Past Event
Oct
Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing session
Supporting children and adults with disabilities in low-middle-income countries during the COVID pandemic
Join us in our free listening and sharing session.
Wednesday 27th October 2021 at 4.30pm Australian DST
Topic information: Come together to discuss the innovative strategies being used to support families of children and adults with disabilities in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka during the COVID pandemic.
Speakers:
Ms Israt Jahan (Program Manager, CSF Global) will be speaking about how the team at CSF and implementing community-based rehabilitation and research programs during the COVID pandemic.
Prof Samanmali Sumanasena (Hon Consultant Paediatrician North Colombo Teaching Hospital and University of Kelaniya) will be speaking about the impact of the COVID pandemic on health and disability services in Sri Lanka.
Mr Gopi Kitnasamy (Head of Rehabilitation Services) will be talking about the MJF Charitable Foundation’s use of the disABILITY Screening App to provide telehealth services to children and adults with disabilities.
The session will be facilitated by: Dr Hayley Smithers-Sheedy
Date: 27 October - 27 October
Location: Zoom, please register for link
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6th Oct: World CP Day 24hr Listening and Sharing session
What is this 24-hour session about?
By focusing only on diagnosis, we may be missing vital information which we ordinarily think about as clinicians of any sort when we are asked to work with a child and families. We have a long tradition of thinking diagnostically and functionally (or categorically). The idea of focusing just on diagnosis or function is clearly a limitation and we believe we need to expand our thinking.
This 24-hour session provides an opportunity for health professionals working in the field of childhood disability, parents and experiential experts across the globe to come together and ask one another “How can we best benefit from combining two approaches (Functional and Diagnosis thinking)? What are we missing?” “(How) can we integrate and expand both approaches in order to cover topics like bodily functions, mental wellbeing, meaning, quality of life, participating, daily functioning, psychological, social, pedagogical and spiritual aspects?”
Contact IAACD to join the Listening and Sharing Group email
Download a document with links to other sessions around the world here.
Register now for the Oceania Academy session (registration link below)
Wednesday 6th October 2021 at 4.30pm Australian EST
Date: 6 October - 6 November
Location: Zoom, please register for links to each hour session
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Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing session
Diagnosis vs Functional Thinking
Join us in our free listening and sharing session.
Wednesday 6th October 2021 at 4.30pm Australian EST
Topic information: This session will be held on World Cerebral Palsy Day and will involve a panel of health professionals and consumers discussing ”diagnosis vs functional thinking” in how we promote excellence in clinical care and research for children and adults with cerebral palsy and developmental conditions.
Speakers: Professor Christine Imms (Occupational Therapist and Apex Chair of Neurodevelopment Disability, MCRI & Uni Melbourne)
Dr Mary-Clare Waugh (Paediatric Rehabilitation Physician, Children’s Hospital Westmead)
Dr Gordon Baike (Paediatrician, Royal Children’s Hospital)
John Carey (Physiotherapist, PhD Candidate Uni Melbourne)
The session will be facilitated by: Professor Alicia Spittle
Date: 6 October - 6 October
Location: Zoom, please register for link
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Prechtl’s Method of the Qualitative Assessment of General Movements: Basic Course Darwin 2021
This three and a half day course provides an introduction into Prechtl’s Method on the Qualitative Assessment of General Movements in young infants. This new assessment method has shown its merit for the prenatal and postnatal evaluation of the integrity of the nervous system. Compelling evidence is now available that qualitative assessment of General Movements (GMs) at a very early age is the best predictor for cerebral palsy. This method has become a potent supplement to the traditional kind of neurological examination.
Who should attend? Medical specialists, neonatologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, registered nurses, and other professionals in the field of infant neurology
Download the flyer here
Date: 23 August - 26 August
Location: Royal Darwin Hospital, 105 Rocklands Drive, Tiwi, NT 0810
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Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing session
Anyone can run – listening and sharing about Frame Running (aka RaceRunning) in Australasia
Join us in our free listening and sharing session
Wednesday 25th August 2021 at 4.30pm Australian EST
Topic information: Frame Running (previously known as RaceRunning) is a new, World Para Athletics discipline for athletes with moderate to severe mobility limitations and/or high support needs. Commonly, this includes people with cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury, and anyone who cannot walk without support or assistive technology.
Come together to listen and share about Frame Running in Australasia, facilitated by Dr Sarah Reedman from The University of Queensland and covering topics including:
- History and current status of the discipline
- Frame Running classification
- Frame cost, sourcing, properties, attachments and set-up
- Basic coaching and safety principles
- Promoting sustainable participation in Frame Running (how, where, when)
Date: 25 August - 25 August
Location: Zoom, please register for link
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Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing session
Cognitive functioning in children with cerebral palsy
Join us in our free listening and sharing session
Wednesday 28th July 2021 at 4.30pm Australian EST
Topic information:Dr Katherine Olsson is a clinical neuropsychologist and clinical psychologist at the Queensland Children’s Hospital. She will present on cognitive functioning in children with cerebral palsy. This will include a summary of the current literature, a discussion around difficulties in cognitive assessment in children with cerebral palsy, and some practical strategies to help support children’s everyday cognitive function
Speaker: Dr Katherine Olsson, D.Psych (Clinical Psychology & Clinical Neuropsychology
The session will be facilitated by: Meredith Wynter
The aim of our Oceania Academy Listening and sharing sessions are to share knowledge, experiences and learnings. These will be held via zoom, and will be open to everyone (but registration numbers are limited!). Recordings of some of our sessions will be made available within the members only section of the Oceania Academy website at a later date.
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Date: 28 July - 28 July
Location: Zoom, please register for link
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Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing session
Australian Hip Surveillance Guidelines for Children with CP: 2020 What has changed?
Join us in our free listening and sharing session
Wednesday 30th June 2021 at 4.30pm Australian EST
Topic information: Meredith Wynter, Dr Noula Gibson and Pam Thomason well present the updated Hip Surveillance Guidelines. We will review the objectives and discuss changes to the updated guidelines in the context of a systematic review. Here is your chance to ask all you want to know about hip surveillance and the use of the guidelines.
Speakers: Meredith Wynter, Senior Physiotherapist and State Wide Hip Surveillance Coordinator, Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, Brisbane.
Dr Noula Gibson, Senior Physiotherapist, Cerebral Palsy Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Physiotherapy, Perth Children’s Hospital
The session will be facilitated by: Pam Thomason
The aim of our Oceania Academy Listening and sharing sessions are to share knowledge, experiences and learnings. These will be held via zoom, and will be open to everyone (but registration numbers are limited!). Recordings of some of our sessions will be made available within the members only section of the Oceania Academy website at a later date.
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Date: 30 June - 30 June
Location: Zoom, please register for link
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Oceania Academy Listening and Sharing session
Musculoskeletal Issues in Cerebral Palsy: Is Classification the Key to Improving Communication and Management?
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Wednesday 26th May 2021 at 4.30pm Australian EST
Topic information: Prof Kerr Graham will launch the Oceania Academy’s first listening and sharing session. We will discuss the issues surround musculoskeletal pathology, timing referral to orthopaedic surgeons and management. A New musculoskeletal classification system will be discussed.
This Session will be of interest to therapists, rehabilitation physicians , trainees and people with the lived experience and their carers.
Speakers: Prof Kerr Graham
Professor of Orthopaedics, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
The session will be facilitated by:
Pam Thomason
The aim of our Oceania Academy Listening and sharing sessions are to share knowledge, experiences and learnings. These will be held via zoom, and will be open to everyone (but registration numbers are limited!). Recordings of some of our sessions will be made available within the members only section of the Oceania Academy website at a later date.
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Date: 26 May - 26 May
Location: Zoom, please register for link
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Cerebral Palsy in Aotearoa New Zealand: Early identification, surveillance and beyond
Visit the Starship website for the full program and list of speakers.
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Date: 9 July - 9 July
Location: Virtual, register to receive the link
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Free Webinar: RACP statement on Indigenous child health in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand – where to from here?.
The RACP is hosting a webinar on Thursday 11 March 2021, 4.30pm to 5.30pm (AEDT) / 6.30pm to 7.30pm (NZDT).
This webinar will explore the key concept and recommendations contained in the recently released RACP statement on Indigenous child health in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. This is an opportunity for participants to ask questions and explore the next steps in healthcare for Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori children.
Speakers will include:
- Dr Danny de Lore, Māori paediatrician at Rotorua Hospital, Chair of the working group that developed the RACP statement on Indigenous child health in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
- Dr Niroshini Kennedy, paediatrician at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and Victorian Aboriginal Health Service, member of the of the working group that developed the RACP statement on Indigenous child health in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
- Associate Professor Jaquelyne Hughes, Principal Research Fellow Menzies School of Health Research, Nephrologist at Royal Darwin Hospital, Board Director of the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association
- Facilitator: Dr Jeff Brown, Paediatrician at MidCentral District Health Board
Date: 11 March - 11 March
Location: Online webinar: Register for zoom link
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2021 AusCP-CTN International Hot Topics in Cerebral Palsy
The Australasian Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trials Network (AusCP-CTN) is partnering with colleagues at the Queensland Children’s Hospital to host a joint-conferene, to provide the latest information and research relevant to paediatric rehabilitation.
The conferencee will showcase Hot Topics in research from the Australasian Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trials Network, including recent advances and issues on some of the work being done to improve early diagnosis and intervention for children with, or at risk of, cerebral palsy. We will highlight the latest research and innovations in early detection, neuroprotection, interventions and their implementation into clinical practice.
Keynote Speakers for Hot Topics in CP Research
Date: 5 March - 5 March
Location: Zoom, please register for link
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Changemakers 2021
Kids Plus is delighted to introduce Changemakers – a new conference which will take place at the RACV Torquay Resort, Victoria on 22-23 April 2021.
Changemakers 2021 will explore current research, clinical reasoning and provide an opportunity to share successful models of practice. Presentations will include;
- People with lived experience of disability presenting from their perspective – families and participants directly to inform change in the future direction of services and therapy,
- Insights from experienced leaders in the field, National and International, who have experienced changing practices in paediatric disability services with a vision for the future,
- Allied Health clinicians presenting about innovative programs that can be directly implemented back into clinical practice – ideas to directly change the practice landscape.
The Conference will prioritise the now and what we can and should be doing to ensure we offer the best of possibilities for those we seek to benefit. Changemakers 2021 is on over two days with delegates given the opportunity to attend in person or online.
Date: 22 April - 23 April
Location: Online and in person - RACV Torquay Resort, Victoria
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