This program is designed for Personal Support Workers (PSWs) working in community, home care and long-term care sector as well as attendants working with clients privately or through direct funding programs.
This series of elearning modules and accompanying workbook-style manual will you help get you introduced to the kind of knowledge and understanding an attendant or PSW will want to have when providing service to someone who’s sustained a spinal cord injury.
This program is comprised of 55 minutes of elearning (5 modules.) A certificate of completion is awarded once all modules and the course survey are completed (a score of at least 80% must be achieved on each module quiz.)
Topics covered in this series include:
- Understanding Spinal Cord Injury (from the attendant’s perspective)
- Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Preventing Skin Breakdown (pressure sores)
- Preventing Bowel Problems
- Preventing Bladder Problems
Understanding Spinal Cord Injury 2022 
