Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing session: March 2026

“cpThrive: An app to empower people with CP and their families

Join us in our free listening and sharing session.
25th March 2026, 4:30pm – 5:30pm Australian Eastern Daylight Savings time
Topic information: This presentation provides a talk and discussion on cpThrive is a user-friendly app that helps people with cerebral palsy (CP) and their families access clear, evidence-based information about treatment options. Co-designed with people with lived experience, researchers, and clinicians, it supports users to explore treatments that match their goals. With over 130 researched CP treatments, choosing what might help can feel overwhelming. cpThrive clarifies the who, what, when, and why of each option and shows the strength of the evidence, fact sheets and videos to support informed decision-making.

Speakers: Dr Michelle Jackman, Senior Research Fellow, Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, University of Sydney
The session will be facilitated by: Iona Novak

Date: 25 March

Location: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Pq5fAJJCQiiI_oxPEiL6vg#/registration

2026 Systematic Review & GRADE Analysis Workshop

Join the 8-week interactive Systematic Review Workshop, led by experts, where you will gain comprehensive knowledge and practical experience in:

• conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy of treatment,
• a clinimetric review of measures, and/or
• a review of diagnostic criteria for a clinical area.

Meta-analysis and GRADE methods will also be included in the training for a transparent approach to rating the certainty of evidence and developing healthcare recommendations.

The Systematic Review Course has been successfully conducted at the University of Queensland QCPRRC annually for the past 18 years. The aims of the course is to conduct a systematic review and to proceed to publication. The course has lead to >100 publications between Professor Roslyn Boyd (course leader) and Professor Rob Ware (Professor of Biostatistics).

Click here to find out more

Full workshop: 8 weeks over 30 January – 1 May 2026
GRADE Analysis: one-day workshop on 24 April 2026 (week 7)
8.30am – 12.30pm, Fridays, AEST

The Systematic Review workshop will be held on Fridays, 8.30am – 12.30pm for 8 weeks (Australian Eastern Standard Time) – please note the break in between weeks 1 and 2 and weeks 4 and 5 for workshop participants to work on their topic search and drafting review paper.

Workshop Dates & Topics:

• 30 January 2026 – Week 1: Introduction; Framing your question; PubMed, Cochrane

BREAK: 6 February 2026

• 13 February 2026 – Week 2: Confirming Review question/aims, Endnote, Web of Science, Database search (PROSPERO, PRISMA, CINAHL, EMBASE)
• 20 February 2026 – Week 3: Measuring Quality for Reporting, PEDro,
• 27 February 2026 – Week 4: Clinimetric Systematic Reviews; Biostatistics pt. 1 (measures of reproducibility), COSMIN II

BREAK: 6 March 2026, 13 March 2026, 20 March 2026, 27 March 2026, 3 April 2026

• 10 April 2026 – Week 5: Biostatistics pt. 2 (RCTs, statistical inference, continuous outcomes & binary outcomes)
• 17 April 2026 – Week 6: Meta analysis including Network Met-analysis and Individual Patient Meta- analysis
• 24 April 2026 – Week 7: GRADE Analysis (one-day workshop)
• 1 May 2026 – Week 8: Clinical Practice Guidelines; Getting Published

Please Note:

1. The Workshop is delivered and recorded via Zoom technology – please ensure you have Zoom available. 
2. For workshop effectiveness, please ensure you have access to your local library for a range of literature databases for your research/review topic.

Workshop Registration

• Standard: AU$1000.00 inc GST
• Students & all UQ and Queensland Health Staff; Members of AusCP-CTN: AU$250.00 inc GST. Apply for the discount.
• Please submit your research topic using button below (links to payment for workshop will be available at the end of submission)

Systematic Review Workshop (incl. GRADE Analysis)

Registration for GRADE Analysis only (24 April 2026)

• Standard: AU$600.00 inc GST
• Students & all UQ and Queensland Health Staff; Members of AusCP-CTN: AU$250.00 inc GST.
• Week 7 (24 April 2026); payment and registration below

GRADE Analysis workshop

Workshop Lecturers:

• Professor Roslyn Boyd – Scientific Director of Queensland Cerebral Palsy Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland
• Doctor Sue Brennan – Cochrane Australia GRADE trainer, Monash University
• Professor Robert Ware – Biostatistician, Clinical Epidemiologist, Griffith University
• Professor Leanne Sakzewski – Conjoint Professor of Allied Health, Child Health Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland and Children’s Health Queensland.
• Mr David Honeyman – Librarian, University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre, Mater Research
• Doctor Andrea Burgess – Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and Occupational Therapist, Queensland Cerebral Palsy Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queenslan

For more information about the event, please go to QCPRRC website, or email qcprrc@uq.edu.au

Date: 30 January - 1 May

Location: Delivered online via zoom

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

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

Join us in our free listening and sharing session.
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

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

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

Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing session: July 2025

Research Toolkit unpacked- a guide by One Group Our Voice!!

Join us in our free listening and sharing session.

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

Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing: May 2025

The PREMTiME Study – implications for early targeted surveillance of very preterm infants

Join us in our free listening and sharing session.
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.

Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing session: April 2025

The hope of unproven therapies:
Healthcare professionals’ experiences of patient & family enquiries

Join us in our free listening and sharing session.
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

Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing: March 2025

Migration Health and Disability Discrimination: Where are we at?

Join us in our free listening and sharing session.
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.