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ACU’s School of Allied Health is pleased to offer free professional development sessions, or ‘speed sessions’, to our placement providers, university students and alumni.
These brief recordings cover clinical practice and research topics relating to allied health: occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social work and speech pathology. The sessions are pre-recorded by ACU academics and collaborators and emailed to subscribers each month.
This professional development program is for allied health professionals, university students and ACU alumni, and aims to support ongoing learning throughout their careers and studies.
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| MONTH | TOPIC | PRESENTER |
|---|---|---|
| March | The art and science of motivating students on placement | Dr John Mahoney Senior Lecturer, School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, ACU |
| March | Supporting oral language and early literacy with shared book reading | Dr Tessa Weadman Lecturer, School of Education, La Trobe University |
| March | Do students benefit from interprofessional education in allied health student-led clinics? | Ms Danielle Czapnik Lecturer in Speech Pathology, ACU PhD Candidate, University of Queensland |
| April | Supervision of students on social work placements | Dr Jennifer McConachy Senior Lecturer and National Professional Practice Lead of Social Work, ACU |
| April | Stakeholder involvement in our practice | Associate Professor Margaret Wallen Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy, ACU |
| April | The Cross Bracing Protocol for ACL ruptures | Ms Clare Walsh Specialist Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist Sessional Academic, ACU |
| April | Capacity building in the NDIS | Dr Dijana Dragicevich Speech Pathology National Manager and Professional Lead, Bloom Health Care |
| May | Using narrative therapy tools in clinical social work practice | Ms Jane Hutton Social Worker; Individual, Couples and Family Therapist |
| May | Improving discharge communication and post-discharge support for increased participation after stroke | Dr Jacinta Sheehan Occupational Therapist and Researcher, La Trobe University |
| May | Virtual simulated patients in health professional education | Ms Alison Blunt Lecturer in Physiotherapy and National Lead for Simulation and Specialised Learning Environments (Physiotherapy), ACU |
| May | Working with multilingual children: How can I assess speech in a language that I don’t speak? | Ms Kate Margetson Speech Pathologist PhD Candidate, Charles Sturt University |
| June | Parent experiences after final orders | Ms Natalie Morton Lecturer in Social Work, ACU PhD Candidate, University of Sydney |
| June | Getting guidelines into practice: strategies for knowledge translation in neurological rehabilitation | Dr Liana Cahill Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, ACU |
| June | An update on concussion in women’s contact sports | Ms Shreya McLeod Lecturer in Physiotherapy, ACU PhD Candidate, University of Newcastle |
| June | The association between reading difficulties and mental health: what we know so far | Professor Genevieve McArthur Professor in the Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy (ACU) Director of Research Translation at Dyslexia SPELD Foundation |
| July | Working with students experiencing difficulty on placement | Dr Jennifer McConachy Senior Lecturer and National Professional Practice Lead of Social Work, ACU |
| July | Perspectives and experiences of allied health students, professional practice educators and international partners in Timor-Leste and Bhutan participating in telehealth placements | Ms Natalie Roche Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, ACU PhD Candidate, La Trobe University |
| August | Welfare stigma | Dr Sonia Martin Senior Lecturer in Social Work, ACU |
| August | The role of allied health practitioners in environmental planning and re-design: consideration of intergenerational design and practices within complex systems | Ms Hannah Forbes Final-year PhD Candidate and Sessional Academic in Occupational Therapy, ACU |
| August | Cultural responsiveness in action: implications for workforce development and culturally safe health care for First Nations Peoples | Associate Professor Michael Reynolds Deputy Head of School, School of Allied Health, ACU |
| September | Using tools with children, youth and families | Dr Elise Woodman Senior Lecturer in Social Work, ACU |
| September | How to address sexuality in health care | Dr Claire Lynch Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, ACU |
| September | Virtual simulated patient cases in undergraduate physiotherapy curriculum | Ms Carolyn Gates Lecturer in Physiotherapy, ACU |
| September | Developmental Language Disorder in an Australian population: learning from the generations in the Raine Study | Dr Samuel Calder Lecturer in Speech Pathology, University of Tasmania |
| October | Mental health and social work | Dr Aniqa Farwa Senior Lecturer in Social Work, ACU |
| October | Failing professional practice: through the students’ eyes. What are we missing? | Miss Wendy Milgate Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, ACU |
| October | A snapshot into a guide for supporting students with DLD at school | Mr Shaun Ziegenfusz Co-CEO and Co-Founder, DLD Project Lecturer in Speech Pathology and PhD Candidate, Griffith University |
| October | Motor imagery and resistance training considerations for older adults | Dr Vaughan Nicholson Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, ACU |
| November | Providing therapeutic groups in the private practice space: perceptions of private practice occupational therapists servicing community-dwellers with ABI | Ms Cheryl Kotzur Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, ACU |
| November | Implementation of robot-assisted upper limb therapy for stroke survivors within an Australian rehabilitative setting | Dr Nick Flynn Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, ACU |
| November | Botulinum Toxin-A treatment updates in paediatric cerebral palsy and physiotherapy management | Ms Adrienne Kniha Children’s Physiotherapist |
| November | Barriers to achievement: teachers discuss their practice of reading instruction | Dr Tina Daniel Lecturer in Education, ACU and Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy (ACU) |
Note: Topics and presenters are subject to change.
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Monday to Friday
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