OT Driver Education

08/01/2024

Final chance to secure your spot in our Wheelchair Accessible Passenger Vehicle Scripting Workshop being held in Sydney on 19 January 2024.

Details and registration trybooking.com/CNGHD

Bookings close at midnight tonight.

20/12/2023

We are fortunate to have a line up of industry leading modifiers from across Australia joining us for our WAV workshop in January 2024.
This allows hands on, practical learning that ensures all workshop participants will leave feeling confident in their ability to script a passenger conversion that meets their clients needs and complies with the relevant standards and ADRs.
Register today trybooking.com/CNGHD

20/12/2023

Would you like to be more confident in scripting wheelchair accessible vehicles for your clients?
Would you like to clearly understand the relevant Australian Standards and ADRs that need to be applied?

Come along to our workshop in January and learn from experienced OTs currently working in this complex clinical space.
You will have access to industry leading modifiers and their vehicles and learn in a practical hands on way, and learn all the skills you need to ensure your vehicle mods requests are compliant and meet your client’s needs.
Registration here trybooking.com/CNGHD

20/11/2023

Just a reminder that early bird prices end at midnight tomorrow. Register today and save.

One Day Workshop - Wheelchair Accessible Passenger Vehicle Scripting for OTs.

Friday 19th January 2024
William Inglis Hotel - Warwick Farm Sydney
8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Cost - $440 + GST (Earlybird price expires 22.11.2023)
- $500 + GST from 23.11.2023.
Includes: Workshop manual and tape measure, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and parking.

A workshop for Occupational Therapists to provide you with the skills and confidence to assess client needs and script a vehicle for safe passenger travel.

10/11/2023

One Day Workshop - Wheelchair Accessible Passenger Vehicle Scripting for OTs.

Friday 19th January 2024
William Inglis Hotel - Warwick Farm Sydney
8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Cost - $440 + GST (Earlybird price expires 22.11.2023)
- $500 + GST from 23.11.2023.
Includes: Workshop manual and tape measure, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and parking.

This workshop will cover:
- Comprehensive assessment of your clients vehicle needs and wants;
- Identifying reasonable and necessary features of vehicle conversions;
- An overview of the relevant ADRs and AS for vehicle modifications;
- Vehicle selection;
- Funding considerations;
- Report writing;
- Opportunity to apply your learning to practical case studies.

This workshop is focussed on passengers and will not cover driving or drive from wheelchair options.

Places are limited to ensure a quality learning experience.

Register now https://www.trybooking.com/CNGHD

A workshop for Occupational Therapists to provide you with the skills and confidence to assess client needs and script a vehicle for safe passenger travel.

10/11/2023

See what previous participants have said about our Wheelchair Accessible Passenger Vehicle Scripting Workshop.

08/11/2023

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PASSENGER VEHICLE ASSESSMENTS FOR OTs

We are excited to be planning to run our popular practical wheelchair accessible passenger vehicle assessment scripting workshop in Jan/Feb 2024 in Sydney.

Open to both driver and non-driver trained OT's, this is a practical face to face workshop with wheelchair accessible vehicles, whereby you will learn about legislation and Australian standards, review the options with suppliers, and complete case study scripting with experienced OTs working with various funding bodies.

Full details are in the event post on our page. Registrations are now open https://www.trybooking.com/CNGHD

23/05/2023

Last chance to register for tomorrow’s webinar. Registrations close at 530pm today.

New webinar - registrations now open.

Assessing cognition for driving - A webinar for driving assessor OTs

A 2 hour online webinar on cognitive assessments for occupational therapy driving assessments.

What cognitive skills are used in driving? How do we assess cognition? Are the predictive tests accurate? What are the sensitivity and specificity of cognitive assessments for driving?

Presenters - Lyndall Cook, Michelle Turnbull with guest speaker Prof Carolyn Unsworth.

Cost - $93.50 inc GST

Registration link https://www.trybooking.com/CHXMT

DATE
Thu 25 May 2023 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (UTC+10)

27/04/2023

New webinar - registrations now open.

Assessing cognition for driving - A webinar for driving assessor OTs

A 2 hour online webinar on cognitive assessments for occupational therapy driving assessments.

What cognitive skills are used in driving? How do we assess cognition? Are the predictive tests accurate? What are the sensitivity and specificity of cognitive assessments for driving?

Presenters - Lyndall Cook, Michelle Turnbull with guest speaker Prof Carolyn Unsworth.

Cost - $93.50 inc GST

Registration link https://www.trybooking.com/CHXMT

DATE
Thu 25 May 2023 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (UTC+10)

04/11/2022

🛎 Early bird tickets for this are available now!

👉 https://otaus.com.au/cpds/hot-topic-supporting-drivers-HT1072

This session will increase non-driver trained occupational therapists’ understanding of key considerations when addressing driving with clients including fitness to drive and licencing requirements, the OT Driver Assessor process and knowledge about vehicle modifications and community mobility.

Key areas covered:

🚗 Driving as an occupation and the role OTs have to play
🚗 Starting the conversation with clients about driving including assessments, goals, education, medical clearance
🚗 Role of OT Driver Assessors and the driving assessment process (off-road and on-road)
🚗 When to refer to OT Driver Assessors and how non-driver trained OTs can support clients before and after assessment
🚗 Role of non-driver trained OTs with vehicle modifications, accessible vehicles, wheelchairs, seating and community mobility
🚗 How to become an OT Driver Assessor including key considerations

06/09/2022

Did you spot the feature on OT Driving Assessors in the latest OT Connections Magazine? Some great insights from several members of our OT Driver Ed community on why they became an OTDA and what they love about this innovative area of practice.

05/09/2022

Have you ever wondered what is involved in becoming an OT Driver Assessor? Is this one of your goals for 2022? We recently caught up with Robin Lovell from Swinburne University and Carolyn Unsworth from Federation University to talk about their two week course that is running in October 2022. Registrations are now open (link is in the comments).