Tag: SMS

ARLINGTON, Va. - RESNA is offering a discount on the application fee for the Seating and Mobility Specialist (SMS) certification from March 5 until April 13, 2013, according to a press release. Applications received during this period will receive $50 off the regular fee of $250. The SMS certification focuses specifically on seating, positioning and mobility, and is considered an advanced certification, the release states. To quality for the exam, which is intended for clinicians, providers, engineers...

I spoke with Chris Rea this week about becoming one of the first assistive technology professionals (ATPs) in the country to get RESNA's new seating and mobility specialist (SMS) certification. We'll have a story about Rea, who works for Total Medical Solutions in Orlando, in our December issue. There were a few questions that I asked Rea, however, that I thought you'd want the answers to sooner rather than later. The first: So was the exam hard? "It was challenging," he said. "But one of the points...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Assistive technology professionals (ATPs) can now apply to become seating and mobility specialists (SMSs). RESNA in January posted the application for the specialty certification to www.resna.org (click on "certification" then "seating and mobility certification"). "We've had inquiries from OTs, PTs, suppliers and even some academics," said Anjali Weber, an ATP and RESNA's director of certification, in January. Applicants for the specialty certification must have...