Therapeutic Footwear -Coll
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Module
Therapeutic footwear
This module teaches how to provide therapeutic footwear.
Difficulty level: Medium
Module duration: Two hours online, followed by supervised practice as needed
Before you start, check that you have completed these modules:
There are many different types of therapeutic footwear available. This module focuses on therapeutic footwear with some of the most common features.
Take this short quiz to test what you already know:
What you will learn
How to provide therapeutic footwear following the four GATE service steps:
- Step One: Assess a person’s needs and select therapeutic footwear that suits them
- Step Two: Prepare and fit the therapeutic footwear
- Step Three: Teach the person how to use and look after their therapeutic footwear
- Step Four: Follow up including basic maintenance and repairs Therapeutic footwear included in this module are: closed shoe, open-toe sandal and open-heel shoe.
Resources you will need
Access to some of the commonly used types of therapeutic footwear described in this module for practice:
- Therapeutic footwear: Closed shoe
- Therapeutic footwear: Open-toe sandal
- Therapeutic footwear: Open-heel shoe
You will also need large (foot sized) pieces of paper and a marker pen
Download and print these documents from the module:
- Assess, select and fitting form: Therapeutic Footwear
- List of key words