Target Audience: Occupational Therapists
Occupational therapists have a unique role in supporting infant performance and participation in daily activities and routines. The role is well supported by an increasing body of evidence in the areas of family centered care, interactive approaches, and the understanding of successful interventions for this age group. This practical workshop aims to assist clinicians clinical reasoning for engaging with this populations
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Intervention Workshop
Target Audience: Occupational Therapists
This 4 day workshop will provide participants with skills/knowledge with regard to intervention using the PRPP (attendance at a PRPP Assessment workshop is a prerequisite). 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 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.
Target Audience: Occupational Therapists
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to identify aspects of inefficient sensory processing which involves poor registration of proximal (“body”) sensory inputs and use sensory processing, neuroscience and occupational performance theory to explain these disorders.
Target Audience: Allied Health Professionals
Occupational Performance Coaching (OPC) is a form of coaching designed for use with people learning to live well in the face of health or disability circumstances. OPC is designed to build clients’ capacity to self-manage their disability-related needs. OPC is a transdiciplinary approach suitable for allied health professionals.
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Group A - The Basics - Session 1
February 12, 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm -
Group B - The Basics - Session 1
February 12, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm -
Group A - The Basics - Session 2
February 19, 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm -
Group B - The Basics - Session 2
February 19, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm -
Group A - The Basics - Session 3
February 26, 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm -
Group B - The Basics - Session 3
February 26, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm -
Beyond The Basics - Session 1
March 12, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm -
Beyond The Basics - Session 2
March 19, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm -
Beyond The Basics - Session 3
March 26, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:00 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.
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: Occupational Therapists
This workshop will support occupational therapists to develop an understanding of how the experiences and relationships of infants/children and their families, can impact on their social-emotional, sensory, motor and cognitive presentation across daily life at home, school and play.
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Group A - Session 1
March 17, 2025
10:00 am - 11:30 am -
Group B - Session 1
March 17, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm -
Group A - Session 2
March 24, 2025
10:00 am - 11:30 am -
Group B - Session 2
March 24, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm -
Group A - Session 3
March 31, 2025
10:00 am - 11:30 am -
Group B - Session 3
March 31, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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.
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.