This is a 3 day training course where you will be introduced to the basics of CO-OP and provided with a foundation for its application to adults and children.

The Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance Approach™ (CO-OP) is a performance-based intervention approach for children and adults who experience difficulties performing the skills they want to, need to or are expected to perform. CO-OP is a specifically tailored, active client-centred approach that engages the individual at the meta-cognitive level to solve performance problems. Focused on enabling success, the CO-OP Approach employs collaborative goal setting, dynamic performance analysis, cognitive strategy use, guided discovery, and enabling principles. These elements, all considered essential to the Approach, are situated within a structured intervention format, and with parent/significant other involvement as appropriate.

This training course is relevant to Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Exercise Physiologists.

Day 1 - Friday 22nd April 2022 (9.00am - 5.00pm)
Day 2 - Saturday 23rd April 2022 (9.00am - 4.00pm)
Day 3 - Friday 5th August 2022 - ONLINE - (9.00am - 3.00pm) (Consolidation)

Presenter - Dr Elspeth Froude

Dr Elspeth Froude (PhD) has been a certified CO-OP instructor since 2011 and is involved in research investigating the CO-OP approach with a range of populations. Dr Froude is Associate Professor and Head of Occupational Therapy at Australian Catholic University and is the current chair of the Scientific committee for the World Federation of Occupational Therapists Paris 2022.

Presenter - Dr Michelle Jackman

Dr Michelle Jackman (PhD) is an occupational therapist who has over 15 years experience in paediatrics. Michelle is passionate about providing client and family-centred services that focus on meaningful changes in real life activities. Michelle completed her PhD in 2018, and currently combines her clinical position at John Hunter Children’s Hospital in Newcastle, with a postdoctoral research fellow position at the University of Queensland. Michelle became a CO-OP trainer in 2020, following completion of a randomised controlled trial and qualitative interviews investigating the efficacy of the CO-OP approach for children and young people with cerebral palsy or brain injury.

The event is catered and your ticket price includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.

You must be vaccinated against Covid to attend this event.