Occupational Formulation Foundations

Many OTs feel pressure to ‘justify’ their recommendations, defend their scope, or explain their reasoning to clients, families, support coordinators, or funders. Occupational formulation gives you the language and structure to do this with confidence. It reduces guesswork, helps manage complex cases, and brings clarity to your therapeutic decisions while ensuring your practice remains authentically occupation-focused.

Getting started with generative AI: A beginner’s guide for OTs

Join experienced occupational therapists Will Crowe and Jess Francis as they share with you the many ways generative AI can be used to enhance your practice both from an administrative and clinical perspective. 

Acquired Brain Injury – The OT role in an individualised, client directed approach to rehabilitation

This practical and interactive 2-day workshop offers a unique opportunity to explore the latest research in cognitive rehabilitation and behavior support approaches in the field of brain injury. You will gain a deep understanding of the critical role OTs play in supporting individuals with brain injuries, equipping you with the latest knowledge and skills to enhance your practice.

OT Role in Diagnostic Assessments: Navigating Australia’s New FASD Guidelines

This session explores how occupational therapists can play a vital role in FASD diagnostic assessment across the lifespan by understanding the new FASD Guidelines (2025), the nine impacted developmental domains, and practical pathways to becoming a FASD-informed practitioner who supports individuals and families to access appropriate funding and care.

Bridging OT and Education Frameworks: Aligning Practice to Support Neurodiverse Learners

This interactive session will explore collaborative, neuro-affirming strategies and practical evidence based supports to create inclusive classrooms, particularly for children with prenatal alcohol exposure and other neurodevelopmental differences.

Neurodiversity-Affirming and Trauma-Informed Occupational Therapy

This workshop explores what it truly means to practise in a neurodiversity-affirming and trauma-informed way, moving beyond buzzwords into meaningful application. Led by an OT with lived experience of neurodivergence, this session creates space to unpack key principles and set practical steps for more inclusive, supportive practice.

Member Forum – Thriving Kids Initiative Update

This Member Forum will provide an update on Thriving Kids, discuss OTA's advocacy and provide an opportunity for Q&A.

Trauma Informed Care Interest Group - 23 FEB 26

The Trauma Informed Care Interest Group invites you to their February meeting

Introduction to Matrescence: OT perspective on the transition to motherhood

This interactive workshop introduces OTs to matrescence, the complex occupational transition into motherhood. Learn how to embed matrescence informed approaches into your existing role and enhance your ability to recognise and respond to the occupational, emotional and systemic dimensions of motherhood in everyday practice.

Understanding safe moving and handling practices for people with disabilities

This course introduces a practical model for understanding necessary and unnecessary moving and handling when supporting people with disabilities, and applies it across weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing care tasks using safe patient handling principles. Participants will learn how to assess complex care tasks, guide care staff in safe techniques, and translate this knowledge into effective interventions, training, and clear safe work procedures for real-world situations.

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Learn from leading clinicians and academics while earning CPD hours to meet Ahpra requirements. Every completed activity is automatically recorded in your OTA CPD Tracker, with certificates included.

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Step into a CPD experience designed to move you forward

Occupational Therapy Australia is proud to present CPD Empower – a national CPD event series designed to advance your practice and supercharge your professional growth.

CPD Empower

Face-to-face CPD workshops for OTs in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Choose your stream, earn CPD hours, and build skills in specialist practice areas.

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Our evidence-based CPD and events will prepare you for every situation and empower you with the skills and knowledge to excel in your practice. We offer learning opportunities across all practice areas and levels of experience.

CPD and Events

Our evidence-based CPD and events will prepare you for every situation and empower you with the skills and knowledge to excel in your practice. We offer learning opportunities across all practice areas and levels of experience.