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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 OTnews October 2019 65