Target Audience: Occupational Therapists
This workshop is designed to provide occupational therapists with an understanding of toddler development, evidence-based interventions and practical strategies tailored specifically to this developmental stage.
Upcoming Events
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The Basics - Session 1
August 20, 2024
11:00 am - 12:30 pm -
The Basics - Session 2
August 27, 2024
11:00 am - 12:30 pm -
The Basics - Session 3
September 3, 2024
11:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Beyond The Basics - Session 1
October 1, 2024
11:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Beyond The Basics - Session 2
October 8, 2024
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm -
Beyond The Basics - Session 3
October 15, 2024
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Target Audience: Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Continence Advisors, Child Health Nurses and School Health Nurses
This workshop will provide participants with an overview of the clinical management of urinary incontinence, bedwetting and chronic constipation/soiling (encopresis) in children aged 3 – 15 years.
Victoria Park Function Centre, Herston Rd, Herston, Qld, 4006, Australia
Assessment Workshop
Target Audience: Occupational Therapists
This 5 day workshop will provide participants with skills/knowledge with regard to assessment using the PRPP, as well as a basic introduction to intervention. The Perceive: Recall: Plan and Perform System (PRPP) is a process-oriented, criterion referenced assessment that employs task analysis methods to determine problems with cognitive information processing component function during routine, task or subtask performance. The PRPP System is for use with adults and children who have difficulty performing daily tasks. It is suitable for adults and children of either sex and from any cultural background.
Target Audience: Occupational Therapists
Animals in helping roles is a notion that has been around for decades, however the recent increase in anecdotal stories portrayed through the media has resulted in an increase need for animal-assisted services. This workshop aims to give participants an understanding of the differences between an assistive animal, therapy animal, and companion (pet) animal; as well as the occupational considerations required to support their use with clients.
Target Audience: Allied Health Professionals
This workshop will help you to elevate your role as a supervisor so that you can incorporate impactful coaching techniques and strategies into supervisory sessions.
Victoria Park Function Centre, Herston Rd, Herston, Qld, 4006, Australia
Target Audience: Allied Health Professionals
Occupational Performance Coaching (OPC) is an evidence-based, capacity-building intervention approach which involves working alongside clients and their caregivers to achieve goals for themselves, their children and/or their families. OPC is used by allied health professions to support people of all ages, and with diverse health conditions, to achieve personally valued change in life domains. This is an interactive workshop that will enable participants to practice and develop their coaching skills.
Target Audience: Occupational Therapists and Speech Pathologists
Play is an important measure of children’s development, as it encompasses emotional, social, cognitive and language aspects. It develops in layers of complexity over time, influencing all aspects of child development. This workshop is provided in two modules:
Assessment Module - the assessment module will focus on clinician’s being able to observe a child’s play; and understand and interpret this information within the child’s family, social and cultural systems.
Intervention Module - this module will provide participants with a clinical reasoning framework for the inclusion of play in therapy sessions; as well as skills/strategies to design and implement intervention programs that will develop children’s pretend play skills.
Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance Approach (CO-OP) – BRISBANE – September 2024
Victoria Park Function Centre, Herston Rd, Herston, Qld, 4006, Australia
Target Audience: Allied Health Professionals
The CO-OP Approach can be used with adults and children (over 4 years of age) who struggle with everyday tasks. It has been shown to be successful for clients with a variety of developmental or neurological conditions who experience difficulties with learning or re-learning motor based skills.
Target Audience: Allied Health Professionals
Occupational Performance Coaching (OPC) is an evidence-based, capacity-building intervention approach which involves working alongside clients and their caregivers to achieve goals for themselves, their children and/or their families. OPC is used by allied health professions to support people of all ages, and with diverse health conditions, to achieve personally valued change in life domains. This is an interactive workshop that will enable participants to practice and develop their coaching skills.
The University Club - University of Western Australia, Hackett Entrance #1, Hackett Drive, Crawley (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia
Target Audience: Occupational Therapists
This two day workshop investigates elements of handwriting, drawing and tool usage for primary school children. Through the extensive use of case studies, this workshop will assist occupational therapists to explore ways they can work more effectively to assist emergent writers and those in later years with handwriting challenges