On-Demand Webinar: Helping Clients Make Informed Decisions with the Wheelchair Functional Impact Tool (WC-FIT)

Live Webinar Date:06/03/2026.

TITLE: Helping Clients Make Informed Decisions with the Wheelchair Functional Impact Tool (WC-FIT)

Presenters: Tori Fallgren, PT, D.P.T., NCS, ATP & Mandy McDonald, MS, OTL, ATP

Abstract:

The Wheelchair Functional Impact Tool (WC‑FIT) is a free, educational self‑report tool designed to help individuals with new‑onset mobility impairment and their caregivers engage in meaningful discussions with the treatment team about wheeled mobility options. Its primary goal is to support shared understanding of how mobility devices may influence function, participation, and daily activities for the individual.  The shared decision-making the WC-FIT facilitates is central to client empowerment.

Informed by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), the WC‑FIT conceptualizes the mobility device as an environmental factor and prompts users to consider its impact across body functions and structures, activities, and participation. The tool allows users to evaluate and compare the functional impact of multiple mobility devices in a consistent, structured format.

Clients and caregivers complete the WC‑FIT outside of therapy time and then review the results with the primary treatment team. This helps optimize efficiency during therapy appointments, minimize clinician’s influence on responses, and can enhance interdisciplinary communication. Responses across nine categories provide insight into the client’s understanding of functional advantages and limitations associated with different devices, as well as their needs, values, and preferences. This information helps guide equipment recommendations and supports informed, client‑centered decision‑making.

With this webinar we will focus on the following:

Brief outline of the reason the WC-FIT was developed
Review of how the WC-FIT content was validated and discussion of the qualitative study that helped us structure the WC-FIT to make it clinically friendly/usable
Tips for successful use in different clinical arenas with different resources
Short Case Studies
How to access the WC-FIT

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

Identify the purpose of the WC-FIT in supporting clinical decision-making and client-centered care for mobility device selection
Demonstrate understanding of how the WC-FIT can be used to address the needs of people with different kinds of mobility impairments while remaining user-friendly and accessible in multiple treatment arenas (inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient clinics, rural areas) with differing resources (lots of trial equipment and support available vs. minimal trial equipment available).
Use the WC-FIT to analyze the impact of wheeled mobility devices on a client’s future functional outcomes across multiple ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health) domains through case studies
Locate the WC-FIT, which is open access on MyShepherdConnection.org

Pricing: Free for RESNA members; $45 for non-members

CEUs: Completion of this webinar and all components earns 0.1 IACET CEUs.