JULIE DESROSIERS

Title: The added value of occupational science versus “classical” occupational therapy: can you see the emperor’s new clothes?

Abstract: Occupational science is currently a hot topic among clinical occupational therapists, occupational therapy teachers and students. However, it is still difficult for novices to understand what the added value of occupational science can be compared to “classical” occupational therapy. This presentation aims to familiarise participants with the differences and similarities between an occupational therapy approach and one based on occupational science in order to develop a critical reflection on the added value of occupational science.
Keywords: Labour sciences, teaching, critical reflection.

Affiliation:
Julie Desrosiers, occupational therapist, PhD.
Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy
Head of the Knowledge Transfer Hub
Health Network and Human Occupation
University of Social and Health Work I HETSL I Lausanne
HES-SO | University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland

MANDY DALY

Title: The neonatal occupational therapist: a necessity or a luxury?

Abstract: Occupational therapy philosophy and education provide the basis for the profession to make a valuable contribution to neonatal practice.
Neonatal occupational therapists play an important role in the development of premature and medically fragile infants, many of whom are at increased risk of experiencing developmental delays and difficulties, as well as helping parents to increase their self-efficacy, confidence and competence and adapt to their parenting. role in an unexpected environment.
The neonatal occupational therapist works with the neonatal multidisciplinary team to promote a neuroprotective developmental care environment for infants in the neonatal unit and provides individualised, family-centred therapeutic interventions to support infant occupations such as: positioning for optimal neurobehavioural regulation, enabling sleep, optimal positioning, supportive regulation for a positive feeding experience, modulation of the infant’s individual environment to ensure sensory input is aligned with developmental maturation, and support for both infants and parents in providing non-pharmacological pain management during painful and stressful care procedures.
Parental occupations that reflect ongoing infant care needs are jointly identified, such as: holding, positive touch, skin-to-skin care and reading neurobehavioural cues.
The Neonatal Occupational Therapist facilitates support for newborns and their parents to develop successful, sensitive and practical coping strategies that help each family foster optimal infant development and post-discharge regulation at home.

Affiliation: coming soon

MÓNICA PALACIOS

Title: Weaving Territories and Communities: Occupational Therapy Praxis from the South

Summary: coming soon

Affiliation: Academic University of Santiago de Chile, Faculty of Medical Sciences, School of Occupational Therapy. PhD in health, well-being and quality of life; Master in social-community psychology, specialisation in epistemologies of the South.

ELVA RODRÍGUEZ

Title: Relevance of the Occupational Therapist’s expert opinion. Areas of action

Summary: The Occupational Therapist, as a professional in the social and health care field, is optimally trained to identify the capacity and functionality of people with physical, mental, organic or sensory limitations. For this reason, their services are increasingly in demand for the issuing of an expert report.
There have been regulatory changes that directly affect the profession and provide new opportunities, and the implications of the following regulations in particular will be analysed:
– Law 8/2021 of 2 June, reforming civil and procedural legislation to support persons with disabilities in the exercise of their legal capacity.
– Royal Decree 888/2022 of 18 October establishing the procedure for the recognition, declaration and qualification of the degree of disability.
In addition, it will reflect on new pronouncements of the European Court of Justice linking “sickness” to the concept of a person with a “disability” and the consequences this may have for companies and workers who have been on sick leave. It is becoming increasingly valuable to incorporate the occupational therapist in occupational risk prevention teams or in mutual insurance companies.
Assessing the autonomy of the person in their daily life decisions and the intensity of the support required; applying the new disability scale; identifying the damage or after-effects after an accident; estimating the limitations for the exercise of a profession or identifying which adaptation will allow them to work, are increasingly relevant aspects for the issuing of an expert report.

Affiliation: Elva Rodríguez Ruiz. Department of Occupational Therapy. Centre Supérieur d’Etudes Universitaires La Salle. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. 28023 Madrid (España)