WORKSHOP SUMMARY

ENVIRONMENTAL HOME MODIFICATIONS - THE BASICS (EHM1366)

This two day workshop provides foundation skills in the area of environmental modifications. It presents the participant with practical tasks for completion and provides them with skills in measurement, design and a client centred approach to home modifications.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Occupational Therapists who are new to the area of environmental modifications, or those that wish to refresh their skills.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Sessions include:

The theory to practice.

Factors affecting design- legislative and person centred requirements that guide design.

Clinical reasoning - the basis for prescription and design.

Drawing to scale- the art of representing the environment.

Documentation- conveying your design.

Bathroom design requirements.

Access design requirements.

PRESENTER

Sandi Lightfoot-Collins

Sandi Lightfoot - Collins is a practising OT with diverse clinical skills spanning in excess of 34 years across diverse fields.

The last 25 years have focussed on environmental modifications and the 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, a scaled ruler and retractable tape measure.

CPD HOURS:

Total CPD claimable workshop hours: 15

DATES:

Day 1: Friday 12 July 2024
Day 2: Saturday 13 July 2024

TIMES:

Check In: 8:30am - 8:55am - Tea and coffee served.
Workshop Day 1 Friday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Workshop Day 2 Saturday: 9:00am - 5:00pm

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 2 June 2024*
OTA Member: $835
Student New Graduate: $748
Non Member: $1,087
^{(All pricing is inclusive of GST)}

*Early Bird Registrations close Sunday 2 June 2024, 11.59pm AEST

STANDARD FEES: Book on or after 3 June 2024
OTA Member: $920
OTA Student/ New Graduate Member: $828
Non-member: $1,195
^{(All pricing is inclusive of GST)}

Registrations close Sunday 30 June 2024, 11.59pm AEST.

Members must be logged in with username and password in order to register at the member rate.

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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

Feel free to choose your own accomodation with easy access to Sydney CBD. We recommend Rydges Sydney Central, Hotel, 28 Albion Street Surrey Hills, NSW, 2010. Contact Rydges and inform them that you are with Occupational Therapy Australia and you will receive a 10% discount on accomodation.

Direct: +61 2 9289 0000| Fax: +61 2 9289 0002
Email: reservations_rydgessydneycentral@evt.com

WORKSHOP MATERIALS

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

To access your online learning account:

Go to the OTA Website home page.
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.
Username: the email address you registered for the course.
Password:To set up a password if not done or if forgotten 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.
Navigate to My Dashboard/My Courses and locate the course.
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.

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

Environmental Home Modifications - The Basics (EHM1366)

Program Overview