Paediatrics Interest Group - 30 MAR 26

The Paediatrics Interest Group invites you to their March meeting

Program Overview

This is a free, member only session.

Please join the Paediatrics Interest Group Community via OTA Connect here before registering.

OVERVIEW

The Paediatric interest group is convened to facilitate collaboration, knowledge sharing, and professional development among Australian Occupational Therapists.

The primary objectives are:

Share ideas, discuss current evidence and learn collaboratively
Provide opportunities for networking
Encourage best practice and innovation
Provide feedback to OTA on matters relating to Paediatrics practice

MEETING DETAILS

TOPIC:

Occupational therapists' practice with Complex Trauma

PRESENTERS:

Julia Pearce and Prof Karen Stagnitti

DATE:

Monday 30 March 2026

TIME:

MEETING PLATFORM:

This session will be run on the Zoom Webinar Platform. Registrants will be sent separate login details one business day prior to the session. Please check all email folders for this information.

Please ensure you have created an account with Zoom (Sign Up Free | Zoom) prior to joining the meeting.

If you have questions regarding the Zoom system requirements please visit: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697-Getting-Started

REGISTRATION FEES & INFORMATION

OTA Member: Free

If you are a non member who wishes to attend please contact us to discuss your options.

Registrations close Thursday, 26 March 2026, 11.59pm AEDT

MEETING DOCUMENTS & RESOURCES

Agendas, resources and meeting minutes are available for members to download on the IG page once we have received these from the convenors. This meeting will not be recorded.

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DISCLAIMER

Any material, content, advice or resources shared and discussed at interest groups is general in nature and is used to guide peer discussion and support only. Occupational Therapy Australia encourages all participants to think critically and appraise the content for individual circumstances. Occupational Therapy Australia does not necessarily endorse content delivered in these formats and accepts no liability for any consequences resulting from adhering to the content shared at interest groups. All opinions expressed by the convenor or other participants are the opinions of those individuals and do not represent or reflect the views of Occupational Therapy Australia, its affiliates or employees.

Interest Group Participants

By registering to attend, participants agree to actively contribute and show respect to all other participants. We ask you to take personal notes and monitor the Interest Group webpage for meeting resources. Occupational Therapy Australia reserves the right to remove members from an Interest Group at its discretion.

Presented By

Prof Karen Stagnitti

Presenter

Karen Stagnitti is Emeritus Professor in the School of Health and Social Development at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. Her area of research is children’s play. For over more than 44 years she has mainly worked in early childhood intervention programs in community-based settings as part of a specialist paediatric multidisciplinary team as well as in teaching and research at universities. Karen has authored or co-authored 8 books on play and 4 pretend play assessments. She also has over 120 national and international papers published as well as 36 book chapters. Her norm referenced standardised play assessment, the Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment 2 was the result of her Phd.

Julia Pearce

Presenter (Occupational Therapist)

Julia Pearce ( née Mason) is a paediatric occupational therapist living in Auckland, Aotearoa (New Zealand). In 2018 she completed 3 research studies (literature based, quantitative and qualitative) on the practice of occupational therapists with children who experienced complex trauma. Julia graduated from Auckland University of Technology in 2009, and then with a Masters from Deakin University in 2018. Julia has worked in a range of settings across Aotearoa and Australia, including in CASEA, special education, injury rehabilitation, and private practice. For the past 3 years Julia has been a full-time stay-at-home parent for her two young children.