OTnews September 2025 | Courses and events

Learning2practice
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A guide to improving rehabilitation outcomes without spending more money
7 and 8 Oct 2025 (Morning)
Professor Iona Novak. This training is for health professionals working with children and adults with neurological conditions. Topics covered will include how to harness neuroplasticity to improve rehabilitation outcomes, the principles of motor learning and the evidence base for effective interventions in children and adults with neurological disorders that are cost-effective, affordable and outcome focused.
Venue: Online.
Cost: £105.

 

Occupational Performance Coaching (OPC)
7, 14 and 21 October 2025 (Running 3 consecutive mornings)
Dr Aine O’Dea. This OPC Workshop, appropriate for rehabilitation professionals supporting people of all ages, and with diverse health conditions, to achieve personally valued change in life domains. This training will develop participants’ understanding of the methods, process and principles of OPC.
Venue: Online.
Cost: £480.

 

Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP)
11, 12 and 13 November 2025 (Mornings)
Dr Hortensia Gimeno and Anne Corbett MSc DipCOT present CO-OP for occupational therapists and physiotherapists working with adults or children. CO-OP enables skill acquisition, problem solving and generalization and transfer of skills to real world settings in a variety of rehabilitation populations.
Venue: Online.
Cost: £500.

 

Enabling children’s occupational participation: fundamentals and future directions
1 – 5 December 2025 (5 days)
Aimed at those new to working with children and young people and ready to build a strong foundation, or an experienced professional looking to reflect and refresh, this course will enhance your professional reasoning and equip you to apply evidence-based, strengths focused approaches with confidence.
Venue: Whittington Education Centre, Highgate Hill, London N19 5NF.
Cost: £950.

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Spasticity management – A multidisciplinary approach
7 November (Friday)

For clinicians looking to: Enhance their understanding of spasticity and the interventions to manage it. The course aims to assist clinicians with practical translation of the evidence into high quality clinical care. We will cover assessment, physical and pharmacological management, botulinum toxin, intrathecal therapies and the importance of managing triggers and education.

 

UCLH Charity
 www.uclhcharitycourses.com
 uclh.enquiry.therapy.courses
@nhs.net

Physiotherapy and occupational therapy masterclass for functional neurological disorder
1 and 2 December 2025

This two-day masterclass is an introduction to the management of functional neurological disorder covering the following: