This workshop is ideal for occupational therapists who wish to increase their understanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as well as enhance their skills in assessment and exposure response therapy using an occupational lens.

This workshop will provide occupational therapists with a greater understanding why people with dementia experience responsive behaviours, toileting difficulties, and decreased participation in activity, and how to facilitate positive behaviours and activity participation. Several models for understanding the causes and triggers of responsive behaviours will be explored. Participants will learn how to develop and tailor strategies needed to minimize responsive behaviours and manage toileting difficulties based on the unique needs of the individual, care partner, and environment. Strategies to promote activity participation through task and environmental adaptations and communication strategies will be explored. Common barriers to strategy implementation will also be discussed. Small group discussions will be utilized throughout the workshop to assist participants in applying the information to various practice settings.

This workshop is ideal for occupational therapists who wish to increase their understanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as well as enhance their skills in assessment and exposure response therapy using an occupational lens.

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

The purpose of this workshop is to unpack the toolbox of measures to assess functional cognition and to familiarize occupational therapists with their utility to determine an individual’s strengths and challenges for employment.

This experiential workshop will expand occupational therapy professionals’ knowledge of theories and techniques that can have a positive impact on teaching self-regulation to children and adolescents. The principles of Universal Design for Learning and their application to teaching self-regulation will be introduced. Participants will learn how the relationship and application of Polyvagal theory, the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, interoception, and sensory-enhanced movement contribute to the development of self-regulation skills. A variety of learning activities and discussions will be used to support participants in learning and experiencing evidence-based techniques to teach self-regulation to children and adolescents.

Intermediate or advanced occupational therapist clinicians who wish to develop their skills in assessment of client’s cognitive and psycho-emotional functioning and assist with determination of suitability for return to work and/or assist with return-to-work planning and monitoring.

This webinar will provide an overview of applied behaviour analysis (ABA) and its evidence as an intervention with children. The controversies related to the use of ABA will also be discussed.

This two-part webinar series explores the intersection of sensory processing and executive function (EF) in children with regulatory challenges from a neurological and functional perspective. Part 2 overviews the QUEST Program (Joffe, 2022), an evidence-based intervention, building off the theoretical and neurological foundation provided in Part 1. Participants will be introduced to methods of assessment, a framework for therapy, and specific therapeutic activities that fit within this framework. Therapeutic use of self will be discussed within the context of a non-didactic, mentorship, attachment-based model. Participants will leave the webinar with practical ideas that they can take back to the clinic and incorporate for immediate use.

This two-part webinar series explores the intersection of sensory processing and executive function (EF) in children with regulatory challenges and overviews a novel therapy approach. Part 1 focuses on the underlying theoretical and neurological foundations that underlie this evidence-based approach. During this hour, participants will develop a working definition of EF along with its relationship to the key occupational performance areas addressed in pediatric practice. Multiple examples of the neurological relationship between the EF and sensory processing systems will be described to help elucidate the many ways in which these systems are intrinsically interconnected. The theoretical foundation of the QUEST Program (Joffe, 2022) will also be described.