This online workshop will provide an overview of key considerations of assessing and understanding the impact of postural asymmetries to prepare an equipment prescription for clients of any age. Live session dates: May 29 and 30, 2025 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (ET)

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 online workshop will explore how seated posture affects pain and the overall capacity of older adults to participate more fully and more comfortably in meaningful occupations. Live session dates: September 19 & 20, 2024 from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. (ET)

This workshop will provide an opportunity for occupational therapy professionals in or interested in formal management activities to reflection upon the skills and tools they need to be successful in management positions.

This one-day practical skills workshop will focus on what dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) skills are and how occupational therapists can best position themselves to teach them.

This workshop will provide an opportunity for occupational therapy professionals in or interested in formal management activities to reflection upon the skills and tools they need to be successful in management positions.

This webinar will provide an overview of the current science and understanding of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The role of occupational therapy in ME/CFS management will be explored. Specific practical strategies, including pacing, to use with clients with ME/CFS will be discussed.

This webinar aims to review the occupational therapy role in managing delirium, particularly in the acute care hospital setting. It will specifically examine findings from the recent study "An occupational therapy delirium pathway reduces hospital re-presentations in older adults with delirium: A before and after observational study" (Harper et al., 2023). This webinar will provide an overview of the pathway facilitating early assessment, intervention, and supported discharge home.

This webinar will discuss a study that demonstrates that excessive focus upon fatigue management in people with mild to moderate symptomatology from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) /motor neurone disease (MND) can potentially decondition and hence limit participation in occupations. The concept of positive tiredness will be explored and compared and contrasted to fatigue management, as well as the concept of positive tiredness across a wide range of ages, conditions and settings. This webinar will also explore intervention strategies that embrace positive tiredness.

Cet atelier débutera avec une découverte des principes fondamentaux du yoga, de la philosophie et des liens avec les modèles en ergothérapie. Les participants pourront apprendre et expérimenter les techniques de bases (postures et techniques de respiration) afin de ressentir les bienfaits dans leur corps et esprit .