Past Event
Nov
Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing session: November 26th 2025
“Apps for Therapy for Children with Disabilities
Join us in our free listening and sharing session.
26th November 2025, 4:30pm – 5:30pm Australian Eastern Daylight Savings time
Topic information: A series of studies exploring the effectiveness of mobile health technology on adherence, goal attainment, performance and engagement with home programs. A trial of commercially-available platform and the development and feasibility of a gamified therapy prescription app for children with cerebral palsy and other neurodisabilities are highlighted, with opportunities to explore the role of gamification and behavioural science in intervention design.
Speakers: Dr Rowan Johnson, Manager Kids Rehab WA Perth Children’s Hospital
The session will be facilitated by: Dr Sian Williams, Senior Lecturer Curtin University
Date: 26 November - 26 November
Location: Online
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AusACPDM Listening and Sharing session: November 2025
“Shaping Our Future Together: Oceania Academy of Cerebral Palsy and other Childhood-onset Disabilities Strategic Planning” Presenting Case Studies in 2024
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20th November 2025, 11:00am – 1:00pm Australian Eastern Daylight Savings time
Topic information: This interactive AusACPDM Listening and Sharing session will be about reflecting on progress made since our last strategic plan, workshopping our updated purpose, and shaping priorities for our 2026-2030 strategic plan. This session is open to all, regardless of if you are a member. Come share your ideas, experiences, and aspirations as we continue partnering across lived and learned experience to lead change in childhood-onset disability.
This session will be of interest to clinicians, researchers, students, people with lived experience and all who are interested in the future of the Oceania Academy of Cerebral Palsy and other Childhood-onset Disabilities.
Speakers: Alicia Spittle, Sarah McIntyre, Amy Hogan, Georgina Clutterbuck, Petra Karlsson, Fi Graham
The session will be facilitated by: Petra Karlsson
Date: 20 November - 20 November
Location: Online
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2025 Global Listening and Sharing event- Moving to adulthood: Finding and navigating support pathways
On the 7th of November 2025, the Global Professional Education Committee (GPEC) of the International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability (IAACD) will be hosting our Global Listening and Sharing sessions.
This is a 24 hour event where we hear the voices, experiences and new knowledge from people throughout the world. Our topic this year is “Moving into adulthood: Finding and navigating support pathways.”
Below are our sessions from Australia and New Zealand
| GMT | Country | Country time | Topic title and format | Language | Host and presenter/facilitator | |
| 1230am | New Zealand | 130pm NZ | “Making the connections: Practical pathways into Adulthood in Aotearoa New Zealand” Young adults, their families and clinicians will share their reflections followed by open chat – asking how can we make connections that matter most while pushing for a stronger, more supportive future | English | Amy Hogan Anna Mackey | |
| 1am | Australia
| 12 noon AEDT | “Young adult experiences of transitional care: Adapting models for community-based settings” Panel discussion with young adults and service providers from hospital and community settings | English | Stacey Cleary |
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Date: 7 November - 7 November
Location: Online- register for the zoom links for the sessions you would like to join
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AusACPDM Listening and Sharing session: October 2025
Sustainable Model of eARly intervention and Telerehabilitation for children with Cerebral Palsy (SMART CP)
Join us in our free listening and sharing session.
29th October 2025, 5:30pm – 6:30pm Australian Eastern Daylight Savings time
Topic information: The Sustainable Model of Early Intervention and Telerehabilitation for Children With CP (SMART CP) was tested in a cluster randomized trial in rural Bangladesh. The model integrated referral networks, caregiver peer groups, community-based centres, and telerehabilitation. Among 968 children with CP, service uptake rose from 70% to 99% in the intervention arm, compared with minimal change in controls. Children in the intervention group accessed rehabilitation earlier, had more therapy sessions, greater assistive device use, and reduced out-of-pocket costs. While no clinical outcome differences were observed, SMART-CP demonstrated effectiveness in expanding access to early CP care and offers potential for global scale-up.
Speakers: Dr Mahmudul Al Imam, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Low-and Middle-Income Country Cerebral Palsy Register (GLM CPR)
The session will be facilitated by: TBC
Date: 29 October - 29 October
Location: Zoom, Register for the link
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Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination workshop- QLD
Join Dr Carly Luke on November 6 from 8 am till 2 pm @CCHR in south Brisbane, Queensland.
The Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (HINE) is a simple, standardised, and scoreable clinical neurological examination that can be used to assess infants from 2-24 months of age to identify infants with a high probability of cerebral palsy and other neurodevelopmental delays.
- Six-hour workshop that will provide standardised training in the HINE,
- All items in HINE will be presented with the correct approach of administration and scoring,
- Infants aged between 4-24 months will be used to train the participants in small groups and accurate scoring and administration of the HINE,
- Morning tea and lunch included
Updated resource booklet and key readings included.
Date: 6 November - 6 November
Location: CCHR - South Brisbane, Queensland
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Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing session: August 2025
Sustaining participation in physical activity
Join us in our free listening and sharing session.
27th August 2025, 12:00pm – 1:00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time
Topic information: This presentation will highlight one component of Gaela’s PhD research: the complexity of the journey of sustained participation in physical activity for adolescents with cerebral palsy who participated in Run Club: a participation-focused running intervention. The discussion is relevant for anyone trying to be active and for people working to promote physical activity. The questions posed will be: Are we doing enough to help people with lived experience of disability be active and sustain their participation? Are we measuring the effectiveness of our interventions clinically and in research to achieve sustained participation?
This session will be of interest to clinicians, researchers, students and people with lived experience.
Speakers: Dr Gaela Kilgour, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland and The University of Melbourne
The session will be facilitated by: Dr Amanda Kwong
Date: 27 August - 27 August
Location: Zoom, Register for the link
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Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing session: July 2025
Research Toolkit unpacked- a guide by One Group Our Voice!!
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30th July 2025, 4:00pm – 5:00pm Australian Eastern Standard time
Topic information: This presentation provides a talk and discussion on:
People who use AAC are underrepresented in research and so their voices, issues and needs are not heard. One reason they are excluded from research is the confidence of researchers to meaningfully engage with AAC users. One Group Our Voice (AAC users themselves) and colleagues have developed a Toolkit containing information and resources for involving AAC users in research as participants and research partners. In this session they will orient listeners to issues in communicating with AAC users, describe accessible research and research methods, and examine the important issues of seeking fully informed consent and working with communication supporters.
Speakers: AAC users Brenton Ponza, Penny Manning, Brodie Shaw and Shirls Wong, and Jenna O’Brien
The session will be facilitated by: Shirls Wong
Date: 30 July - 30 July
Location: Zoom, Register for the link
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Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing: May 2025
The PREMTiME Study – implications for early targeted surveillance of very preterm infants
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28th May 2054, 4:30pm – 5:30pm Australian Eastern Savings time
Topic information: The PREMTiME study is a collaboration between the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service and the University of Queensland that aims to deliver family centred, cost effective and clinically efficient follow-up services for very preterm born and very low birthweight infants. Outcomes of the first phase of the study identified new biomarkers that may help clinicians make very early and accurate predictions about outcomes in children who are born very preterm or with very low birthweight. This session is relevant for families with children impacted by preterm birth and health care professionals working in acute neonatal developmental care and neonatal neurodevelopmental follow up services.
Speaker: Dr Rebecca Caesar, PhD (Clinical Lead Paediatric Physiotherapy, Women’s and Children’s Service, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service)
Date: 28 May - 28 May
Location: Zoom, register for link.
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Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing session: April 2025
The hope of unproven therapies:
Healthcare professionals’ experiences of patient & family enquiries
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30th April 2025, 4:00pm – 5:00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time
Topic information: Healthcare professionals are increasingly approached by consumers seeking advice on unproven online therapies. In this session we will discuss the experiences of healthcare providers, the complexities involved and explore opportunities on how to navigate and respond to these enquiries.
Speakers: Leanne Rees is a physiotherapist and post-doctoral research officer at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. She is investigating how healthcare professionals navigate patient’s and family’s therapeutic hopes in the online age.
The session will be facilitated by: Stacey Cleary
Date: 30 April - 30 April
Location: Zoom, Register for the link
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Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing: March 2025
Migration Health and Disability Discrimination: Where are we at?
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26th March 2025, 4:00pm – 5:00pm Australian Eastern Daylight Savings time
Topic information: Australia’s migration laws discriminate against people with a disability or a health issue. Hear from Welcoming Disability Policy Advisor Dr Jan Gothard about these laws. Be updated about recent changes and recommendations from the DRC currently being reviewed by the Attorney General’s Department including the discriminatory components of migration.
Speakers: Dr Jan Gothard
The session will be facilitated by: Sarah McIntyre
Date: 26 March - 26 March
Location: Zoom, register for link.
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The Rehab for Kids 2025 Conference
The Rehab for Kids 2025 Conference to be held at the Brisbane Convention Centre is open for registration!
We invite doctors, allied health professionals, teachers and others working with children with Acquired Brain Injuries, Cerebral Palsy, Spinal Cord Injuries and related conditions, as well as those with lived experience, to join us for this fantastic learning and networking opportunity.
The Rehab for Kids conference is a national conference organised by the Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (QPRS), Queensland Children’s Hospital, and partnered with the Australasian Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trials Network (AusCP-CTN), to provide the latest information and research relevant to paediatric rehabilitation.
The QPRS ABI in children research program will be hosting ‘Concussion in Management across the lifespan: from theory to practical approaches’ on 5 March 2025.
See the program and register here: Rehab For Kids 2025 (eventsair.com)
Date: 5 March - 7 March
Location: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, QLD
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Oceania Academy: Listening and Sharing Session November 2024
This interactive Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing session will be about:
Research in low and middle income (LMIC) country settings. Growth in healthcare research capacity in LMIC settings will make important contributions to reducing healthcare challenges and disparities in LMIC countries. Locally led research has potential to propose, evaluate and translate culturally appropriate interventions and solutions, and at the same time, empower communities to articulate their needs and influence solutions. For this Listening and Sharing session, two PhD programs of work being conducted in LMICs will be presented.
This session will be of interest to clinicians, researchers, students and people with lived experience.
Presenters include:
Ms Thilini Madushika, “Cerebral palsy in western province Sri Lanka”. PhD candidate based Sri Lanka
Mr Anderson Mughogho, “The feasibility of implementing the GMA in the NICU of a referral hospital in Malawi-caregiver and professional perspectives”. PhD candidatebased in Malawi
Professor Alicia Spittle, University of Melbourne, who is part of the supervision of both PhD candidates will share her experiences of supporting research higher education in LMIC
The session will be facilitated by: Professor Jenny Downs, Head of Child Disability, The Kids Research Institute, Australia.
Disability, The Kids Research Institute Australia.
Date: 27 November - 27 November
Location: Zoom, register for link.
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