Activity-focused powered mobility practice: Applying the process-based tool Assessment of Learning Process (ALP : (Educational session, 90 min)

Learning objectives: Describe the 3 stages of exploration and the 8 phases in the learning processCompare and contrast process-based and task-based assessmentEvaluate applicability of the presented knowledge in your professional practice Session description: Activity-based focus for practice in a power mobility device suggests integration of learning device-use in other activities aligning with the child’s or adult’s motivation and needs. Learning to operate a device combined with using the ability to move to do other activities can grow awareness of benefits and opportunities that may follow from becoming able to move around in the world. The Assessment of Learning Process (ALP) is a tool including both an assessment instrument and facilitating strategies. It was originally developed for powered mobility practice, but today there is also a universal ALP-tool. The instrument is used to determine a person’s phase of learning, and the strategies give guidance on how to facilitate at each of the eight phases in the process. The ALP-tool, and its parts will be presented, and its process-based nature will be explained. In a practical interactive part of the session, video-clips will be used to illustrate power mobility practice, and the audience will be invited to observe and assess stage of exploration and phase in the learning process. The intent is to provide opportunities for testing to assess and reflect on what in an observed video-clip indicates a specific stage or phase in the process. Examples from clinical practice will inspire more ideas of how learning how to operate a mobility device can be combined with using the ability to drive in other activities. Finally, the audience is invited to have an open discussion with questions and answers elaborating on thoughts, opportunities and challenges to implement activity focused powered mobility. We hope to inspire a holistic view on learning power mobility-use, where practice takes place in an activity focused situation, enhancing a person’s awareness of possible benefits of becoming mobile.