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LEARNING ZONE
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23 – 24 JANUARY 2019
Vestibular rehabilitation/dizziness
for occupational therapists
NCORE
Lecturer: Richard O’Hara. This course allows
occupational therapists to evaluate and
differentiate their patients dizziness. Using
movement and exercise, occupational
therapists can also effectively treat common
causes of dizziness. This intense two-day
course covers the essentials of vestibular
assessment and treatment. A strong
emphasis is placed on clinical assessment,
differential diagnosis and treatment selection.
Venue: Royal Derby Hospital, Derby. Cost:
£300. Visit: www.ncore.org.uk or email: dhft.
[e-mail]
14 FEBRUARY 2019
A multi-disciplinary team approach
to the assessment and management
of Huntington’s Disease
Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
Huntington’s Disease (HD) is a hugely
complex progressive neurological condition.
This course will enrich your knowledge of
HD, give a thorough overview of multiple
aspects of assessment and management,
and will provide you with practical ideas to
take away. Course will be led by the
specialist multidisciplinary team from the
dedicated HD unit at the RHN. Venue:
Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, West Hill,
Putney, London SW15 3SW. Cost: £120.
Visit: www.rhn.org.uk/events/hdstudyday or
email: [e-mail]
23 JANUARY 2019
Essential skills for practice:
Embracing risk
Occupational therapists must em brace
and engage with risk to help people reach
their chosen goals. This study day,
facilitated by Henny Pearmain, will help
you understand the underlying
professional and legal requirements and
how to implement this within the
workplace. Attendance will help you to
see how risk can be managed to enable
people to overcome the barriers that
prevent them from doing the activities that
matter to them. Venue: RCOT, London.
Cost: Members £80; non-members £120.
Visit: www.rcot.co.uk/risk
25 JANUARY 2019
The paediatric hand: An
introduction to occupational
therapy management
Great Ormond Street Hospital for
Children NHS Foundation Trust
This course will introduce normal hand
development, the role of OT in congenital
hand differences, inflammatory disease,
hypermobility and pain, early intervention in
brain injury and use of toxins in cerebral
palsy. Join us for a day of talks from
experienced occupational therapists about
their current therapy management. Course
handouts provided. Venue: Monticello
House, 45 Russell Square, London, WC1B
4JP. Cost: £110. Visit: https://courses.
gosh.org/thepaediatrichand
8 MARCH 2019
Essential skills for practice:
Supervision
Facilitated by Henny Pearmain, this course
will help you make the most of your
supervision – whether supervisee or
supervisor. HCPC’s Standards of
Proficiency (HCPC 2013) state that
occupational therapists should ‘be able to
reflect on and review practice’ and that
they should recognise the value of
supervision in achieving this. Attendance
on this study day will help you to optimise
your use of supervision, to everyone's
benefit. Venue: RCOT, London. Cost:
Members £80; non-members £120. Visit:
www.rcot.co.uk/supervision
7 JUNE 2019 – 11 JUNE 2019
SOS Approach to Feeding
Sensational Kids Ltd
Feeding workshop is a transdisciplinary
programme for assessing and treating
children with feeding difficulties and
weight/growth problems from birth to 18
years. It integrates posture, sensory, motor,
behaviour/learning, medical and nutritional
factors to compressively evaluate and
manage children with feeding and growth
problems. Venue: Victory Services Club,
London. Cost: £900. Contact: catalina@
sensationalkids.co.uk
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