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, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Continence Advisors, Child Health Nurses and School Health Nurses

Children with disability often experience delays in achieving milestones; however, puberty usually occurs at the same age and rate as typically developing children. Children with an atypical neurodevelopmental disability may need a more individualised plan of support to adjust to the changes that happen in puberty. This workshop will assist health professionals to provide itailored support to client's and their families/carers in planning for and navigating these conversations.

Target Audience: Occupational Therapists

This workshop will assist participants to utilise their knowledge of the interaction of individual’s contextual, psychosocial, and performance factors to assess and treat social participation difficulties in a more occupation-centred manner.