This webinar will expand on frequently used models of emotional regulation to align with current brain science and offer new models with practical tools for children, teens (and even adults). You will have the opportunity to explore the language we use to describe emotions, including 5R's of emotions (recognize, respond, release, regulate and return), and how the emotional experience is different and personal. You will gain practical strategies to support clients of all ages to create their personalized "Flow"er of Emotions.

This webinar will explore how the journey of grief may present itself, the different aspects of an individual’s life that can impact a grief reaction, and symptoms that people may experience. The webinar will go onto to explore how best to offer support to an adult or older adult who is grieving.

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

This online course will equip occupational therapy professionals and students with a better understanding of self-regulation and strategies to support the self-regulation of children and youth using the presenter’s evidence-based BEST (Body, Emotional, Sensory and Thinking) strategies framework.

Many occupational therapists continuously identify an interest in fostering their skills or moving into new roles relating to leadership, however, there are few opportunities to enhance their abilities (Recigno et al., 2024). This series of two 1-hour webinars will build upon one another and provide practical and applicable leadership skills development, awareness, and growth. Participants will be provided with an opportunity to explore, define, and build their personal leadership style.

Many occupational therapists continuously identify an interest in fostering their skills or moving into new roles relating to leadership, however, there are few opportunities to enhance their abilities (Recigno et al., 2024). This series of two 1-hour webinars will build upon one another and provide practical and applicable leadership skills development, awareness, and growth. Participants will be provided with an opportunity to explore, define, and build their personal leadership style. Each webinar will be designed based on adult learning best practices. The focus of part 1 will be Leading Yourself. Please remember to also register in part 2. Register today.

This webinar will focus on preventing burnout in OTs by addressing physical, emotional, and mental challenges.

This webinar will explore occupational therapy role development from both a leader and clinician perspective and provide practical tools for planning, implementation and evaluation. First, the literature on health care provider role development will be reviewed, followed by an outline of the journey to recent successful role development experiences in these areas: 1) Paediatric Intensive Care Unit; 2) mental health: the eating disorder day hospital and somatization program; and 3) OT and physiotherapy (PT) practitioner roles to address ambulatory surgical backlog. The therapists who developed these roles will highlight their key learnings and most successful strategies. This leader and clinician experience in role development led to the establishment of a streamlined, practical framework that incorporates activity suggestions applicable to many contexts and informed by the literature. There will be several opportunities for interactivity as aspects of the role development framework are described including collective learning on successful role development strategies.

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 enhance the appreciation of occupational therapists that every health professional and family member or friend of a client shares some responsibility for prescription drug therapy, even if they do not originate or control it. The adverse effects of dopamine antagonists and anticholinergic drugs will be described. This webinar will discuss techniques for simple assessments that assist in identifying whether the client is experiencing an adverse effect. Ways to communicate concerns effectively, and to assume professional and ethical responsibility to protect a client, will be shared.