LEARN THE CO-OP APPROACH

Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO- OP) is a therapeutic intervention approach for children and adults who have difficulties performing everyday activities. CO-OP was developed in Canada and is now the world’s leading intervention approach for children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Evidence is emerging for cerebral palsy, adult stroke and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

This 3-day workshop, participants will:

1. Understand the theories that underpin the CO-OP Approach
2. Be able to apply the process of problem solving, dynamic performance analysis, guided discovery and strategy use in implementing the approach.
3. Reflect and plan their implementation of the approach

Day 3 Consolidation

This day will be held 5 months post the 2-day workshop, this day will be held online.

Participants will present and discuss their implementation of the approach and instructors will provide feedback to assist with learning and development.

CERTIFICATION

On completion of this course you will be given a certificate for CPD hours only from OTA. If you want to be certified as a CO-OP Therapist you will need to approach ICANCOOP .

Certification is available to health care professionals who have attended a CO-OP Approach^TM workshop (3 days – basic workshop plus consolidation day) - either online or in person - offered by an instructor approved by the ICAN (formerly CO-OP Academy). An individual can be certified as a CO-OP therapist by demonstrating competency in CO-OP’s essential elements though the ICAN's online CO-OP Certification Course.

To receive certification a therapist must demonstrate competence in the application of the five essential elements of CO-OP, most especially, use of strategies, guided discovery and dynamic performance analysis, and enabling principles. Once the competencies have been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the certifying instructor, the therapist is issued a certificate by ICAN and a certification number. The name of all therapists having received certification in the previous five years appear on the ICAN website. All other names will be kept in the website archive.

Further information can be found by following this link.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Suitable for new graduates, early career and experienced clinicians

Please note; this course is not suitable for students. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Objectives

1. To demonstrate competence in CO-OP key features.
2. To discuss CO-OP enablers and barriers
3. To share key learnings and challenges – and problem solve these

PRESENTERS

Michelle Jackman

Dr Michelle Jackman is an occupational therapist who has over 15 years experience in paediatrics. Michelle is passionate about providing client and family-centred services that focus on meaningful changes in real life activities. Michelle completed her PhD in 2018, and currently combines her clinical position at John Hunter Children’s Hospital in Newcastle, with a postdoctoral research fellow position st the University of Queensland. Michelle became a CO-OP trainer in 2020, following completion of a randomised controlled trial and qualitative interviews investigating the efficacy of the CO-OP approach for children and young people with cerebral palsy or brain injury. Michelle is excited about the opportunity to share new knowledge regarding current best practice principles that make real changes for the clients we work with.

 

Laura Miller

Dr Laura Miller is an occupational therapist (OT) with 20 years’ experience in paediatric rehabilitation, including 15 years in health administration/leadership and 9 years in higher education. Laura completed her BSc(OT)(Hons) in WA before moving to London to gain international experience. During this time overseas, Laura completed a Master of Health Services Administration and established a private OT practice for children with neurodisabilities. On return to Australia, Laura was appointed Lecturer in Paediatrics and Neurorehabilitation at Edith Cowan University before combining this role with Coordinator, Occupational Therapy, at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children.  In 2011, Laura was awarded a NHMRC Post-Graduate Scholarship to complete her PhD in Clinical Sciences at The University of Queensland. Laura was appointed Senior Lecturer/Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy on the Brisbane Campus in 2013 and now is the Academic Lead for Specialised Learning Environments and Simulation within the ACU Faculty of Health Sciences. Laura is chief investigator on an international research collaboration called ENVISAGE with CanChild and has a research focus on childhood disability, family engagement and empowerment. Laura is a certified instructor of the CO-OP Approach and uses it within clinical practice at the ACU Student-led Health Clinics.

WORKSHOP DETAILS

*Please note that day 3 is compulsory and required to be eligible for CO-OP certification. You are required to attend all three dates as detailed above.

WORKSHOP ACCESS:

This interactive course will be delivered via Zoom - Links to be sent to registered participants closer to the start of the workshop. These will also be available to all registrants wether they are a Member of OTA or not, by logging in to their account on the OTA Website and navigating to My Dashboard/My Courses. (Login instructions will be emailed upon registration.)

Requirements:

• Access to a reliable internet connection
• A device with both a camera and microphone
• You may wish to print course materials ahead of the workshop

CPD HOURS:
Total CPD claimable workshop hours: 21

DATES: 
Day 1: Friday 26 August 2022
Day 2: Friday 2 September 2022  
Day 3: 31 March 2023

TIMES:

Workshop Day 1 (Fri 26 August 2022)

9:00am - 5:00pm | NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, QLD |

8:30am - 4:30pm | SA,NT |

7:00am - 3:00pm | WA |

Workshop Day 2 (Friday 2 September 2022)

9:00am - 4:00pm | NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, QLD |

8:30am - 3:30pm | SA, NT |

7:00am - 2:00pm | WA |

 

Workshop Day 3 (Consolidation Day) 31 March 2023

9:00am - 3:00pm | NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS |

8:30am - 2:30pm | SA |

8:00am - 2:00pm | QLD |

7:30am - 1:30pm | NT |

6:00am - 12:00pm | WA |
 

*Please note that day 3 is compulsory and required to be eligible for certification. You are required to attend all three dates as detailed above.

Your presenter will login approximatley 15 mins early to allow you time to login and test your technology.

REGISTRATION FEES & INCLUSIONS

EARLY BIRD FEES: register on or before 12 August 2022
OTA Member: $995
OTA New Graduate Member: $895
Non-member: $1345
APA Member: $1080

*Early bird registrations close 12 August, 11:59pm AEST

STANDARD FEES: register from 13 August 2022
OTA Member: $1,145
OTA New Graduate Member: $1,020
Non-member: $ 1,550
APA Member: $1,240

^{(All pricing is inclusive of GST)}

 *Registrations close Wednesday 24 August, 11.59pm AEST

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

APA MEMBERS 

OTA and APA are pleased to announce a CPD partnership for this course. APA members are able to attend the course at the reduced OTA non member rate. 

To register please use the APA member rate option. 

*please note all registrations under the APA rate will be cross checked with APA for membership status.  

WORKSHOP MATERIALS

Our workshop materials are provided to you electronically via an online platform. Follow the login instructions emailed to you upon registration. You can then go to the OTA website, hit Member Login button - members and non members who have purchased the course can then login and access the course materials by navigating to MyDashboard/MyCourses/ Learn the CO-OP Approach/Login

To ensure you receive all correspondence we recommend registering for this workshop with a personal email address as business email accounts can sometimes block group emails.

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