF in school-based practice, and the universal design for learning...

Looking at adaptive equipment use within the ICF framework in school-based practice: This on-demand webinar presented by Lori Potts, PT provides a beginner-level introduction to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. This new framework provides a relevant perspective on health that can revolutionize school-based practice. Click the play icon to begin; the webinar is 22...

(Return to the ICF for School-based Practice Webinar) 1. Introducing the ICF in school-based practice with adaptive equipment Welcome. This is Lori Potts, physical therapist with Rifton Equipment, and this webinar is introducing the ICF for school-based practice, looking at adaptive equipment. 2. Objectives Be familiarized with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF...

Participation is the key to health and well-being. This webinar introduces the International Classification of Function (ICF) and its application to school practice. It also explores the role of the school-based therapist and the alignment of the language of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to the ICF. For a complete transcript of this webinar, see transcript of ICF in Practice...

(Return to the webinar ICF: Paving the way to a Special Education Inclusion Classroom) ICF Slide 1 (0:14) Welcome. Rifton is happy to introduce you to Sue Cecere in Maryland, who will be hosting this educational Webinar about applying the International Classification of Function in school-based practice. ICF Slide 2 (0:17) Sue Cecere is an active member of the Pediatric Section of the American Physical...

Rifton has done it again! Their new Rifton activity chair incorporates the best seating and positioning with dynamic seating. After consultation with therapists in the field, families and people who use the chair, Rifton has managed to make an old friend even better. This educational dynamic seating webinar includes testimony from clinicians that have been using the chair as well as a short review on the...

Below is a complete transcript of Ginny Paleg’s webinar for Rifton on Dynamic Seating. Watch the Dynamic Seating Webinar. Part 1 Intro/Sign in Slide 1 Ginny Paleg Slide 2 (00:12) Hi there, and welcome to Rifton’s seminar on dynamic and functional seating. Today we’re going to talk about dynamic seating, we’re going to talk about their new activity chair, and then I’m going to...