Training
The laboratory is equipped with Support Products from different ISO classes to enable experimentation and the acquisition of the most up-to-date knowledge.
Knowledge about assessment and intervention processes in Therapy and Rehabilitation is also developed.
It is a training space for all students at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, but also a space for building and updating knowledge for any professional with an interest in the field.
Training 2026
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Completed training courses
- 23 March 2026: Assistive Technologies for Visual Impairment
- 20 March 2026: 60minutos@aTOPlab (Assistive Technologies: Alternative Pathways to Digital Access)
- 16 March 2026: MagicContact – Communication is for everyone
- 9 March 2026: Assistive technologies for access to and participation in educational and therapeutic activities and for augmentative communication.
- 29 October 2025: ORTHOPUS Roadshow
- 17 and 18 October 2025: 8th International Conference on Inclusion and 2nd International Conference on Assistive Technologies and Accessibility
- 19 September 2025: Open lecture ‘Advanced Mobility and Seating Positioning Systems’
- 4 June 2025: Technical Session: “From Sitting to Action: Biomechanical and functional benefits of standing in electric wheelchairs”
- 14 May 2025: 60minutos@aTOPlab: “Virtual Reality – An Innovative Tool in Mental Health”
- 22 April 2025: Open Lecture: “AAC Strategies: Methods and Tools for Effective Communication” – Tobii Dynavox
- 9 April 2025: 60minutos@aTOPlab: “The Importance of Culture and Autonomy in the Mobility of People with Disabilities”
- 28 March 2025: Open Lecture and Demonstration of assistive products for visual impairment
- 24 March 2025: Open Lecture and Demonstration of assistive products
- 19 March 2025: Open Lecture ‘Generative Artificial Intelligence as a Co-researcher’
- 19 March 2025: Café Memória Pombal: “(In)forming to Empower
- 15 March 2025: Workshop “A new approach to hand function”
- 14 March 2025: Open Lecture “Virtual Reality for Cognitive Assessment and Training”
- 25 February 2025: CoMoveIT Smart Roadshow – from technology theory to practice
- 6 December 2024: 60minutos@aTOPlab: ‘3D Printing in Occupational Therapy’
- 26 November 2024: MagicContact Workshop
- 23 October 2024: SCIENCE SWING with Luís Vicente, senior technician at aTOPlab: ‘Research on Accessibility: a path to functionality, autonomy and inclusion’
- 18 October 2024: 60minutos@aTOPlab: ‘Academic Literacy for Postgraduate Students with Visual Impairments: Journeys, Setbacks and Possibilities’
- 17 October 2024: Demonstration of assistive products for people with visual impairments
- 23–25 May 2024: 1st International Congress on Technology and Occupational Therapy – Jaime Ribeiro: ‘Free and low-cost technologies for digital access and communication’ and Andreia Salvador: ‘So, who’s in charge of AAC? And does it really matter?!’
- 14 May 2024: SCIENCE SWING with Alexander Kamadu presenting a talk entitled “Global wheelchair provision: Unlocking potential and building resilient systems”, Krithika Kandavel with a talk entitled “Development and evolution of a hybrid course on the provision and appropriate use of wheelchairs for healthcare professionals in international contexts” and Elisabete Roldão and Jaime Ribeiro with a talk entitled “A hand assessment medical device”.
- 7 April 2024: Mobility of people with disabilities in public and private services
- 6 April 2024: Communication of people with disabilities in public and private services
- 8 March 2024: Demonstration of Assistive Products
- 16 February 2024: 60minutos@aTOPlab: “Occupational Therapists and Entrepreneurship”
- 10 November 2023: Emerging Assistive Technology Solutions & Home Automation
- 2 November 2023: Demonstration of Assistive Technologies for Visual Impairment
- 29 September 2023: 60minutos@aTOPlab: “The importance of wheelchair positioning in learning”
- 18 September 2023: Wheelchair Conference
- 24 July 2023: Workshop “Know Better, Support Better”
- 16 June 2023: 60minutos@aTOPlab: “Augmentative Communication: If I exist, I need to communicate!”
- 31 May and 1 June 2023: Training in Mobility and Wheelchair Positioning
- 31 May 2023: Practical Training in Vehicle Adaptation and Driving
- 30 May 2023: “Adaptation is the way forward” | Android accessibility
- 27 May 2023: 6th PIC.TIC Meeting: Programming, Innovation and Creativity in Primary and Pre-school Education
- 21 April 2023: 60minutos@aTOPlab: “Reverse inclusion: reflections, practices and research projects”
21 April 2023: VERBO software - 14, 15 and 16 April 2023: 23rd Occupational Therapy Students’ Meeting
- 27 March 2023: Demonstration of Assistive Technologies for Visual Impairment
- 18 March 2023: 7th International Conference on Inclusion and 1st Conference on Assistive Technologies and Accessibility
- 9 March 2023: Assistive Technologies for Augmentative Communication
- 17 and 18 February 2023: Wheelchair Positioning and Mobility
- 17 February 2023: Comunicar 2023 Congress
- 10 February 2023: 60minutos@aTOPlab: “Mainstream technology-assisted environments for promoting the independence of a person with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy”
- 20 December 2022: 60minutos@aTOPlab: “Empowering Diversity”
- 30 November 2022: “Adaptation is the Way Forward” | Windows 11 Accessibility
- 28 November 2022: Diversity in Higher Education: Innovation, Inclusion and Accessibility
- 25 November 2022: Motorised Mobility – Clinical Integration
- 24 November 2022: National Science and Technology Week
- 22 November 2022: 17th Brazilian Congress of Occupational Therapy and 1st Lusophone Congress of Occupational Therapy
- 4 November 2022: Propulsion Aids for Manual Wheelchairs – Their Importance in Injury Prevention
- 21 October 2022: Sentidos – International Conference on Education: Literacies, Inclusion and Technologies
- 19 September 2022: Occupational Therapist Joao Aires presents the Pressure Map
- 2 September 2022: “Adaptation is the way forward” | Customisation of a free communication app
- 18 July 2022: Configuring the electric wheelchair to drive it using a scan and arm switch
- 17 July 2022: Configuring communication software using a scan and a switch connected to the electric wheelchair
- 16 July 2022: Setting up a computer, tablet or smartphone for use with electric wheelchair controls
- 1 July 2022: 1st Meeting: A Closer Society, a More Independent Citizen
- 9 June 2022: 1st International Symposium on Innovation, Technologies and Games in Health
- 3 June 2022: 3rd Academic Conference on Occupational Therapy
- 28 May 2022: 5th PIC.TIC – Programming, Innovation and Creativity in Primary Education and Pre-school
- 24 May 2022: Care for Dependent Persons: Between Caring and Being Cared For
- 17 May 2022: “Adapting is the Way Forward” | Control Interfaces
- 14 May 2022: Inclusive Access to the World
- 4 May 2022: Webinar “Assistive Technologies and Products”
- 11 April 2022: “Adapting is the way forward” | Free Apps for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
