Courses
All of our courses are clinically applicable and teach you how to apply theory to practice. We also promote interdisciplinary teamworking to inspire a patient-centred approach.
Upcoming Courses
Combined Workshop for OTs Visual Perception and Goal Directed Movement
A half-day morning ‘Visual processing and visual perception’ workshop for Occupational Therapists and a half-day afternoon workshop “Voluntary goal directed movement – apraxia’ for Occupational Therapists.
Future Courses
After Work Intense 1.5h Courses
- Understanding the underlying structures and processes in initiating and executing voluntary goal directed movements
- Understanding the underlying structures and processes in executing movement plans.
- Intervention for patients with attention deficits due to acquired brain injuries e.g. strokes, head injuries
- Intervention for patients with visual perceptual deficits due to acquired brain injuries e.g. strokes, head injuries
Cognition – Identifying Deficits and Providing Intervention During Occupational Performance
This is a one-day course for occupational therapists.
This course is focussed on providing occupational therapists with the skills to effectively identify the cognitive and perceptual deficits of their neurological patients and provide effective, practical intervention. It will consider how cognition and perception are linked to function and how we can provide intervention that is functional taking into account cognitive and perceptual impairments. It will also focus on communicating findings and plans for intervention to the MDT and carers involved. It is focussed primarily on patients with strokes and head injuries, rather than progressive neurological disorders.
Cognition – Identifying Deficits and Providing Intervention for People with Strokes and Other Acquired Brain Injuries
A one-day course for Occupational Therapists.
This workshop will be suitable for clinicians working with people with acquired brain injuries e.g. stroke and head injuries. After the workshop you will have a good understanding of cognition, be able to identify difficulties in cognition within function and where to focus your screening, assessment and intervention.
Combined Workshop for OTs Visual Perception and Goal Directed Movement
A half-day morning ‘Visual processing and visual perception’ workshop for Occupational Therapists and a half-day afternoon workshop “Voluntary goal directed movement – apraxia’ for Occupational Therapists.
Concussion Management for Clinicians
This is a one-and-a-half-day course covering the basic pathophysiology as well as the principles of concussion management for therapists looking to advance their knowledge and skill in this field. It is a combination of theory, practical sessions and case studies
Facilitating the Upper Limb During Occupational Performance
This is a one-day course for occupational therapists. This course will be focussed on considering how we can facilitate the upper limb during our ADL training with a patient. It will be about techniques to prepare the upper limb during rehabilitation sessions and how to incorporate the upper limb during ADLs thereby increasing intensity, repetition and daily usage.
Introduction to Neurological Rehabilitation
This course is designed to make you more confident working with patients with neurological conditions, alongside your Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy colleagues
This is a very practical based course for occupational therapists and physiotherapists addressing the core skills required to assess and treat neurological patients at an introductory level. It will be case study based with both a joint and discipline specific focus on clinical reasoning and the practical aspects of intervention.
Physiotherapy Management – Cognitive and Perceptual Issues
This is a one-day course for physiotherapists.
Explore how cognitive and perceptual issues affect your practice – why patients might/might not engage, why some patients do/don’t translate what is done in the gym to the ward, inconsistent patterns of performance
Preparation of The Upper Limb for Function – Revision Course
This is a half day course designed to revise and consolidate your skills learned in the ‘Preparing the Upper Limb for Function’ course. As part of the course we will request that you provide us with any queries you have had since the last course when applying your knowledge to practice. These will be developed into learning themes including patient videos for analysis and treatment planning.
Preparing the upper limb for function
This is a one day practical course that will help the therapist to prepare the upper limb to maximise functional training through:
Putting Australian Stroke Guidelines Into Practice
One/ Two Day Course
This is a two-part course for occupational therapists and physiotherapists designed to provide practical ideas on how to put the current stroke guidelines into practice. Level of evidence and consensus recommendations will be discussed for your specific discipline and those relevant to the multidisciplinary team, and we will examine practical skills and strategies to implement the guidelines on the ward or outpatient settings. We will also discuss how to clinically reason the management of patient issues when the guidelines supply limited direction.
Rehabilitation of the Neurological Upper Limb (Intermediate)
This is a one-day intermediate course focussing on facilitation of the upper limb. It is suitable for people who have attended the ‘Preparation of the upper limb for function’ course or those who have experience with people with neurological conditions. It will provide further opportunities to learn and practice more advanced assessment and intervention techniques for the upper limb.
Rehabilitation of The Upper Limb in The Community
This is a one day course for either occupational therapists or physiotherapists working in the community, within patients homes or outpatient services.
Understanding cognition – its application across health settings
A one day course for Occupational Therapists.
This workshop will be suitable for clinicians working across any healthcare setting including emergency departments, aged care units, acute hospitals and mental health settings. After the workshop you will have a good understanding of cognition, which can be applied across different diagnoses. It will provide you with the ability to identify difficulties in cognition within function and where to focus your screening, assessment and intervention.