Michele Audet, M.M.Sc., P.T., A.P.T.

Physical Therapist
Rehabilitation

Children's Medical Office Building
404-785-1357
michele.audet@choa.org
Education and Training
  • Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy: Russell Sage College, 1977.
  • M.M.Sc. in Physical Therapy with clinical specialization in pediatrics: Emory University, 1983.
  • Post-graduate Fellowship at the Child Development Center: Georgetown University, 1981.

Interests
  • Utilizing assistive technology for power mobility for the severely motor impaired child.
  • Seating and positioning children with severe deformities.
  • Research

    Certification
  • Certified Assistive Technology Professional-ATP

Roles and Responsibilities
  • Run the Seating and Mobility Clinic and evaluate all the custom seating and mobility needs for children throughout the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta system.

Career Highlights
  • Physical Therapist for 34 years, all in the area of pediatrics.
  • Clinical experience includes acute care, rehabilitation, outpatient therapy, NICU and school therapy
  • In 1999 assumed responsibility for the Seating and Mobility Clinic at Children’s,  a program which now is the largest pediatric seating and mobility clinic in Georgia and evaluates upwards of 430 children a year and still growing.
  •  May 2006, awarded Dudley Moore Research grant for project: “A community based power wheelchair training program, in combination with a power mobility screening tool, to predict successful power mobility use for disabled preschool age children”.  Principal Investigator.
  • March 2010 presented paper on preliminary results of power mobility research project to the 26th International Seating Symposium in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • March 2011 presented paper on neuromuscular spinal deformities in Children and the challenges of custom molded seating, to the 27th International Seating Symposium in Nashville, TN.