Program last updated on 10 September. Subject to change
| 8:00 |
Registration opens |
| 9:00 |
P–01: Official Welcome / Opening Ceremony |
| Room: Members Dining Room |
| Chair: Caroline Goetze |
Peta Greenough
Richard Mullaly, Victorian Manager, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
Keynote Address - Kutcha Edwards:
"Kutcha Edwards ~ Mutti Mutti Man" |
| 10:30 |
MORNING TEA |
| 11:00 |
SE-01: Occupation and Justice |
SE-02: Tools for Assessment |
SE-03: The Bottom Up Approach |
| Room: Members Dining Room |
Room: Harrisson A |
Room: Harrisson B |
| Chair: Dina Watterson |
Chair: Jacqui Morarty |
Chair: Shevaun Sun |
Loretta Sheppard
Preparing for home and community living: Developing skills in everyday activities and self-determination in adolescents with intellectual disabilities |
Nichola Terrington
Relationship of cognitive assessments, used by occupational therapists in an acute hospital setting, to functional performance: a systematic literature review. |
Bradley Wilson, Sally Schwal
Development and Implementation of a Wheelchair and Seating Learning Package. |
Zoe Jaboor
Issues of Justice, Dignity and Risk: Perspectives of people with physical diabilities who participate in extreme sport. |
Danielle Sansonetti
Evaluating Cognitive Assessment in Occupational Therapy: The clinical reasoning around cognitive assessment for individuals post stroke and TBI |
Marella Reid, Rachel Zacharakis
Hemipelvectomy and Hindquarter Amputation: Need not preclude re-engagement in occupation |
Katherine Burns
The experiences of adults with an intellectual disability in supported employment within the hospitality industry |
Catherine Devanny, Catherine McCathie
With open arms - interdisciplinary upper limb assessment and management post stroke |
Alison Lunt
Targeting Pressure: A Pressure Prevention and Management Model |
Nadine Holgate
Young people in nursing homes - progress of the current initiative |
Krista Renshaw
Assessment of Self-Care in children: The use of the Perceive, Recall, Plan & Perform System of Task Analysis with children with a traumatic brain injury and in post traumatic amnesia. |
Kelly Stephen
Wheelchair use in the inpatient stroke population is in desperate need of review. |
| 12:30 |
LUNCH |
| 13:30 |
SE-04: Transitioning Home |
SE-05: Mental Wellbeing Through Occupation |
SE-06: Workshop |
| Room: Members Dining Room |
Room: Harrisson A |
Room: Harrisson B |
| Chair: Stefan Wigg |
Chair: Gabby Pitt |
Chair: Kate Gledhill |
Valerie Watchorn
Enabling occupation through the inter-professional education of architecture and occupational therapy students on universal design |
Susan Brown, Natalie Silverwood
Reducing seclusion and restraint in acute adult mental health. The role of occupational therapy and its use of sensory modulation. |
Allison Nairn, Caitlin Casson, Julia Ostaszewskyj, Lauren Bakker, Carol Lerk
The Wide World of Wii - Exploring the use of emerging technology in a range of therapeutic settings |
Bianca Summers
Recommendations for Environmental Modification: Reliability of the Digital Photograph Assessment Process |
Primrose Lentin
The experience and meaning of engaging in an occupation-based group for consumers on an acute psychiatric inpatient unit |
Rachael McDonald
Use of assistive technology by community dwelling older adults |
Milly Kohnz
Influence of mental health occupational therapy being offered in private practice |
Leesa Fielding, Janice McKeever
Discharge Planning for Patients Being Discharged against Occupational Therapy Recommendations: Risk and Responsibility |
Stephen Elliott
Dementia screening in acute/sub-acute care hospital settings: Evaluating the use of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) and the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) with a multi-cultural patient cohort. A pilot study. |
| 15:00 |
AFTERNOON TEA |
| 15:30 |
SE-07: Participation and Adjustment |
SE-08: Children and Their Families |
SE-09: Workshop |
| Room: Members Dining Room |
Room: Harrisson A |
Room: Harrisson B |
| Chair: Virginia English |
Chair: Lisa Vale |
Chair: Vanessa Robertson |
Ruth Skene, Lisa Mahon
Progressive Neurological Care: Adjusting and Adapting to an ever moving target. |
Jane Galvin
Empowering families with information: Implementation of The KIT-Australia parent information management package in paediatric rehabilitation. |
Kathy Bond
Sex and Occupational Therapy Services |
Deidre Morgan
The occupation of living while dying |
Helen Bourke-Taylor
The Assistance to Participate Scale (APS) for children with disabilities: A scale for occupational therapists. |
Elizabeth Pearson
Cancer Survivorship and resuming occupations - Rehabilitation: are we doing enough? |
Johanna Kennedy
Motor skill assessment of children: Correlation among performance-based, child-report and parent-report motor skill tests, and their ability to predict quality of life in children aged 8-12 years. |
Kim Brookshaw, Pretha George
Occupational Therapists use of therapeutic relaxation as an intervention for oncology and palliative care patients |
Jane Edwards
Family Centred goal setting in paediatric rehabilitation |
| 17:00 |
Sessions Finish |
| 8:00 |
Registration opens |
| 9:00 |
SE-10: Leadership in Practice |
SE-11: Occupation Engagement in Residential and Community Settings |
SE-12: Workshop |
| Room: Members Dining Room |
Room: Harrisson A |
Room: Harrisson B |
| Chair: Ralda Bourne |
Chair: Kate Young |
Chair: Jane Galvin |
Miriam Hatcher
Leading an Inpatient Service Review: A Process Revealed! |
Sheila Noveloso
Promoting Accessible and Appropriate Occupational Engagement for People in Residential Aged Care Facilities in Melbourne |
Jane Galvin, Lisa Vale, Helen Lindner, Anne Baker
Keeping children safe: Car seating for children with additional needs |
Louisa Bilske
Rotational Grade One Occupational Therapist's managing their own learning possibilities |
Wendy Hall
Using spontaneous occupational opportunities to promote engagement of people with behavioural and psychological symptoms in residential care |
Zoe Milner
Developing and Implementing a Clinical Education and Support Program for Remote Clinicians, to Support Metropolitan Hand Therapy Centres. |
Rachael Schmidt
"... always another thing to get enthused about ...": An occupational perspective on wellbeing through women's craft groups. |
Jude Boyd, Camilla Radia-George
Developing Occupational Therapy Clinical Expertise within a large Health Network - Imbedding Evidence into Practice. |
Kathryn Townsend, Tennille Lane
Development of the Scooter Use Assessment for Adults |
| 10:30 |
MORNING TEA |
| 11:00 |
SE-13: Inclusion and Identity |
SE-14: Evidence Based Practice |
SE-15: Clinical Trasitions |
| Room: Members Dining Room |
Room: Harrisson A |
Room: Harrisson B |
| Chair: Amanda Timmer |
Chair: Alison Lunt |
Chair: Liz Howard |
Daniel Clohesy
"A boy is likely to become the kind of man he sees around him" - The use of role modeling in the Mirabel Boys Group Program |
Susan Giles
Acute Outcome Measures |
Elizabeth Knightbridge
Towards a population based social model of health for occupational therapy practice. An innovative fieldwork education model and conceptual practice framework to guide. |
Rachael McDonald
The impact of caregiving for children who use wheelchairs |
Eli Chu
Stepping into research: development and evaluation of an allied health research training scheme |
Alyce Davies
Promoting integration between theory and practice: Evaluation of the Fieldwork Learning Framework |
Natasha Layton
Transforming Lives through Assistive Technology: the Equipping Inclusion Studies |
Ted Brown
Journal quality metrics: Options to consider other than just impact factors Journal quality metrics |
Suzanne Harman
The Occupation, Wellness and Life Satisfaction (OWLS) Program. Advancing professional practice through an innovative model of fieldwork at Deakin University |
Kelli McIntosh, Lin Oke
Developing organisations committed to the health of First Australians |
Belinda Bull
Re-energising an OT meeting - engaging staff and sharing the load |
Kate Andrews, Jenny Maree Marshall
Grade One Peer support - A group process of transition and transformation |
| 12:30 |
LUNCH |
| 13:30 |
SE-16: Advances in Neurological Care |
SE-17: Innovation In Aged Care |
SE-18: Diversity |
| Room: Members Dining Room |
Room: Harrisson A |
Room: Harrisson B |
| Chair: Caroline Goetze |
Chair: James Naismith |
Chair: Smrity Bagga |
Liana Cahill, Cristina Bussolaro
Maximising Memory : A pilot project of group self-management for those with mild cognitive impairment |
Heather McInnes
Occupational Therapy & Aged Care: Single Therapist per Episode - Trial & Evaluation |
Phoebe Williamson
Stand Together and Care Collaborative Project: Implementing Sensory Modulation in an Acute Adult Mental Health Implementing Sensory Modulation in an Acute Adult Mental Health |
Denita Wild, Ester Mebalds
Implementation of a Return to Work and Study Program - The development and set-up of a therapeutic Work and Study Office Space for clients following a neurological event. |
Edwina McLachlan
What do occupational therapists who work in aged care need to provide optimal service delivery quickly, safely and effectively? |
Donna Markham
Exploring and extending the scope of interdisciplinary practice: Care Co-ordination models in the Emergency Department |
Johanne Walker
The use of constraint induced movement therapy within Victorian occupational therapy practice: Barriers and enablers |
Wendy Hall
Impact of "Fit As A Fiddle" - A Structured Exercise Programme - on physical function, behaviour, mood and engagement in Older Adults with Dementia and a Mental illness in residential psychogeriatric settings |
Kate Mangion
Interdisciplinary care- a step by step guide to using core competencies to transform OT practice |
Jacqui Morarty, Michelle Farquhar
Creating a Post-Traumatic Amnesia (PTA) flowchart and protocol for use with the Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) population, within the acute hospital setting. |
Rachel Collins
Creation of a "Home Living Space" Addressing environmental setup and culture change to promote occupational engagement in an aged persons psychiatric inpatient unit. |
Lisa Somerville
I get by with a little help from my friends: How many Allied Health Assistants are enough? |
| 15:00 |
AFTERNOON TEA |
| 15:30 |
P-02: Official Closing Ceremony |
| Room: Members Dining Room |
| Chair: Sue Giles |
Sue Giles, President, OT AUSTRALIA VIC
Keynote Address - Prof. Louise Farnworth:
"Who's looking after the unmet occupational needs of people living in the community? Is OT losing its focus?" |
| 16:30 |
Sessions Finish |
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Carissa Lyons
Parents’ and Service Providers’ Perceptions of Family-Centred Practice in Early Intervention Settings |
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Rebekah Clutterbuck
Promoting occupationally focused intervention for elderly people with complex care needs within an interdisciplinary team working in an acute assessment unit |
Annabel McNamara
Factors Influencing Decision to Relinquish Drivers License for Individuals Post Stroke: A qualitative exploration of how individuals consider returning to driving post stroke in the acute setting. |
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Rachael McDonald
An assessment of three electronic instruments for their efficacy in studying the benefits of adaptive seating |
Danielle Sansonetti, Neo Damba
A Process Model for Cognitive Rehabilitation in OT: A clinical reasoning approach to guide cognitive rehabilitation in Occupational Therapy |
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Stefan Wigg, James Naismith
One OT department's transition in to the use of outcome measures.Planning the journey |
Michelle Farquhar
Determining the sensitivity and specificity of The Perceive, Recall, Plan, Perform (PRPP) System of task analysis in identifying cognitive impairment following mild traumatic brain injury: a pilot study. |
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Rebecca Wolfgang
The Ageing Worker |
Jude Allen
Developing an Evidence Based Approach to the Management of Cancer Related Fatigue - A Resource for Occupational Therapists working in Oncology and Palliative Care in Inpatient and Community Settings. |
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Michelle Sheehan
Self-reported empathy levels in OT undergraduates |
Cathryn Grant, Patricia Flores
Emerging role of Occupational Therapists in Access Consultancy. |
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Mohd Suleiman Murad
The prevalence of occupational functioning, perceived competence measured through the Occupational Self Assessment and its association with the pain, psychological symptoms, activity limitations and participation restrictions among injured workers with musculoskeletal disorders |
Paul Phillips
Your health can be an entertaining game: Using computer technology to gain neurological and mental health benefits |
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Margarita Makoutonina
Multidisciplinary team management in Parkinson's disease: The role of Occupational Therapy. |
Nicola Bacon, Louise Farnworth
The impact of the WiiFit in Forensic Mental Health. Evaluating the use of the Nintendo WiiFit on engagement in physical activity in Forensic Mental Health patients at risk of obesity. |
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Ester Mebalds, Denita Wild
Evaluation of a Return to Work and Study Program - Work and study status changes and perceived functional and work related behaviours of clients in a RTW-S program post neurological event. |
Sophie O'Keefe
A Comparison of activity preferences and participation of typically developing Australian children residing in urban and rural areas. |
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Claire Hollonds
A guide to surviving life: Promoting positive lifestyle choices and facilitating engagement in meaningful occupation amongst vulnerable youth |
Nicole Shaw
What are the experiences of people with a chronic illness when setting rehabiliation goals? |
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Danielle Hitch
Transforming the Occupational Perspective of Health - From Meta-theory to Model of Practice |
Lucy Bray, Sophie O'Shea
Prep, Ready, Go! A Participatory Community Project Addressing School Readiness Skills In Preparatory Aged Children |
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Sarah Jamison, Rebecca Allison
Promoting the health and wellbeing of refugee women and children: A ten week health literacy program. |
Lynne Cooper
Which Chair? A guide to the use of appropriate seating in residential aged care facilities.(Poster presentation only in the field of Professional Practice Development.) |
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Lisa Licciardi, Zoe Milner
Developing a Patient Focused Pathway Following Carpal Tunnel Release |
Daniela Popovic
Impact of Early Childhood Intervention Services (ECIS) Flexible Support Packages on families: parents’ perceptions. |
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Luke Robinson
Evaluation of Two Open Carpal Tunnel Release (OCTR) Techniques: Comparison of outcomes and impact on daily occupational performance following repair and non-repair of the Transverse Carpal Ligament. |
Terri Johnston
Across the continuum of the ICF-The development of an Occupational Therapy focussed Initial Assessment form for use with Hand Therapy trauma patients |
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Suzanne Harman, Tara Roberts
The Occupation, Wellness and Life Satisfaction (OWLS) Program. An innovative model of fieldwork at Deakin University |
Celine Yong, Jane Freston
A Place for the Arts in Palliative Care: Establishing a Need for an Art Program in an Inpatient Palliative Care Unit |
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Rachael Schmidt
What seating service works? Investigating seating service experiences from an end user's perspective. |
Mong-Lin Yu
Factors associated with physical activity engagement of four to five year old Australian |
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Caroline Goetze
Patient Discharge Plan - Don't leave hospital without it! |
Danielle Hitch
An Occupational Perspective On Mental Health: A Pilot Study On Integrating Theory And Practice |
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Helen Bourke-Taylor
Determining Distress in Adults with Severe Brain Injury |
Carolynne White
Occupation, health and chronic disease: Exploring the relationships |
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Joanna Fauvel, Rachel Kunek
Demand management in Occupational Therapy. The role of a screening process to improve the management of long waiting lists in occupational therapy services. |
Michelle Farquhar
The effective assessment of high level cognition based communication disorders in traumatic brain injury (TBI). |
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Caroline Goetze
Post-traumatic Amnesia Education Folder, Guidelines & Weekend Administration Flowchart |
Laura Ann Murray
Development of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Service Directory: A Service Mapping Project |
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Amanda Yoong, Stella Koritsas
The quality of life of parents of adults with developmental disability |
Nicole Turner
Sensory Modulation in Community Mental Health |
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Michelle Courtney
"The Way" to wellbeing: An occupational perspective on contemporary pilgrimage |
Tracy Hobson
A study of hand splints for children with neurological problems: Occupational therapists and education staff views of the use of hand splints in the classroom environment. |
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Ardrie McDermott, Sarah Curry
Cross Cultural Play and Communication Recipe Book for Play: A Guide for Professionals |
Paul Phillips
Stop being cross at culture and start working with the person's cultural orientation: A discussion of the Phillips Cultural Orientation Screening Tool |
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Sheila Noveloso, Wendy Hall
Occupational Therapists: Uniquely skilled to facilitate living for people with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia |
