33rd Annual Virginia Miller Educational Seminar
About this Event
We’re thrilled to announce our 33rd Annual Virginia Miller Educational Seminar, taking place on October 22, 2026 at Guy’s Party Center in Akron! This year’s event will feature 2 separate morning sessions and 2 separate afternoon sessions.
Our distinguished speakers include:
- Andrina Sabet, PT, ATP
- Cindi Petito, OTR/L, ATP, CAPS, CEAC - VGM Live at Home
- Lindsey L. Sharpe, PT, DPT, ATP - LUCI
- Curt Prewitt, MS, PT, ATP - Ki Mobility
Stay connected with us on social media and watch for updates on our seminar web page, where you’ll find regular updates and registration information. The 33rd edition of the Virginia Miller Memorial Educational Seminar is shaping up to be something special. We can’t wait to see you on October 22nd!
CEU credits are pending approval, though we expecting 6 full credits approved for PT, PTA, OT, OTA, and ATP.
Supporting Vendor Partners registration opening soon!
Agenda
🕑: 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Registration & Vendor Interaction
🕑: 08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
An ON Time Approach to Powered Mobility: Why we should be using it sooner!
Host: Andrina Sabet, PT, ATP
Info: This presentation will focus on pediatric power mobility from a human rights perspective utilizing the ON Time Mobility framework. Conventional schools of thought often consider power mobility only when walking has been exhausted or as a mobility option of last resort. The ON Time Mobility framework is grounded in neuroscience, developmental psychology, and disability justice and is based on the premise that all children have a right to hours of active mobility each day in order to develop agency and co-create their lives. ON Time Mobility challenges our current practice patterns to re-examine how we define and approach mobility. For many children with developmental disabilities and delays, power mobility is an exciting opportunity to fill the developmental gaps created by lagging gross motor skills. We will explore a developmental and rights based action plan to incorporate powered mobility as one of our first interventions with a focus on fun, engagement and building autonomy.
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Vendor Interaction & Break
🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Accessible Entrances and Exits
Host: Cindi Petito, OTR/L, ATP, CAPS, CEAC
Info: This 90-minute session teaches participants to evaluate and configure Universal Design (UD) solutions for residential exits and entrances serving aging adults and people with complex disabilities. Attendees will learn best practices using a home access team approach, from fall-prevention home safety solutions to long-term strategies that maximize function across the lifespan.
Clinicians and home access professionals often rely on ADA standards alone when making home accessibility recommendations. Strict ADA-only compliance can create waste and minimal, force-fit solutions rather than functional environments. The UD Project establishes universal design housing standards, addressing a housing market largely unregulated by accessibility policy and a resulting shortage of safe, functional homes. Significant gaps remain in service delivery among home access and OT/PT professionals, and stronger team collaboration is needed to achieve better client outcomes.
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch & Vendor Interaction
🕑: 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Making Power Wheelchairs Smarter: Exploring the Continuum of SMART Technology
Host: Lindsey L. Sharpe, PT, DPT, ATP
Info: Many power wheelchair drivers face a variety of issues related to their independence, safety, efficiency, and accessibility as a result of impaired motor control, visual deficits, impaired reaction time, inattention, and various other deficits that are common among wheeled mobility users. This course will review the continuum of currently available SMART technologies that can be incorporated into the power wheelchair to address these issues and improve driver safety, confidence, and independence.
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Vendor Interaction & Break
🕑: 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Tilting the Odds: Manual Tilt to Improve Rehabilitation Outcomes
Host: Curt Prewitt, MS, PT, ATP
Info: Neurologic disabilities such as CP, ALS, MS, and SCI figure more prominently in CRT discussions than CVA, yet more than 795,000 people in the US suffer a CVA annually, and stroke reduces mobility in more than half of those over age 65. Reimbursement cuts have negatively influenced the caliber of wheeled mobility devices CVA survivors receive, and many obtain only an upright, manual wheelchair.
Manual tilt-in-space wheelchairs provide seat angle adjustments that facilitate pressure relief, postural control, and activity-specific positioning, but are often not prescribed due to limitations with propulsion, weight, and transport.
This presentation explores research on seat angle effects on posture, pressure distribution, and self-propulsion, plus the link between independent mobility and pressure ulcers. Documentation requirements for Medicare reimbursement of the E1161 code will be outlined, along with options to achieve tilt benefits while enabling propulsion and transport.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 107.89
