Basic
Intermediate
Prescribing postural support devices
Advanced
Bobath
Assessing and treating neuro conditions
Rehab Skills Lab provides wheelchair service delivery training to industry professionals in South Africa as well as internationally. Our courses adhere to World Health Organisation guidelines for less-resourced settings but are, crucially, tailored for the South African context. These are designed to give participants holistic and practical know-how to help them render a service specific to their wheelchair users’ postural, environmental and functional needs.
CPD Accredited
Upcoming Courses
Wheelchair Service Delivery Training: Basic (LDS)
Wheelchair Service Delivery Training: Intermediate (RSF)
Bobath: Basic (Western Cape)
Rehab Skills Lab offers IBITA-certified Bobath courses in South Africa to equip healthcare professionls with the skills to evaluate and treat adults suffering from neurological conditions. This programme integrates the principles of the ICF in evaluation and treatment. It also helps therapists analyse and facilitate efficient postural and movement control in preparation for and during functional activity. In addition, it dissects the functional consequences of lesions of the central nervous system and use the principles of motor control, motor learning, neural plasticity and muscle plasticity in treatment.
CPD Accredited
Frequently Asked Questions
We will move your registration to one of the upcoming courses.
Please consult the upcoming courses section on the website to see which one you prefer and let us know at training@rehabskillslab.co.za.
Alternatively, we can refund your registration fee. If this is your preference, please send an email that includes your banking details to the same address.
Reprints can be ordered at R500 incl. VAT per certificate.
Send your name along with the course name, venue, exact date and year of the course to training@rehabskillslab.co.za. Please attach the proof of payment with your request.
Banking details:
Account holder: Rehab Skills Lab (PTY) LTD
Bank: Nedbank
Branch code: 198765
Swift code: NEDSZAJJ
Cheque account number: 1198808470
Reference example: Certificate reprint – J Soap
Yes! Send your name, contact details as well as the course date and venue which you would like to attend to training@rehabskillslab.co.za and we will contact you if a space becomes available.
No!
The payment portal offers the choice of a full once-off payment or a payment in four equal installments over a period of six weeks.
Seventy-five per cent of the course fee is non-refundable should you cancel less than one month beforehand.
We reserve the right to cancel courses with low registration numbers or due to unforeseen circumstances.
All courses will be confirmed/cancelled by email at the latest one month before they start. Only finalise travel and accommodation arrangements after our final confirmation email.
We cannot be held liable for any costs incurred.
Yes, of course. Simply click here, insert your name in the form, make sure “Subscribe me to the newsletter” is checked and submit.
This will ensure that you receive regular updates on existing and new courses.
Fundamental principles are covered from day one to four of the basic course and day one to three of the intermediate and advanced courses.
If you miss one or more of these sessions, you will not have the required knowledge and skills for subsequent sessions and/or clinical work with wheelchair users.
We therefore encourage attendees to not schedule appointments during that week or, rather, to book an alternative course should they be unable to reschedule the appointment.
It is possible to present training courses at your organisation. We offer three levels of training – basic, intermediate and advanced.
Each course is five days.
The host facility must be willing and able to accommodate participants and provide a theoretical and practical/clinical area as well as users, necessary devices, cushions, foam and consumables.
Costs may vary between different venues as the travel and accommodation of trainers need to be factored in as well as return courier costs for devices and resources that you do not have available.
We use the devices on the national tender as the baseline to train the principles of wheelchairs.
In addition, many facilities do not have the necessary basics such as cushions, foam, glue, straps, Velcro etc. These can be provided but will affect the overall cost.
Contact Elsje and Dietlind at admin@rehabskillslab.co.za to discuss.
Although based on the same principles, our basic course includes wider content and a deeper level of clinical reasoning than that of the WHO.
The latter is designed for undergraduates, grassroots workers and volunteers.
The intermediate course is an extended version of the RSL basic course. It is therefore advisable to attend our basic first.
You can do the intermediate immediately thereafter as you would not be required to work the recommended minimum of six months before signing up.
We offer the WHO Basic Wheelchair Service Training Package on request. It is designed for undergraduates, grassroots workers and volunteers.
However we accept non-clinicians on the RSL basic course if the person plays an active role in your seating service. This person must be accompanied by a therapist from the your organisation. As the RSL course includes wider content and deeper clinical reasoning, it remains the responsibility of the attending therapist to support his/her colleague.
Fundamental principles are covered from day one to four of the basic course and day one to three of the intermediate and advanced courses. If you miss one or more of these sessions, we recommend that you withdraw from the course but reregister and repeat it. If you miss the clinical days (last day of the basic and last two days of the intermediate and advanced courses), you can submit a case study for each day missed for review to complete the course requirements and receive your CPD certificate.
No. Your CPD points will be uploaded by RSL.
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