Classes at JoViPak®
Weekend Classes
Join us at JoViPak® for weekend classes including fitter certification courses and NWLC patient self-care classes.
JoViPak Fitter Certification class May 16
You will meet the Pattern-maker and the seamstresses who will make your own custom-made garment. You get to choose the style, the fabric and the color. This is an opportunity to follow an order through production from filling out order forms, measuring for custom-made garments, utilizing size charts and understanding the process from start to finish.
Patient Self-Care class May 17
To optimize your experience, we suggest you attend the Patient Self-care Class the following day. This class will address the Anatomy and Physiology of the Lymphatic System, self-MLD and bandaging, skin care, the principles of gradient compression, and an overview of compression garments, including exercise and nutrition.
Fitter Certification ClassFitter Certification - Next class May 16, 2008
Fitter Certification programs are now being offered quarterly on Fridays (9:00am - 5:00pm); May 16, August 8, and November 7 at the JoVi manufacturing facility in Kent. WA. Lunch is included.
Train with JoAnn Rovig, CLT-LANA, a Vodder, Casley-Smith, and Foldi therapist who has been in the lymphedema
field for over twelve years. She is also a certified fitter for 7 other major companies.
Learn how to measure for Custom products and see how a pattern is created from your measurements.
Watch our professional seamstresses work through all phases of the production process: cutting, channel
marking, serging, filling and stitching.
Try on a Ready-Made JoViPaks® from our 65 product inventory and familiarize yourself with our new E-Z
Ready-Made/Quick-Ship Order Forms.
If you have a patient who fits into one of our 1200 Made-to-Order patterns, find out how you can save them money
and give them an opportunity to customize their own JoViPak® without incurring the engineering and pattern-making
costs of made-to-measure.
Take home a JoVi Certified Fitter Certificate and enough samples to offset your travel costs.
Call 1-866-888-5684 for Fitter Certification Reservations
NWLC Patient Self-Care Class6 Hour NWLC Patient Self-Care Class
Next class May 17, 2008
Take advantage of the opportunity to watch Lynn Fass, RN and JoAnn teach their 6 hour Patient Self-Care Class held quarterly on Saturdays; May 17, August 9, and November 8. (10:00am - 4:00pm) Their program is based on the Casley-Smith techniques used in their Self-Care videos of which there are over 10,000 in circulation. Lunch is included.
For Patients arriving on Friday and Therapists planning to attend both classes, reservations for overnight accommodations can be made by calling the Marriott Towne Place Suites (253) 796-6000 or toll free: 1-800-257-3000. The Marriott has an airport shuttle as well as local service within a five mile radius, which includes the class location and Westfield Regional Shopping Mall.
Call (206) 575-7775 for Patient Self-Care Class Reservations
Visit NWLC website: www.nwlymphedemacenter.org
