This webinar will expand on frequently used models of emotional regulation to align with current brain science and offer new models with practical tools for children, teens (and even adults). You will have the opportunity to explore the language we use to describe emotions, including 5R's of emotions (recognize, respond, release, regulate and return), and how the emotional experience is different and personal. You will gain practical strategies to support clients of all ages to create their personalized "Flow"er of Emotions.

This one-day workshop will explore neuroplasticity and mind-body interventions to facilitate participation in valued occupations, focusing on how these concepts can be applied flexibly in consideration of nervous system readiness and energy envelope principles.

This experiential and interactive workshop will explore interoception as the sixth sense and its relevance to self-regulation and daily life participation.

Ce webinaire abordera le contexte de pratique de l'ergothérapie scolaire ainsi que les approches et les modèles de services à préconiser pour déployer une offre de service efficace et cohérente avec la réalité du monde scolaire. Les différences avec la pratique dans un modèle médical seront aussi abordées. Finalement, quelques ressources seront présentées.

En s'appuyant sur les données probantes (CADDRA, 2020; CQJDC, 2026), ce webinaire outille les ergothérapeutes pour remplacer la gestion comportementale par des stratégies co-construites, maximisant l'engagement et la participation. Ce webinaire explore l'autodétermination comme moteur essentiel de la participation de l'enfant avec TDAH. Les défis familiaux et les interventions recommandées (CADDRA, 2020) pour habiliter l'enfant seront abordés. Au cœur de la formation: des stratégies concrètes à implanter immédiatement pour encourager la prise d’initiative chez les 6-12 ans. Enfin, la personne présentatrice explorera comment utiliser stratégiquement l’environnement social pour soutenir le jeune, favorisant ainsi une meilleure participation à l'école comme à la maison.

This online course aims help Canadian occupational therapy clinicians enhance their leadership skills and apply coaching principles to their practice.

This webinar will begin with an overview of ergonomics, risk factors, and connection to occupational models in occupational therapy. Participants will then consider how risk factors are present in the school environment and in common daily activities of students including sitting posture, use of devices, and backpacks. Current literature will be presented to support the need for wellness initiatives to avoid more chronic musculoskeletal issues in adulthood and the rationale for why early education and habit building is essential.

This webinar will explore occupational models as a framework for addressing pediatric sleep, with a focus on the the Person-Environment-Occupation-Performance (PEOP; Christiansen et al., 2011) model. Participants will learn to identify client factors such as mental health and sensory modulation that increase sleep deficit risk, examine environmental/contexual and occupational factors affecting family sleep, and review various sleep assessments with their respective advantages and limitations. Evidence-based, family-centred interventions will be presented, and interactive case studies will build confidence in sleep assessment interpretation and therapy planning.

This webinar will outline the current landscape of returning to work after an ABI. It will explore the assessment of a client’s ability and readiness to return to work. The webinar will provide clinicians with a comprehensive overview of how to prepare a client to return to work, the components of a return-to-work plan, and how physical, cognitive, and emotional symptoms impact the return-to-work process.

This webinar will cover current research in autism on burnout, inertia, meltdown, and shutdown (BIMS) phenomena, with a focus on defining/identifying each one. Drawing on work co-designing BIMS support tools with autistic children, youth, and adults, the webinar will also highlight key strategies and free resources for supporting clients.