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COURSES AND EVENTS academics, and for managers who are looking to support staff in such roles. Venue: Laing Art Gallery, New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AG. Cost: Free. Contact: [email protected] 3 JUNE 2020 Disabled facilities grant: Essentials and casework Viva Access Ltd Live Webinar. Learn about eligibility criteria for DFGs; mandatory provision and RRO discretionary funding; explore common issues and constraints and overview Test of Resources (means test). Webinar highly interactive with powerpoint presentation, whiteboard, quizzes, case scenarios and discussions, break-out rooms and pdf handouts. Recordings available post-training. Venue: Online (Webinar) from 9.30am to 12.30pm. Cost: from £30, plus VAT. Contact: Trish Sweeney at [email protected] or 07501 089143. Visit our website for all events, prices and discounts. www.viva-access.com 4 JUNE 2020 Bathroom adaptation and design: Part one Viva Access Ltd Live Webinar. Review client considerations relating to accessible toilets and bathrooms; optimum layouts, space standards and design principles; problem solve adaptation issues within group setting. Webinar highly interactive with powerpoint presentation, whiteboard, case studies, drawings, discussion between delegates and trainers, electronic handouts and break-out rooms. Recordings available post- training. Venue: Online (Webinar) from 9.30am to 12.30pm. Cost: from £30, plus VAT. Contact: Trish Sweeney at admin@viva-access. com or 07501 089143. Visit our website for all events, prices and discounts. www.viva-access.com 4 JUNE 2019 How to use Therapy Outcome Measure (TOMs) virtual workshop Community Therapists Networks This one-day, virtual TOMs workshop, led by Prof Pam Enderby, will provide participants with tools to collect and measure outcomes data on clients receiving treatments. The day will include both theoretical and practical components. Venue: Webinar. Cost: £175. www.communitytherapy.org.uk CANCELLED 5 JUNE 2020 Skills for practice – for children’s occupational therapy assistants and technicians RCOTSS – Children, Young People and Families The day will include a theoretical background focusing on current best practice approaches to support participation and occupation alongside practice skills training, focusing on running groups, grading activities, promoting play and building confidence with equipment and postural management. Aims: to understand the occupational process with children; to gain competencies in equipment provision for activity; to learn about developmental play and its importance; to recognise ways to optimise function and work in partnership with the child and their family; to work jointly with occupational therapy colleagues to achieve agreed goals for intervention. Venue: Royal College of Occupational Therapists headquarters, London. Cost: members £20; non-members £38 (plus booking fee). Contact: [email protected] (please indicate 'Skills for practice' in subject heading). www.eventbrite.co.uk/preview?eid=93428104977/ 5 JUNE 2020 Active relaxation training workshop Brain Tree Training This practical one-day interactive workshop is suitable for professionals working with individuals who have health problems made worse by stress and/or fatigue issues. The course will provide an overview of what active relaxation is, teach you about 14 techniques you can use, provide a tested practical model to implement with your clients/patients, and demonstrate the latest technology to help you. Venue: Gatwick Hilton Hotel, Gatwick Airport South Terminal, London, RH6 0LL. Cost: £90. *Note that in the event of us not being able to meet face to face, this workshop can be attended virtually online – contact us for more details www.braintreetraining.co.uk 12 – 13 JUNE 2020 Cognitive rehabilitation workshop Brain Tree Training This two-day interactive workshop is suitable for professionals working with adults who have cognitive problems following brain injury. The course focuses on practical activities that can be used in the rehabilitation of attention, visual processing, information processing, memory and executive functions. Venue: Gatwick Hilton Hotel, Gatwick Airport South Terminal, London, RH6 0LL. Cost: £185. *Note that in the event of us not being able to meet face to face, this workshop can be attended virtually online – contact us for more details. www.braintreetraining.co.uk CANCELLED 23 JUNE 2020 Masterclass: Parkinson's disease Facilitated by Ana Aragon, this masterclass will provide participants with the knowledge and skills to provide evidence based, condition specific interventions for people with Parkinson’s and related movement disorders as well as increasing awareness of relevant policy, professional best practice guidelines and sources of information. Venue: Royal College of Occupational Therapists. Cost: members £160; non-members £300. Contact: lisa.marsh@ rcot.co.uk www.rcot.co.uk/parkinsons20 OTnews May 2020 65