Hi there ladies, I am after some wheelchair pushing advice please

[Ilythia]

I am spending some time in a mainstream school that has a STF attached. I spend a few lessons a week in the STF and last time we went out one of the girls wanted me to push her chair, she is a teenager and was very patient but I kept gettin stuck in ruts and having to do 20 million point corners.
Any hints/advice so I don't jolt her too much? She did all find it highly amusing though, didn't stop laughing at me the whole time
TIA

well
I have been pushing dd for yonks(she is 15 now) and I get stuck in the most silly places. so relax, it is probably not you at all, but the path/corridor or what ever.
just have a laugh with her about it.

Thanks. that does reassure tbh. The other teacher/lsa's were lovely but I was chatting to the girl and she is non verbal (is that the right term?) so I was leaning round to watch her face/eye pointing in the shop and wasn't really paying proper attention to what I should have been doing

It's definately one of those things that looks a lot easier than it is, isn't it?

dd is "non verbal" but I just chat loads to her.
probably why I am still crap at pushing her.

I'm another one that's bumps ds all over the place and get his chair stuck and can't blame it on the size of the chair either his is only tiny

you should see me trying to use the attendent controls on his powerchair .I now leave him alone to steer on to buses ,trains

Can I say like hearing that you was busy talking with the young lady and paying attention to what she was looking at .I would far rather someone crashed a bit than just pushed and ignored him

Thanks, I haven't spent any time with SN children before now and am trying to make up for that, if that makes sense. I think she normally has a powerchair but it wouldn't have been practical for where we were going so I was getting much teenage eye rolling along with the eye pointing which didn't help