WORKSHOP SUMMARY

COMPLEX HOME MODIFICATIONS (CHM1373)

This one-day workshop for Occupational Therapists will focus on a practical understanding of the National Construction Code and its application to housing. It will explore the concepts of reasonable and necessary and also documentation for complex and challenging modifications.

This workshop will cover:

• Legislative requirements for design- the principles
• Reasonable and necessary design requirements
• Conceptual design and diagrammatical representation
• Documentation principles for advanced and complex design

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Occupational therapists with experience in complex modifications. You need to have completd a Basics course or have experience of all the basiscs as this course assumes prior knowledge.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the legislative requirements for modifications.
• Understand the reasonable and necessary requirements for complex modifications.
• Demonstrate advanced documentation in environmental modification design.
• Demonstrate advanced problem solving and conceptual design presentation.

PRESENTER

Sandi Lightfoot-Collins

Sandi is a practicing OT with diverse clinical skills spanning in excess of 34 years across diverse fields.

The last 25 years have focussed on environmental modifications and there impact on users. She has presented nationally on home modifications, across various funding bodies and complexity. Presentations on environmental modifications has occurred within both locally and internationally.

These skills have seen her work with local councils on access and modifications, as well as working as a planner for redevelopments of new build/retro fit of a hospital. She teaches into the undergraduate and masters course within the OT faculty at Sydney University and maintains a private consultancy.

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Please note: all participants must bring pencils, rubbers and retractable tape measure. 

CPD HOURS:
Total CPD claimable workshop hours: 7.5.
Your CPD Certificate will be loaded in your CPD Tracker 24 hours after you submit the survey at the end of the course.
The Survey is in your online account.
All registrants will be provided with access to an online account via an email sent out upon registration.

DATE: 
Saturday 28 September 2024

TIMES:
9.00am - 5:00pm AEST

• 8.30am-9.00am - arrival tea, coffee & snack served and a chance to meet other participants!

VENUE:
Rydges Sydney Central Hotel, 28 Albion Street Surrey Hills, NSW, 2010

PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
Rydges is a short 5 minute walk from Central Station (Elizabeth St Entrance/Exit) as well as the Central bus Stands located on Eddy Avenue.

PARKING:
Parking at Rydges Sydney is $55 per day or hourly rate of $18.00 per hour.

REGISTRATION FEES & INCLUSIONS

EARLY BIRD FEES: Register on or before August 25 2024, 11:55pm AEST

OTA Member: $576
Student New Graduate: $518
Non Member: $749
^{(All pricing is inclusive of GST)}

STANDARD FEES: Book on or after August 26 2024.

^{(All pricing is inclusive of GST)}

*Registrations close September 15, 2024,11.55pm AEST 

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INCLUSIONS:
Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided. Please note any dietary requirements are confirmed at time of registration.

ACCOMMODATION
Rydges Sydney Central are pleased to offer 10% off accommodation for any guests wishing to stay at the hotel over the event period.  Just phone 02 9289 0000 and mention to reservations that you are attending the OTA event.

WORKSHOP MATERIALS

If required, workshop materials are provided to you electronically via our online learning platform. Approximatly one week prior to the commencement of the workshop we will load the course materials into the system.

To access your online learning account:

1. Go to the OTA Website home page.
2. Click on the Member Login button - even if you are not a Member, all registrants can use this button to login to the online learning account. 
3. Username: the email address you registered for the course. 
4. Password:To set up a password click on the password re-set button and an email will be sent to you to create your password. You then can enter your password and login.
5. Navigate to My Dashboard/My Courses and locate the course.
6. Click on the login link to access the course materials.

If you can not login to your account or do not receive any correspondance within at least a week of the course start date please contact us at cpdevents@otaus.com.au

To ensure you receive all correspondence we recommend registering for this workshop with a personal email address as business email firewalls can block OTA group or automatic emails. Also an account with your workshop materials will be created using your registered email address and it is preferrable that you have individual access to this account.. Also ensure you add cpdevents@otaus.com.au to your list of accepted email addresses. This will prevent correspondance being lost in your Junk box.

DISCLAIMER

All information is correct at the time of publication. OTA reserves the right to alter or delete items from the CPD calendar as required, and takes no responsibility for any errors, omissions and changes.

All workshop resources including copies of the presentation, along with all supporting documents and links are not for distribution and are the property of the presenter.

An OTA staff member or representative may be photographing this event for use in OTA publications and/ or on OTA social media sites. If you do not wish to be photographed, or have your image published please make this known to the OTA representative at your course or contact OTA on 1300 682 878 or at info@otaus.com.au

TERMS AND CONDITIONS (T&C)

T&C's are available here

CONTACT US

Please direct all enquiries to info@otaus.com.au or phone 1300 682 878