A discussion around some of the challenges we face as a profession in the post covid era and our role as leaders to instill hope.

Occupational therapists assess and adapt environments.  For those who have lived through traumatising experiences, there are multiple environmental factors that make accessing help difficult.  If noth ...

UK occupational therapists report low confidence in assessing visual perceptual difficulties after brain injury and find existing standardized assessments too time-consuming. In the session, we will discuss how knowledge of the hierarchical visual system can help to understand the main visual perception impairments. Further, we will summarise the evidence on assessment methods for visual perceptual impairments and share research findings from novel assessments that are more time efficient. Following an introduction and discussion of existing evidence on assessment, we aim to demonstrate a new 15-minute evidence-based screening tool for visual perception difficulties after brain injury. The session will be most useful for participants working in neurological practice, but prior knowledge on brain injury or visual perception is not required. Through polling questions, participants self-assess their pre-session knowledge and post-session learning outcomes to support their CPD.

The talk will present a case study about a teenager with an acquired brain injury (ABI) who has been out of school for 2 years and has felt unable to accept input from other professionals, leaving him ...

This session provides an insight into the added value that Housing OT experience can bring to producing an Inclusive Housing Design Guide. It will set out its key aims and intentions, the processes in ...

What does a case manager actually do? Join the Chair of the Institute for Registered Case Managers for insight into this unique, challenging and fulfilling role.  The breadth of OT skills are a good f ...

High-cost home adaptations funded by Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) often face delays, funding gaps, and coordination challenges. This talk addresses these common issues and explores a collaborativ ...

Are you looking to promote your clients’ health using your amazing occupational therapy skills? This session gives an insight into how occupational therapists can (and already do) use physical activit ...

Are you aware that All OTs are Work OTs in disguise? Occupational Therapists currently ask the work question 'Do you work?' in almost all settings. Regardless of what the answer to that question is we ...

In her session "The Power of OT" at The OT Show 2024, Martina Tierney will explore the transformative impact of occupational therapists on patients' lives. She'll share inspiring stories from OTs acro ...

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a common disorder affecting gross and/or fine motor co-ordination in children and adults and occurs across a rage of intellectual abilities. Individuals ma ...

Beccy Wardle will share learning from Rethink's work supporting community mental health transformation across the country. There will be a focus on voluntary sector collaboration with the NHS and social care, coproduction with experts by experience, community engagement and collaborative service delivery.

Paediatric Feeding Disorders (PFD) present challenges that extend beyond a single clinical diagnosis. Recognising the complex nature of PFD and its associated comorbidities is important in early ident ...

How can health and social care services better serve people with disabilities? How can we meaningfully challenge ableist practice? What would a truly inclusive system look like? Within her session Geo ...

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is reported to affect approximately 5% of people. Characterised by difficulties in performing coordinated motor tasks, DCD has significant impacts on all aspects of daily life. In the past, it was thought that children with DCD outgrow their difficulties, but research has shown that this is not the case; indeed, increasingly, it is evident that children with DCD become adults with DCD, and that the longer term social emotional impacts are often significant. DCD is not typically diagnosed before the age of 5, but motor coordination difficulties are evident well before this age, such that opportunities for vital early intervention are frequently missed. This presentation will describe the efforts of a unique international collaboration working to enhance earlier identification of DCD, so that support can be put into place for young children likely to be diagnosed with DCD after preschool age.

Fibromyalgia is a symptom complex heavily characterized by chronic pain as well as other symptoms as e.g. fatigue, sleep disorder, depression/anxiety. Multisite, non-invasive neuromodulation enlarges ...

Use of paediatric powered mobility can imply a need for specific driving skills. It can also be viewed as a barrier to physical development. We aim to challenge these narratives.  Exploring our data f ...

When an innovation project with the goal off making more space-efficient bathroom turns out to give the solution also for safer and more accessible bathrooms. Let more people go to the private room by ...

In this presentation, Beth will explore the dynamic relationship between the central nervous system and our environments, illustrating how this intricate yet beautiful choreography leads to sensory re ...

This session informs therapists about how assistive technologies can help people to retain, regain and replicate arm function.  Subjects covered will include an overview of the causes of reduced arm m ...

Practical workshop. 

Operated by Driving Mobility, the Hubs Mobility Advice Service advises on accessible transport solutions that enable people to stay connected with their community and beyond, especially when driving i ...

Dominic from the local Driving Mobility centre, operated by RDAC in Solihull, will provide an overview of what clients can expect when attending a 'fitness to drive' assessment.

Operated by Driving Mobility, the Hubs Mobility Advice Service advises on accessible transport solutions that enable people to stay connected with their community and beyond, especially when driving i ...

Dominic from the local Driving Mobility centre, operated by RDAC in Solihull, will provide an overview of what clients can expect when attending a 'fitness to drive' assessment.

Whilst there is a distinct difference between funding available in the private and public sectors, both rely on robust clinical reasoning and evidence base in order to ensure money is used efficiently ...

This session considers whether bathing assessments for clients with complex needs have truly been able to consider the family unit and the impact on bathing as a meaningful occupation.  We consider th ...

One of the most discussed topics with therapists, this session looks to provide a critical review of moving and handling practices when bathing.  We look at the routines, habitual practices and challe ...

Following on from the successful ‘client centred bathing’ CPD offering, this session explores what occupational therapists consider ‘occupation’ to mean, and its impact on assessments.  We explore and ...

The session will introduce the Keeogo Exoskeleton, what is it, how it works, and how it can benefit patients and clinicians both in rehabilitation and personal use. We will also discuss the assessment ...

The session will introduce the Myopro device, how it works using EMG signals and how it helps a patient. We will look at the device and its components as well as discuss the patient profile, contraind ...

The session will introduce what the Regrasp device is, how it works and what it enables. We will look at the device and its components as well as discuss the patient profile, contraindications and con ...