What OT CPD is coming up soon? (Winter 2023)

Aspects of functional anatomy, muscle physiology and fascia as they relate to the individual with neurological damage or disease

Date: 16 January - level one for qualified therapy staff (with waiting list) or 18 January - level one for non-qualified staff (limited places remaining)
Location: Florence Nightingale Community Hospital, Derby
Cost: £150
Course details: This course aims to provide the student with an overview of how bony anatomy, muscles and connective tissue function together for movement control.
For more information: Email uhdb.ncore@nhs.net or call 01332 254679

Tai Chi for therapists

Date: Starts 16 January over six weeks.
Location: Online
Cost: £240
Course details: With downloadable content and a weekly live video forum, the six-week blended learning course is for therapists who want to understand how to implement tai chi and qigong movements in clinical settings.
For more information: Email info@discovertaichi.uk or call 07528 959091

Mindfulness for life

Date: Starts 16 January for eight weeks on Monday evenings.
Location: Online
Cost: £170
Course details: Mindfulness is a life skill to keep you balanced and healthy, with a ripple effect that supports the wellbeing of the people around you. This mindfulness-based cognitive therapy course teaches the foundations of mindfulness and its neurophysiological mechanisms, supporting your wellbeing.
For more information: Email info@simplymindfulness.com

Adaptation of the ‘Recovery Through Activity’ group programme within inpatient CAMHS; implementation, reflections, and networking

Date: 18 January
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: £Free
Course details: The Nottingham CAMHS OT team will share their reflections around this programme and provide for networking for those working within CAMHS.
For more information: Email rcot.branches@rcot.co.uk

How to be an independent OT

Date: 18 January
Location: Online via Teams
Cost: £60 (or £36 for the first 10 places booked with code ACCESS18123)
Course details: This course covers the financial, legal and sales advice you’ll need to practice independently either full-time or as supplemental income, including bookkeeping, tax, VAT and the like.
For more information: Email gabriella.mak@accessindependent.co.uk or call 01223 229091

Risk assessment for occupational therapists

Date: 23 January
Location: Online via Teams
Cost: £60 (or £36 for the first 10 places booked with code ACCESS23123)
Course details: This half-day course considers the use of risk assessment as a tool to assist with clinical decisions as an Occupational Therapist working in the community.
For more information: Email gabriella.mak@accessindependent.co.uk or call 01223 229091

The role of occupational therapy in the field of complex trauma

Date: 23 January
Location: Online
Cost: £30
Course details: This evening webinar offers valuable learning for OTs who are keen to deliver trauma-sensitive input and offer assessment and intervention for those who have experienced developmental/complex trauma, including an introduction to the use of body-based interventions.
For more information: See Eventbrite

GOT-90 Journal Club: Paediatric Occupational Therapy EBP Jan 2023

Date: 24 January
Location: Online
Cost: £10-£20
Course details: Designed for paediatric OTs who want to review recent evidence but are short of time, this session will discuss the paediatric evidence from the main OT journals including any interesting articles on play, DCD, sensory processing and autism from other journals.
For more information: See Eventbrite

Specialist Section - CYPF leaders and managers networking event

Date: 26 January
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: £Free
Course details: This quarterly clinical forum provides a space to share practice examples, review policy updates and discuss service challenges.
For more information: Email rcot.branches@rcot.co.uk

Occupational Therapy Practice Educator Update

Date: 1 February
Location: Online
Cost: £Free, if offering a student placement
Course details: This course is for those who have completed the initial Canterbury Christ Church University Practice Educator training and require an update.
For more information: Email health.yourbooking@canterbury.ac.uk

Kinesiology taping for beginners - When, where, why, who?

Date: 2 February
Location: B-Well Physiocare, Rivermead Leisure Complex, Reading
Cost: £195 + own tape
Course details: This course comprises formal teaching and practical sessions, exploring basic taping techniques, tips and concepts for their use.
For more information: Email uhdb.ncore@nhs.net or call 01332 254679

Expert assessments for Blue Badges - England and Scotland

Date: 16 February
Location: Online via Teams
Cost: £60 (or £36 for the first 10 places booked with code ACCESS16223)
Course details: This course covers assessing applicants with physical disabilities and ‘hidden disabilities’, and how to undertake face-to-face and telephone assessments during the coronavirus pandemic.
For more information: Email gabriella.mak@accessindependent.co.uk or call 01223 229091

Supporting Trauma & Sensory Attachment

Date: 23 February
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: £16.22-£27
Course details: With OT Robert Kirkwood, this session looks at how early years trauma or Adverse Childhood experiences affect development and impact lives.
For more information: See Eventbrite

Do you know of any more events coming up that we should feature? Have you attended a session and would like to recommend future courses by the same provider? Let us know so we can share the good news!
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