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SESSION OVERVIEW

Practice Spotlight: Therapeutic goal setting: How to explore hope and aspirations while creating SMART goals 

Disability, injury, or illness can significantly reduce an individual’s participation in key life roles and meaningful activities, which can lead to pessimism, a decreased motivation to engage in therapy and reduced goal attainment.  

This workshop equips participants with the skills and knowledge needed to support individuals set aspirational goals that inspire hope, while also breaking them down into SMART goals required by organisations or funding bodies. 

We will explore an effective goal-setting framework, focusing on how to identify outcomes that are personal, meaningful, and aligned with each individual’s unique aspirations.  

Participants will learn practical strategies to guide individuals toward their desired outcomes by translating their aspirations into measurable and achievable therapeutic goals. 

This client-driven approach to goal setting not only strengthens therapeutic relationships but also enhances the likelihood of goal attainment, fostering positive and lasting change. 

By attending this session you will: 

• Discover the power of helping clients start with big, aspirational goals before breaking them down into actionable, short-term therapeutic goals 

• Gain a clear, practical framework for guiding meaningful conversations and exploring inspiring goals with clients 

• Learn how to create SMART goals from aspirational goals. 

• Be introduced to the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS), learning how to co-create individualised, measurable goals that track meaningful progress. 

• Leave feeling energised and equipped to build stronger therapeutic relationships, thinking beyond organisational and funding limitations when setting goals. 

This session is suitable for: 

This session will provide helpful guidance for OTs at any stage of their career and across a breadth of practice areas and settings including community and inpatients with a range of client demographics. 

PRESENTER

 Nadine Holgate 

Nadine is the director of Neurolinks, a community based Occupational Therapy private practice in rural Victoria. Nadine has over 20 years’ experience in providing community-based acquired brain injury (ABI) rehabilitation. She has developed expertise in supporting people with cognitive and behavioural impairments to increase their participation in meaningful activities and life roles, and forming a positive identity. 

Nadine has been a Positive Behaviour Support PLUS (PBS+PLUS) research clinician at Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre since 2016. She currently provides multidisciplinary training and supervision to allied health professionals as part of the PBS+PLUS knowledge translation. 

Nadine is passionate about improving rehabilitation outcomes for rural people with brain injury. She was awarded the 2023 Agrifuture’s Rural Women's Acceleration Grant to conduct an innovative project improving brain injury rehabilitation for rural Australians. 

Nadine is an experienced presenter and currently facilitates workshops and provides supervision for allied health professions to upskill in community based brain injury rehabilitation and capacity building. 

Nadine also completed her Master of Clinical Family Therapy which provides a family sensitive practice lens to all her work. 

DATE

Monday 2nd December 2024 

TIME

Presentation Commences: 

• 12 noon | VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS | 

• 11:30am | SA |  

• 11:00am | Qld |  

• 10:30am | NT |  

• 9:00am | WA |  

The session will run for approximately 90 minutes. 

Please login 10 minutes before the scheduled presentation time  

RECORDING ACCESS

This session will NOT be recorded.   

This is an interactive workshop with participation encouraged. 

REGISTRATION FEES 

EARLYBIRD – Book on or before 20 November 2024 

OTA Member: $54 

OTA Student/New Graduate Member: $49 

Non-member: $70 

STANDARD – Book on or after 21 November 2024 

OTA Member: $60 

OTA Student/New Graduate Member: $54 

Non-Member: $78 

RSVPS close 28 November 2024 

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

VENUE

This is a 100% virtual event. You will receive an email with details to access the event two days ahead of the scheduled event date. 

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.  

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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CONTACT US

Please email info@otaus.com.au or phone 1300 682 878