WORKSHOPS XV CIETO
Cristina Perdomo
“Application of social robots in elderly people with cognitive impairment”
Workshop summary
The workshop will address robot-assisted therapy as a therapeutic intervention for older adults with cognitive impairment. Participants will learn how social robots work, how activities are designed to stimulate memory, communication, and emotional well-being, and the benefits observed in geriatric settings. In addition, practical strategies for effectively implementing this therapy will be explored, promoting active participation and experiential learning.
Ana Clara Szot y María Rodríguez Bailón
“EDEC-App: Learn to use the first app to evaluate conduction”
Workshop summary
This workshop will teach participants how to use the Conduction Performance Evaluation (EDEC), the first Spanish observational assessment of driving in real-world driving conditions. Participants will learn how to apply, score, and interpret the EDEC in a practical way, using real-life driving videos and examples. The workshop will also include the first trial of the EDEC-App, which participants can download for free and learn how to use through videos and practical case studies.
Lorena Chaves del Amo
“Splinting Workshop”
Workshop summary
In the workshop there will be a review of the biomechanics of the hand and the basic structures that must be taken into account in the manufacture of splints, the different materials that exist for the manufacture of splints will be discussed and two splints of different materials will be made.
Irene Pérez
“The dog as a motivational element in Occupational Therapy sessions”
Workshop summary
Experiential workshop on the role of the dog in animal-assisted intervention sessions. How a dog is selected and trained to help the therapist to achieve his therapeutic goals.
Nieves Pérez Vidal
“Sensory stimulation workshop”
Workshop summary
We will work on the correct development of a sensory profile and the adaptation of tools to the stressors, daily demands and functional objectives in terms of the patient’s ADLs, taking into account their self-care pyramid, their personal objectives and an integrative vision.
Ana Judit Fernández Solano
“Occupational Self-Analysis: Integrating Theory and Lived Experience”
Workshop summary
What if we empowered our clients to become the real protagonists of their own intervention? What if we taught them to reflect independently on the activities they perform and evaluate how well these activities align with what is meaningful to them?
In this workshop, we will engage in an introductory activity designed to help us gain a deeper understanding of ourselves as occupational beings. This experience will better equip us to support others in their personal process of self-discovery.
Because occupational self-analysis is not merely learned — it is experienced.
Jose Ángel Pastor Zaplana
“Basic Home Automation as Assistive Technology in Occupational Therapy: Practical Application in the Control Environment”
Workshop summary
Home automation (domotics) is an emerging tool within the field of assistive technologies aimed at promoting personal autonomy and adapting the home environment. This theoretical-practical workshop aims to introduce Occupational Therapy students and professionals to the use of basic and accessible domotic systems (voice assistants, smart plugs, connected lighting, and automated routines) as resources that facilitate occupational performance.
Throughout the session, conceptual foundations on environmental control, accessibility, and person-centered design will be presented, linking technology with the clinical reasoning specific to the discipline.
The workshop prioritizes immediate clinical applicability, promoting critical reflection on the prescription, adaptation, and training in the use of domotic systems within therapeutic intervention. Participants are expected to gain a structured understanding of the potential of these tools as part of interventions focused on environmental adaptation and support for functional autonomy.
Dominique
“From meaningful activities to participation, a transactional process”
Workshop summary
Contemporary rehabilitation increasingly recognises that improving health outcomes cannot be reduced to the remediation of impairments alone, but must be understood in relation to people’s ability to engage in meaningful activities and participate in society. While meaningful activities are central to occupational therapy and person-centred care, translating these into sustained participation in everyday life remains a key challenge in clinical practice.
This interactive workshop introduces a transactional perspective on the relationship between meaningful activities and participation. Drawing on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and recent developments in participation-oriented rehabilitation, participants will explore participation as a dynamic and context-dependent process, emerging from ongoing interactions between the individual, their activities, and the environment.
Moving beyond a capacity-focused approach, the workshop adopts a goal-oriented framework, in which meaningful activities are used as entry points to support participation in personally relevant life roles and contexts. Through practical exercises, case discussions, and the use of structured tools (including goal-setting instruments such as CLEVER), participants will learn how to identify meaningful activities, translate these into participation-oriented goals, and tailor interventions to the individual’s context.
By the end of the workshop, participants will have gained practical insights and strategies to operationalise a transactional approach in their own clinical practice, with a focus on enhancing participation through meaningful, goal-driven rehabilitation.
Jo Adams
“Clinical research approach in Occupational Therapy to examine the effectiveness of self-management in people living with musculoskeletal conditions.”
Workshop summary
The workshop will introduce the concept of health literacy and indicators of low health literacy in clients and service users, applied to occupational therapy. Participants will have the opportunity to practice using health literacy assessment tools on patient education materials used in their own practice settings. In addition, strategies to integrate health literacy–adapted communication into their own practice will be presented and practiced.
Adriana Ávila Álvarez
“LABIC-E”
Workshop summary
Aurine Lacampagne
“Consulting at the Paris Paralympic Games”