Professionalism in Mobility

Abstract

To increase the professionalism of mobility instructors and to improve practice, the following areas need to be considered and discussed more fully than they have in the past: a forum for dialogue and dissemination of information, a central resource for information, public relations materials explaining cane mobility, a means of identifying the professional, liability of the instructor, greater attention to clients’ individual differences and keeping practice up to date, interpersonal aspects of instruction, and professional responsibility.