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COURSES AND EVENTS
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON ADVERTISING
contact: David Agyei on 020 7450 2341 or email: [e-mail]
Inclusion of courses and events not run by RCOT does not imply endorsement of them
THROUGHOUT 2019
Trusted assessor training: Simple aids of daily living,
level two or level three
DOTS Disability CIC
This two-day OCN London accredited course provides
competence and confidence to enable staff to assess for,
prescribe and install (simple aids of daily living) equipment. Our
training was developed with funding from the Office for Disability
Issues. We are able to offer training to groups from our Dorset or
London venue, or at your venues around the country. Venue: The
Bridge, Littledown Centre, Chaseside, Bournemouth, Dorset,
BH7 7DX. Cost: On request. Contact: Karen, tel: [phone]
336 or email: [e-mail].
www.dotsdisability.co.uk
1 APRIL – 30 JUNE 2019
Distance learning courses for treating neurological
injury
Brain Tree Training
Home/work based study courses. Designed to help you
understand and apply key areas with your patients. Expert guided
tuition via assignments and recorded online training. Emphasis on
practical application in the areas of cognition, executive function,
behaviour and awareness following brain injury. Venue: Home/
work based study. Cost: £10 to £252.50.
www.braintreetraining.co.uk
26 APRIL 2019
NHS Long-Term Plan
The NHS Long-Term Plan for England published in January
outlines a commitment to major clinical improvements, including a
focus on prevention and the roll out of integrated care services.
RCOT is running this event to support occupational therapy
managers and leads. Discussions will include the implications of
the plan for occupational therapy practice, positioning the
profession and funding for workforce and CPD. Venue: RCOT.
Cost: members £10; non-members £10.
www.rcot.co.uk/nhsplan
26 APRIL 2019
Movement for handwriting development
RCOTSS – Children, Young People and Families – North West
Catherine Elsey (DipCOT, HCPC Registered) The training day will
discuss in detail the complexity of handwriting as a developing
functional skill for children. It will look into the underlying skills
required in the development of handwriting along with difficulties
children may experience and interventions/strategies.
Venue: Ryelands House, Owen Road, Lancaster, LA1 2LN. Time:
9:30am to 4pm. Cost: RCOTSS-CYPF members £35; non-
members £80; student members £25; student non-members £45.
https://bit.ly/2HCQZKR
27 AND 28 APRIL 2019 (TWO DAYS)
Starting out in Stroke (SOS)
Royal College of Occupational Therapists Stroke Forum
This interactive two-day course offers an introduction to specialist
occupational therapy screening, assessment and treatment of the
stroke patient with particular emphasis on cognition, perception,
vision and the upper limb. It is aimed at band five and six
occupational therapists working in stroke teams. It will also be
useful for more experienced therapists who are in generic teams,
are returning to practice or want to refresh their knowledge.
Venue: Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. Cost: RCOTSS-NP
members £60; non-members £120. Contact: nicolewalmsley@
nhs.net
https://bit.ly/2WWM0Ka
MAY 2019 (DATE TBC)
Marketing strategies (RCOTSS-IP webinar programme)
RCOTSS – Independent Practice
The third in our annual programme of one-hour webinars aimed
at independent occupational therapists and covering a range of
business-focused topics, resources and skills. Venue: Online.
Cost: Free for RCOTSS-IP members
https://bit.ly/2YERiuB
1 MAY 2019
Good work for good health – what role can you play?
RCOTSS – Work with VRA and SOM
Understanding the meaning of good work and what role you can
play as a practitioner is essential when supporting people into
and back to work. In 2006 Waddell and Burton identified that
work could be good for individuals’ health if the work was good.
The importance of good work and job quality has since been
extended for example, with research by the Work Foundation that
seeks to support good work practices for both workers and
employers. Venue: Fazeley Studios, 191 Fazeley Street, Digbeth,
Birmingham B5 5SE, 9am-4.30pm and evening drinks. Cost:
Various – see Eventbrite. Contact: [e-mail]
https://bit.ly/2Xf4OEm
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