Title:   Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Occupational Therapy as a Bridge between the Hospital Environment and the Community.

Summary: Coming soon

Affiliation: Occupational Therapist at the Cris Community Programme in Sant Joan de Déu, Lleida. Lecturer at the University of Vic, Catalonia.

Title: Occupational therapy in dependency and disability assessment teams.

Summary: Coming soon

Affiliation:  Occupational therapists at the Assessment Centre, Navarra Agency for Autonomy and Development of People. Department of Social Rights – Government of Navarra.

Title: Occupational therapists should stop promising that we can change the world.  Call for action

Summary:

This lecture will address global challenges and issues impacting occupational therapists. As a profession, we need to understand our influence when it comes to societal change. While it is important to advocate for systemic improvements and equity of opportunities, we cannot promise that we alone can transform society. Change at a societal level requires collaborative efforts across multiple disciplines and sectors. If we don’t deliver on what we say we can, we risk losing the trust of those we serve and setting unrealistic expectations beyond our professional capacity. This lecture will draw on research with diverse communities and occupational therapists to create a roadmap for rethinking and possibly redefining the barriers and enablers of occupational therapy in a changing global world.

Title: Why do we need occupation-centered practice in occupational therapy?

Summary: Coming soon.

Affiliation: Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University, UK.

Title:Project-based learning: enabling the development of competencies in Occupational Therapy students.

Summary:

Project-based learning (PBL) is a method used in the initial training of occupational therapists to further develop their learning. It is based on the theories of social constructivism, active pedagogy and experiential learning (Piaget, Vygotsky, Kolb). Through project-based learning, students develop professional competencies by designing specific solutions to contextualised challenges. This method will be illustrated with three examples.

Receiving feedback on the experiences from students and professors will enable a discussion regarding the interest of project-based learning within the syllabus, as well as its limits and difficulties.

Project-based learning is not far away from occupational therapy. Project-based learning shares many similarities with this approach and the occupation-centered approach. Both practices seek to make sense for the target audience, promote rapid activation and motivational engagement. They also share certain limitations, such as professional involvement, their capacity to adapt and the time needed to organise the follow-up.

Affiliation: Ergothérapeute De et Coordinatrice pédagogique Ecole d´ASSAS