In this workshop, we will explore nervous system regulation, brain retraining, and relevant OT strategies for managing anxiety. We’ll discuss techniques like deep breathing, mindfulness, and sensory modulation to help clients regulate their nervous system. The session will cover brain retraining through neuroplasticity, focusing on reshaping anxiety-related thought patterns. Participants will learn practical OT strategies such as graded exposure, self-compassion, and cognitive restructuring to enhance emotional regulation and daily functioning. Emphasizing a client-centered approach, we will provide tools for OTs to tailor interventions and support clients with anxiety, fostering resilience and improving overall well-being.

This two-day interactive workshop explores the presenter’s BEST (Body, Emotional, Sensory and Thinking) evidence-based approach to co-create therapy plans with autistic and other neurodivergent individuals that promote occupational participation.

This webinar will explore evidence-based assessment tools and learn how to interpret findings to create individualized rehabilitation plans. Key therapeutic approaches, such as active rehabilitation, energy conservation, return to work/school, and cognitive rehabilitation will be discussed, with guidance on adapting these methods to client-specific needs. By the end, participants will have a deeper understanding of holistic, client-centered approaches to enhance recovery outcomes in concussion rehabilitation.

This webinar will cover the definition of coregulation and the foundational science base behind it. The importance of this topic relating to occupational therapy practice and strategies for implementation will also be discussed.

This webinar examines occupational therapy's role in developing and supporting children's executive function skills. Various strategies will be reviewed, including treatment strategies for multiple environments (home/school/community), documentation strategies, and treatment strategies for each area of executive function.

This webinar will provide an overview of executive function as well as explore behaviours related to executive function disorders, offering evidence-based strategies for therapeutic support, applicable to younger learners through young adults, in the school aged range.The strategies and tools discussed will align with Dawson and Guare (2016)’s areas: plan management, time management, organization, emotion regulation, and behaviour regulation.

This online course aims help Canadian occupational therapy clinicians enhance their leadership skills and apply coaching principles to their practice.

This online course offers occupational therapy professionals an opportunity to better understand dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) and how to teach the following DBT skills in their practice: mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotional regulation, and distress tolerance.

This webinar will provide research-informed alternatives to ableism in pediatric occupational therapy practice with autistic children. Five examples will be provided of unique autistic neurobiology that occupational therapists should honour and apply to assessment and intervention when working with an autistic population. The definition and application of neurodiversity-affirming and strengths-based practice as well as a roadmap to embrace this paradigm will be provided. Furthermore, practical approaches will be taught for evaluating autistic strengths and challenges, developing neurodiversity-affirming goals and accommodations, and creating strengths-based goals.

This webinar will provide an overview of the Ready to Learn and Play (RtLP) framework to support neurodiverse students and the associated research. The impact of sensory regulation differences on occupational performance and participation will be explored. Practical strategies and examples will be shared will participants to facilitate the implementation of RtLP in their practice.