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COURSES AND EVENTS
area; increase their skills and knowledge; access excellent CPD and
networking opportunities; explore personalisation and hear from
national experts. Venue: National Railway Museum, York. Cost:
RCOTSS-MH members £250; non-members £325; RCOTSS-MH
students £100.
https://bit.ly/2mVS9Jq This course aims to enable occupational therapists to feel
confident in assessing and planning appropriate intervention for
patients. CPD: 11 hours. Cost: £350. Venue: London Road
Community Hospital, Derby. For more information and other
events, email: [email protected]
www.ncore.org.uk
3 – 5 JANUARY 2020 21 – 22 JANUARY 2020
Two and a half days. This workshop is for therapists working with
young children from six months, including those with ASD, ARFID
or developmental delays. Therapists will learn about the underlying
causes of food selectivity and targeted intervention approaches.
Clinical reasoning regarding children who are selective or refuse to
eat without apparent cause is taught using clinical cases by leading
expert in the field. Venue: Truro, Cornwall. Cost: £450.
www.sensoryproject.org/shop Trainer: Ben Davies. Course aims: To teach biologically based
pain management skills under a framework of the sciences of
clinical reasoning and evidence from clinical trials, neurobiology
and education research; To reconceptualise pain in terms of
modern neuroscience and philosophy; To stimulate an urgent
reappraisal of current thinking in rehabilitation. CPD: 12 hours.
Cost: £295. Venue: Royal Derby Hospital, Derby. For more
information and other events, email: [email protected]
www.ncore.org.uk
10 JANUARY 2020 22 JANUARY 2020
Lecturer: Alison Middleditch. This course will review and discuss
the assessment, treatment and management of Joint Hypermobility
Syndrome/Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. This will be within a functional
framework and based on latest evidence. The course will consider
hypermobility in all groups – including those with a late diagnosis
and those with complex problems. CPD: 7 hours. Cost: £145.
Venue: London Road Community Hospital, Derby. For more
information and other events, email: [email protected]
www.ncore.org.uk Kate El Bizanti, occupational therapist, has a wide variety of
paediatric clinical experience. She will be sharing this expertise
along with knowledge gained from her current role at QEF. Kate
will use her experience gained while working for QEF to give an
introduction to how children with additional needs can access a
variety of travel options, specifically car travel and flying.
Venue: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, National Hospital for Neurology
and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG. Cost:
RCOTSS-CYPF members £4.50; non members £10; student
members free; student non-members £2.50 plus booking fee
https://bit.ly/2mVQvYg
Sensory solutions for easier eating with Dr Isabelle
Beaudry Bellefeuille
ASI WISE
Hypermobility/Ehlers Danlos Syndrome in adults and
children: clinical assessment and management
NCORE
13 JANUARY 2020
Online SI Module one: Foundations and Neuroscience
Sensory Integration Education
Online SI Module one is part of our accredited modular pathway
training in SI. The aim, to understand the current neuroscience,
and relevant and emergent theories, concepts, and practices,
related to Ayres’ Sensory Integration. You will be able to relate
sensory processing to the underlying neurology and evidence
base of sensory integration. Bookings close 13 December 2019.
Venue: Online event. Cost: SI Education Gold, member fee:
£949 (Instalment plans available). Ask about our offers.
www.sensoryintegration.org.uk/page-18664
20 – 21 JANUARY 2020
The assessment and treatment of clients with
perceptual and cognitive dysfunction
NCORE
This is a basic course suitable for all occupational therapists
working with clients with perceptual and cognitive dysfunction.
Explain pain
NCORE
RCOTSS-CYPF London Lecture – Supporting access
to travel for children with disabilities – Kate El Bizanti
RCOTSS-CYPF London
23 JANUARY 2020
Essential skills for practice: Keeping records
Don’t get caught out. Inadequate recording keeping is the most
frequent reason that occupational therapists are reported to the
HCPC. By attending this study day facilitated by Henny Pearmain
(author of Keeping Records, RCOT’s recently updated publication)
you can make sure your record keeping skills – digital or paper – are
fit for practice. Venue: Royal College of Occupational Therapists.
Cost: members £80; non-members £120. Contact: Lisa.Marsh@
rcot.co.uk
www.rcot.co.uk/keepingrecords
23 – 24 JANUARY 2020
Vestibular rehabilitation/dizziness for occupational
therapists
NCORE
Lecturer: Richard O’Hara. A strong emphasis is placed on clinical
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