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COURSES AND EVENTS practice. It looks at the process of regulation and co-regulation in the context of attachment relationships. Venue: Ash Cottage, Ballynahinch Co. Down N Ireland. Cost: £525. Contact: [email protected] www.sensoryattachmentintervention.com 28 FEBRUARY 2020 clients. CPD: 18 hours. Cost: £430. Venue: Royal Derby Hospital, Derby. For more information and other events, email: [email protected] www.ncore.org.uk 27 – 28 FEBRUARY 2020 How to do cognitive rehabilitation Brain Tree Training Sit to stand and gait analysis for people with a neurological movement disorder NCORE 21 FEBRUARY 2020 28 FEBRUARY 2020 Facilitated by Mary McGrath, this masterclass is aimed at band six and above occupational therapists working in the area of dementia. The masterclass will enable delegates to gain a working knowledge of the neuropsychology of normal memory and attention. Delegates will consolidate knowledge of the neuropathology of the common forms of dementia and will learn how to assess for insights. Venue: Royal College of Occupational Therapists. Cost: members £160; non-member £300. Contact: [email protected] www.rcot.co.uk/hbmrprogramme This conference will focus on developing falls prevention and healthy ageing, improving strength and balance programmes, understanding human factors in falls prevention, improving falls education and awareness, effective personalised multidisciplinary assessment, medication management and improving secondary prevention. Venue: De Vere West One Conference Centre, London. Cost: £365 + VAT (20% discount for RCOT members, quote HCUK20RCOT) Contact: Kate Hall. https://tinyurl.com/yy9wenbr This one-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. Aims: To teach therapists how to design, develop and implement a comprehensive programme. Venue: Gatwick Hilton Hotel, Gatwick Airport South Terminal, London, RH6 0LL. Cost: £90. www.braintreetraining.co.uk Masterclass: The occupational therapy-led Home- based Memory Rehabilitation Programme (HBMR) 24 AND 25 FEBRUARY 2020 Dementia training: Teepa Snow's Positive Approach to Care Dementia Diamonds Day one: introduces Positive Approach to Care (PAC) techniques. Day two: builds on PAC skills and provides the opportunity to learn about the GEMS model. Other PAC approaches are also learnt with the overall outcome to change the way to support a person living with dementia. Venue: Sheffield Manor Lodge Discovery Centre, 197 Manor Lane, Sheffield S2 1UJ. Cost: £570. www.dementiadiamonds.co.uk 24 – 26 FEBRUARY 2020 Sensory Intelligence ® training for practitioners NCORE Lecturer: Dr Annemarie Lombard, PhD graduate and adult sensory processing expert. The course will incorporate key theory, research and practical applications of sensory processing to expand knowledge, insight and service offering for individual 66 OTnews November 2019 Lecturers: Lucy Gwynne and Michelle Kudhail. This course will introduce you to the biomechanical analysis of sit to stand and walking looking at both kinematics and kinetics of normal and abnormal movement. It will also cover how to plan evidence based treatment programmes to aid those with a neurological movement disorder. CPD: 11 hours. Cost: £210. Venue: London Road Community Hospital, Derby. For more information and other events, email: [email protected] www.ncore.org.uk Falls prevention and management in older people Healthcare Conferences UK LTD 6 MARCH 2020 Masterclass: Assessing and treating fatigue – skills and strategies for occupational therapy practice Facilitated by Dr Sue Pemberton, this masterclass is aimed at occupational therapists from any clinical setting who find that fatigue is a significant problem for their clients and who want to increase their knowledge, enhance their skills and develop this area of practice. Venue: RCOT. Cost: members £160; non-members £300. Contact: [email protected] www.rcot.co.uk/fatiguemar 9 – 13 MARCH 2020 Assessment of Motor and Process Skills course (AMPS) AMPS is an innovative observational assessment that is used to measure the quality of a person’s activities of daily living (ADL). This is assessed by rating the effort, efficiency, safety, and independence of 16 ADL motor and 20 ADL process skill items, within the context of performing chosen, familiar, and life-relevant ADL tasks. Venue: Royal College of Occupational Therapists, London. Cost: members £900; non-members £1,200. www.rcot.co.uk/ampsmar20