Psychosocial Webinar Bundle (SOLD OUT)
The webinars in the bundle are 5 x 1.5 hour sessions as follows:
1. Introduction to OT - Psychosocial Disability in the NDIS to be held on 14 July 2022 at 11am (AEST)
This session is tailored to the needs of mental health OT's in providing assessment and capacity building support to people experiencing psychosocial disability. OT-relevant NDIS principles of R&N will be explored and applied in the context of psychosocial disability. We will unpack report and recommendation-writing for optimal client outcomes. Attendees are offered opportunity to bring practice challenges for problem-solving in a supportive group environment.
2. Psychosocial Disability - OT Role in Housing Transition to be held on 21 July 2022 at 11am (AEST)
This webinar will explore factors that enable a person with psychosocial disability to transition successfully to a new living environment.
Attendees will:
1. Understand functional capacity and relate this to a sustainable housing model/environment (e.g. SIL, ILO, SDA)
2. Understand factors that restrict/enable a sustainable home, from an OT perspective
3. Build knowledge of dynamic assessment approaches and outcomes measures in planning for and enabling housing transition.
4. Understand why indepth housing history and clinical history are foundational to understanding future challenges in sustaining housing
3. Risk Assessment, NDIS & Psychosocial Assessment to be held on 11 August 2022 at 11am (AEST)
This webinar will explore strategies to assess for and manage risk in psychosocial disability practice. The focus is on keeping both client, therapist and relevant others safe while providing quality, trauma-informed assessment and therapeutic support.
4. Motivational Strategies in OT Practice to be held on 18 August 2022 at 11am (AEST)
OT’s are well-placed to address fluctuating motivation of our client groups. This webinar will be relevant to OT’s across a broad range of practice areas, and can contribute to CPD hours for BAMH -registered mental health OT. This webinar will:
1. Examine motivational theory applicable to OT practice
2. Describe motivational approaches and strategies applicable to practice
3. Motivating environments: Setting our clients up well to maximise motivation
5. Working with People who Hoard, an OT Perspective to be held on 25 August 2022 at 11am (AEST)
The webinar will explore the prevalence, significance and functional impact of compulsive hoarding broadly and from an OT perspective. We will look at therapeutic strategies and underpinning evidence for these. Assessment approaches and tools will also be reviewed. This webinar is designed with the needs of NDIS participants with psychosocial disability, in mind.
NOTE - The contact details entered when booking this bundle will be replicated for all five webinars. If you are planning on having different people attending the webinars you will need to send the contact details on to them once you receive them. This also applies if you are purchasing more than one bundle at a time.
Please note that all webinars are recorded. If you purchase a ticket you will receive a link to the recording of the webinar whether you are able to attend the live webinar or not. The link will be valid for 14 days.
Verve OT is based in Sydney NSW and therefore we work off the timezone AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) or AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time). Please adjust the start time accordingly if you are in another timezone so as to not miss out.