OT AUSTRALIA 23rd National Conference & Exhibition 2008 Program
THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2008 |
|
|
|
9am – 10.30am Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth Townsend (Grand Ballroom) |
10.30am – 11am Morning Tea |
11am – 12.30pm Concurrent Sessions |
Specialized: Mental Health
Breakout 1 - Perth Room |
Engage: Families
Breakout 2 - Sydney Room |
Specialize: Falls
Breakout 3 – Brisbane Room |
Educate: Fieldwork
Breakout 4 - Auditorium |
Collaborate, Co-ordinate and Consult: Teams
Breakout 5 – Kino Cinema 3 |
Advocacy and Coaching: Parents
Breakout 6 – Kino Cinema 4 |
Workshop
Breakout 7–Victoria Suites 2&3 |
Workshop
Breakout 8 – Carillon Room |
Oral Posters - Focus on service development and evaluation
Breakout 9 – Auditorium Foyer |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Oral Presentation |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Oral Presentation |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Oral Presentation |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Oral Presentation |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Oral Presentation |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Oral Presentation |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Workshop |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Workshop |
Speaker |
Poster Title |
Deborah Isaac |
Using a Time-Use Survey to aid clinical decision making for a client with dual disability |
Joel Edson |
The Fathers and Families Project |
Lynette Mackenzie & Afsoon Mehraban |
Development of a self-report version of the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool (HOME FAST) |
Pamela Kirke |
Creating the Future in Fieldwork education: Exploration of a model of fieldwork educator recognition |
Deanne Jones |
Rehabilitation and Aged Care Intervention Liaison Service (RAILS) |
Helen Bourke-Taylor |
The health of mothers of school aged children with disabilities: Why should paediatric occupational therapists care? |
Susan Ryan |
Task-based learning for occupational therapists: integrating disparate epistemologies |
Rachael McDonald |
Adaptive Seating Interventions for children and young people with severe and complex disabilities: evidence, research and a proposed model for future research practice |
Scott Presnell |
Implementing evidence-based practice in the clinical setting: from rhetoric to reality |
Christine Chapparo |
The relationship between dimensions of insight, positive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia and information processing capacity during an everyday shopping task |
Bridget Hooker |
Exploring mothers' perceptions of the individual family service plan process in early childhood early intervention services |
Marcelle
Alam |
Translating research into practice: sustainability of a community-based falls prevention program in minority and diverse cultural communities |
Lin Oke |
Providing clinical observations to hundreds of satisfied students |
Megan Cole |
Enhancing the capacity of carers: the evaluation and implementation of a carer training package to assess competency of carers prior to discharge home of high-level care patients |
Jenny-Maree
Marshall |
Facilitating motherhood roles within the context of chronic illness and hospitalisation. |
Clare Wilding |
Everyday occupational therapy practice: a meta-analytic perspective |
Genevieve Pepin |
The Remotivation Process: a new and promising intervention strategy for people with depression |
Emma Beare |
Working together with Aboriginal families for Nunga kids |
Heather McInnes |
Developing falls prevention education for older people in hospital |
Helen Scott |
The experiences of occupational therapy students undertaking a third year independent community mental health placement |
Deidre Burgess |
Palliative Care – strengthening relationships, accessing resources through CareSearch |
Catherine Hilly |
Exploring parents' and occupational therapists' collaborative goal setting experiences. |
Larissa Andriske
|
Motivating OT’s to learn using Windows Share Point Services
|
Ginny Hartley |
Exploration of the role of occupational therapy in managing postnatal depression |
Claire Cotter |
Supporting the school inclusion of students with physical disabilities and complex communication needs |
Desleigh de Jonge |
Exploring the role of home maintenance and modification services in enabling older Australians to ‘age in place’ |
Mary Kennedy-Jones |
Skills and abilities for contemporary Occupational Therapy Practice: implications for education |
Catherine Hill |
Longitudinal outcomes of an interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Program |
Tracey Fay |
Early preventative, parenting support for families of young children with identified vulnerabilities. |
12.30am – 1.30pm Lunch |
1.30pm – 3.00pm Concurrent Sessions |
Specialized: Mental Health
Breakout 1 - Perth Room |
Engage: Belonging
Breakout 2 - Sydney Room |
Specialize: Driving
Breakout 3 – Brisbane Room |
Educate: New Graduates
Breakout 4 - Auditorium |
Collaborate, Co-ordinate and Consult: Teams
Breakout 5 – Kino Cinema 3 |
Student Forum
Breakout 6– Kino Cinema 4 |
Workshop
Breakout 7–Victoria Suites 2&3 |
Workshop Breakout 8 – Carillon Room |
Oral Posters - Focus on occupational rehabilitation
Breakout 9 – Auditorium Foyer |
Anne Cusick,
Geraldine Albornoz &
Michelle Bissett |
Occupational Therapy research evidence and priorities in mental health |
Rachel Morrison |
Wanting to belong: friendship experiences of children with disabilities within the school context |
Carolyn Unsworth |
Selection of standardised assessments to include as part of the off-road (clinic-based) assessment battery used in licensing recommendations for older and functionally impaired drivers |
Sylvia Rodger |
Exploring Occupational Therapy competencies for this millennium: charting the territory for change |
Kevina Hartley &
Shari Tulloch |
Adopting the expanded practice framework to address chronic disease within Australia’s rural and remote elderly population |
|
Student Forum |
Helen Harrington |
Working with complex families |
Matthew Yau |
Addressing sexual and intimacy needs of people with disability: the principles and practice |
Anna Kim |
Lifting capacity: A comparison of actual and perceived capacity in health young adult females aged 18-25 |
Claire Stewart |
More than just “keeping people busy”: occupational therapy practice in acute psychiatric adult inpatient units in Victoria |
Anne Poulsen |
Picked last or not at all: an added risk factor for boys with developmental coordination disorder |
Michelle Turnbull |
Return to driving following stroke: prevalence and associated factors |
Sarah Davies & Shannon Van Wyk |
India: the story of Australian therapists with a passion for life long learning |
Heather Jensen |
Going out bush and doing everything: An exploration of OTs experience of working in a Transdisciplinary model |
|
|
Carole James |
The Clinical Utility of Functional Capacity Evaluations: The opinion of Health Professionals working within Occupational Rehabilitation |
Catrina Camakaris |
The experience of participation in a gym group for people with mental illness |
Susannah Bourke |
School bullying in Australia: a qualitative study of how children with disabilities experience support from friends, parents and teachers |
Kerry Mallon |
Improving the validity and reliability of the occupational therapy on road driving assessment - the argument for set routes and the inclusion of a self-navigation component |
Deanne Mollica & Louise McCartney |
An insight into an allied health graduate program |
Dina Watterson |
Rationale for referral to sub-acute ambulatory occupational therapy rehabilitation services: factors that influence referral patterns |
|
|
Anna Nicholls |
Assessment of standing in functional capacity evaluations: a survey of methods used by a sample of occupational therapists |
Margherita Chiavone |
Eating as a living skill: applying supportive meal therapy to occupational therapy in eating disorders |
Zoe Jaboor |
Justice, dignity and risk: the meaning of extreme sports for people with physical disabilities |
Jacki Liddle |
Driving and driving cessation following traumatic brain injury: experiences and needs |
Ellie Thompson
& Melissa Anderson |
Extended scope of practice: exploring the future of occupational therapy |
Paul Phillips |
Effective clinical communication: a new client centred approach |
|
|
Marjan Verbeek |
Readiness for work: what does it take for occupational success for people with severe mental illness recovering in hospital |
3.00pm – 3.30pm Afternoon Tea |
3.30pm – 5.00pm Concurrent Sessions |
Specialized: Rehabilitation
Breakout 1 - Perth Room |
Engage: Children
Breakout 2 - Sydney Room |
Specialize: Early recovery
Breakout 3 – Brisbane Room |
Educate: Research
Breakout 4 - Auditorium |
Advocacy and Coaching: Social Issues
Breakout 5 – Kino Cinema 3 |
Student Forum
Breakout 6– Kino Cinema 4 |
Workshop
Breakout 7–Victoria Suites 2&3 |
Workshop Breakout 8 – Carillon Room |
Oral Posters - Focus on working with older people
Breakout 9 – Auditorium Foyer |
Sue Slater |
Reducing the length of stay of total hip joint and total knee joint replacement patients in an acute hospital setting |
Amie Meads |
“Getting into the spirit”: exploring dimensions of spirituality in the occupations of young children |
Leo Ross |
Improving hand and upper limb function after acquired brain injury: a randomised controlled trial |
Lisa O'Brien |
How to conduct a systematic review for the Cochrane Collaboration without losing the plot |
Gail Whiteford |
From occupational deprivation to direct action: strategies of transformation |
|
Student Forum |
Jeanette Isaacs-Young |
"Changing the Dream - a symposium to inspire action for the Future" Workshop 1.5. hours |
Allison Cox |
Sensory approaches in adult and child mental health settings |
Ryuichi Hasegawa |
Relationship between chair stand and lower body strength of Japanese community-dwelling older women |
Alison Hardman |
Development of a hand therapy service in Bangladesh |
Reinie Cordier |
Empathy in the play of children with ADHD |
Melissa Nott |
Improving information processing in agitated adults following TBI: a single-system experimental design |
Ted Brown |
Construct validity and occupational performance: an emerging unitary concept |
Clare Wilding |
Advancing scholarship of practice: an international collaboration |
|
|
Heather McInnes |
Aged Care Principles and Occupational Therapy – putting principles into practice |
Ev Innes |
Musculoskeletal disorders in dairy farmers |
Karen Stagnitti |
The development of a play assessment for Australian Indigenous children |
Veronica Vryens |
An Exploration of pain and discomfort in people with physical and cognitive impairments secondary to severe brain injury |
Kirsti Haracz |
Constructivist Grounded Theory Method: a research methodology to help create a future of client centred evidence based practice in occupational therapy |
TBA |
TBA |
|
|
Naoki Tomiyama |
Effects of lower body resistance and balance exercises as falls prevention in older adults in Japan who live independently |
Carolyn Poretti |
Manual Tasks - progressing safety with ABC Television Production |
Anita Bundy |
The Risk is that there is “No Risk”: a simple, innovative intervention to increase children’s activity levels |
Leeanne Carey |
Development of a novel, science-based approach to sensory rehabilitation after stroke |
Luciano Lo Bartolo |
Un-weaving the wicked WorkChoices web: a critical discourse analysis from an occupational perspective |
Yvonne Thomas |
The occupational therapy response to homelessness: are we doing enough? |
|
|
Ralda Bourne |
Data leads the occupational therapy story with aged care patient's who have High Level Care needs |
OT AUSTRALIA 23rd National Conference & Exhibition 2008 Program
FRIDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2008 |
9.30am – 10.30am Keynote Speaker : Alison Nelson |
10.30am – 11.00am Morning Tea |
11.00am – 12.30pm Concurrent Sessions |
Specialized: School Performance
Breakout 1 - Perth Room |
Engage: Mental Health
Breakout 2 - Sydney Room |
Collaborate, Co-ordinate and Consult: Work
Breakout 3 – Brisbane Room |
Engage: People with ABI
Breakout 4 - Auditorium |
Adapt, build and design: equipment
Breakout 5 – Kino Cinema 3 |
Advocacy and Coaching: Working in Teams
Breakout 6– Kino Cinema 4 |
Workshop
Breakout 7–Victoria Suites 2&3 |
Workshop Breakout 8 – Carillon Room |
Oral Posters - Focus on working in rehabilitation
Breakout 9 – Auditorium Foyer |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Oral Presentation |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Oral Presentation |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Oral Presentation |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Oral Presentation |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Oral Presentation |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Oral Presentation |
Speaker |
Abstract title
Workshop |
Speaker |
|
Speaker |
Poster Title |
Joanne Hinitt |
Impact of Move to Learn motor sequences on writing, drawing and school behaviour of Kindergarten children |
Priscilla Ennals |
Creating successful learning for adults with a mental illness |
Renae Knight |
Swept along in the tide of genericism of chronic disease, how do we keep the lifeboat of Occupational Therapy afloat? |
Tracy Pereira |
Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation: The Patient's Journey |
Danielle Sansonetti |
Best seat in the house! – Utilising the Xsensor Pressure Mapping system |
Danielle Hitch |
Writing for Publication - What's stopping us? |
Alison Wicks |
Wearing an occupational lens: a prerequisite for enabling occupation |
Natasha Layton, Natalie Smith and Judith Long. |
Occupational Opportunities for Refugees and Asylum Seekers: update your practice knowledge and extend your theoretical frame of reference for working with the emerging demographic of Refugees and Asylum Seekers. This workshop will articulate ways in which occupational therapists are practicing at grass-roots level with this unique population group |
Natasha Lanni |
Static splinting for post-stroke contracture: Understanding the evidence and stretching our minds |
Leo Ross |
Clinical and research considerations when choosing an upper limb outcome measure following stroke |
Michelle Bishop |
“Stroke Rehabilitation: The Effectiveness of Electric Wheelchair Training as a Tool for Treatment of Visual Neglect” |
Amy Baker |
Using video observations to explore sensory processing in children with autism: inspiration for a diagnostic instrument |
Wilaiwan Snow |
Social support is reciprocal: voice of people with schizophrenia in rural Thailand |
Merrolee Penman
& Jeannine Millstead |
Web 2.0 – a potential bridge for the theory-practice divide |
Jennifer McAleer |
Children’s participation in home, school and community life following Acquired Brain Injury. |
Sonya Murchland |
Assistive technology use among children with physical disabilities in South Australia |
Kerry Orbons |
Evidence based practice: Empowering occupational therapists in a hospital setting |
Johanne Walker |
Predictors of success following generalized somatosensory discrimination training in the hand following stroke |
Kirsty Stewart |
Information Processing Abilities: can they be a predictor for school readiness? |
Anne Williams |
The experience of working in a social firm: facilitators of ongoing employment for people with psychiatric disabilities |
Emma Maguire |
The Transformation into Interdisciplinary Practice: clinicians’ perspectives |
Michael Curtin |
Participating after traumatic brain injury: learning from the stories of people living in regional, rural and remote NSW |
Kara Edwards |
A survey of adult power wheelchair and scooter users |
Geoff Lau |
Evidence-based practice in everyday clinical practice: creating sustainable culture of EBP within occupational therapy teams |
Melissa Nott |
A comparison of two interventions for improving the occupational performance of adults with brain injury |
Rachel Hornung |
Social, emotional and sensory regulation in children with learning disabilities |
Laura Desha |
Time use and depressive illness: what does it mean for adolescents? |
Sue Laracy |
Taking Action: implementation of the new HP agreement in a Queensland tertiary, teaching Hospital |
Jane Galvin |
Virtual reality in upper limb rehabilitation following paediatric TBI |
Louise Schaper & Melanie Dennis |
Leading the Revolution: utilising tablet PCs to transform OT practice |
Kate Cranwell & Sharon Vella |
Measuring the Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy |
Amanda Timmer |
Reconditioning for Daily Living to Enable Participation in Occupation |
12.30pm – 1.30pm Lunch |
1.30pm – 3.00pm Concurrent Sessions |