#OccupationalTherapy
AbleOTUK Support session
Support session for OT staff and students with Lived experiences of disabilities and or long term health conditions
The Edmonton Zone Occupational Therapy Practice Council is pleased to present a two-half-day event that offers Occupational Therapists the unique opportunity to explore the impact of the history of health care and societal perceptions of disability on our current practices today and how we can move forward into the future.
Historically, disability has been understood as a medicalized condition in need of intervention or “fixing” within the health and rehabilitation professions. What if we thought about dis/ability as a social and relational experience that is generative and desirable? Drawing from Critical Disability Studies, Mad Studies and other related fields, participants will rethink “disability” as it is currently understood in rehabilitation in order to re-envision OT practice.
Hosted by professionals from Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, giving you the one off chance to come and ask them your questions.
Looking to change your career? Wanting to develop your career? Intrested in Occupational Therapy?
Then come and join our bespoke event!
Must be 18 years or older
Any questions please contact [email protected]
This webinar will provide insight into the field of Occupational Therapy and how it relates to the work being carried out at Life Services Alternatives. Listeners will leave with an understanding of the role of Occupational Therapy for individuals with special needs as well as how LSA encourages individuality, and independence with its clients. The speaker will be Michael Underwood OTR/L an Occupational Therapist specializing in work with individuals with developmental and early acquired disabilities. He is also the younger brother of an LSA resident at Cypress House. The webinar will be followed by a Q&A session with Michael, Executive Director Dana Hooper, and Susan Leritz, LSA program manager.
Anne Addison & Emma Doherty explain the occupational therapy role in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), consider access to technology for children with physical difficulties and discuss how to utilise high-tech AAC to increase engagement in occupation and support participation.
About this Event
This webinar will explain the role of the occupational therapist in AAC, focusing on how the use of an occupation-centred approach can support children and young people to develop independence. With a focus on children with complex communication difficulties who have a physical disability, the webinar will detail how to assess for an individual’s most effective means of physically accessing technology and consider other factors that need to be taken into account when using these skills to communicate. Different access methods, including switching and eye-gaze technology, will be presented through case studies and demonstrations. This event will be particularly relevant for anyone working with children and young people with physical difficulties, who are based in special schools or who are particularly interested in utilising technology to enable engagement in meaningful occupation.
Learning Objectives:
- To gain an understanding of the role of the occupational therapist in the field of AAC and the link between occupation and communication.
-To learn about the different ways in which a child or young person with a physical disability can be supported to use technology.
-To develop physical access assessment skills that will enable you to make decisions about how best to support individual children and young people’s access to technology.
- To gain knowledge about technological resources (apps and software) you can use to support skill development.
Speaker Biographies:
Anne Addison is the Joint Head of Occupational Therapy at Great Ormond Street Hospital and the current Chair of the CYPF National Executive Committee. She has worked with children and young people with neurodevelopmental disabilities for 17 years in both community and acute settings, and is a Clinical Specialist in AAC.
Emma Doherty is an Occupational Therapist working in two highly specialist NHSE nationally commissioned services at Great Ormond Street Hospital. She has worked in both acute inpatient and outpatient settings, specialising in working with children and young people with physical disabilities with complex needs.
A movement and games group led by an Occupational Therapist. The goal is to provide a variety of fun opportunities for participants to improve their autonomy skills through playful and engaging OT sensorimotor activities. School, Home & Work skills are dependent on basic executive functioning skills. The participants will learn basic executive functioning skills to follow instructions, complete tasks independently, transition smoothly between activities, organize, plan and problem solve. The activities will also support gross motor and fine motor skills through leisure activities. Targeting improvements in bilateral coordination, balance and dexterity essential for autonomy.
A movement and games group led by an Occupational Therapist. The goal is to provide a variety of fun opportunities for participants to improve their autonomy skills through playful and engaging OT sensorimotor activities. School, Home & Work skills are dependent on basic executive functioning skills. The participants will learn basic executive functioning skills to follow instructions, complete tasks independently, transition smoothly between activities, organize, plan and problem solve. The activities will also support gross motor and fine motor skills through leisure activities. Targeting improvements in bilateral coordination, balance and dexterity essential for autonomy.
A movement and games group led by an Occupational Therapist. The goal is to provide a variety of fun opportunities for participants to improve their autonomy skills through playful and engaging OT sensorimotor activities. School, Home & Work skills are dependent on basic executive functioning skills. The participants will learn basic executive functioning skills to follow instructions, complete tasks independently, transition smoothly between activities, organize, plan and problem solve. The activities will also support gross motor and fine motor skills through leisure activities. Targeting improvements in bilateral coordination, balance and dexterity essential for autonomy.
This session will focus on discussion about how occupational therapy practitioners with disabilities can be supported and succeed in the workforce.
Autistic people and individuals with ADHD, dyspraxia/developmental coordination disorder, dyslexia and other neurodevelopmental conditions experience a complex and overlapping set of challenges that affect their participation in everyday life.
With the goal of enabling people to fulfill their potential and engage in the occupations they need, want or are expected to do, occupational therapists have the skills to assess and assist neurodiversity adults who present to specialist neurodevelopmental services and those who present to other learning disability, employment, physical, or mental health services.
Member enquirers suggest that occupational therapists are struggling to articulate their unique contribution and make a case for their role in supporting adult neurodiversity.
This virtual event is open to RCOT members who are working in adult neurodevelopmental services and in other areas of practice where they support neurodiverse adults. It will provide opportunities for participants to network, share good practice and scope the role of occupational therapy and the College in supporting adult neurodiversity.
Learning Objectives:
- To define the unique role and contribution of occupational therapy in adult neurodiversity
- To share examples of good practice regarding the role and impact of occupational therapy in supporting neurodiverse adults
- To describe the development of an occupational therapy consultant role in an adult neurodevelopmental service
- To identify tools and approaches to help members make reasonable adjustments to support neurodiverse adults in their settings
- To provide an opportunity for RCOT members with an interest in adult neurodiversity to connect and network.
This event will be 2 ½ hours long with a 10 minute break and will be hosted on Zoom.
It will consist of presentations and group discussions.
The session will close by identifying and agreeing future actions to progress this work nationally.
Should you require more information before applying please contact Pinky Sidhpura [email protected]
Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/role-and-contribution-of-occupational-therapy-in-adult-neurodiversity-tickets-136939089503
Please note: This is a free virtual event for RCOT members. It is not a training event and is not suitable for students unless they are on placement in an adult neurodevelopmental service.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 19th February 2021.
During this session, we will explore challenges and barriers experienced by individuals with disabilities in the profession of occupational therapy. Attendance is free with pre-registration completed by 6 p.m. CST on Feb. 10, 2021. Information about how to connect for the event will be sent out via email around noon on the day of the event.
This is the first in a three-part series for COTAD's IGNITE 4.0 centered on the topic of disability inclusion in the OT profession.
About this Event
During this session, we will explore challenges and barriers experienced by individuals with disabilities in the profession of occupational therapy. Attendance is free with pre-registration completed by 6 p.m. CST on Jan. 20, 2021. Information about how to connect for the event will be sent out via email around noon on the day of the event.
