OT Mental Health Forum 2024

ePoster

Welcome to the ePoster Information Page for the OT Mental Health Forum 2024!

This page provides an overview of the ePosters presented at this year’s Forum. For detailed abstracts, please refer to the ePoster viewing session within the program by searching the ePoster title. All ePosters will be accessible during breaks throughout the Forum. Enjoy exploring the innovative research and practices shared by our authors!

Abstract details for ePosters 01 - 17: Thursday 28 November ePoster session
Abstract details for ePosters 18 - 33: Friday 29 November ePoster session  

Poster Number Author Paper Title
01 Khalsom Khan Willoughby Implementation of a cognitive remediation-embedded vocational rehabilitation program, Employ your Mind (EYM): a multi-organisational demonstration project.
02 Dr Rosa Bruce Brief interventions - an occupational twist to specific therapies for service delivery in community-based acute mental health care
03 Lorrae Mynard An introduction to occupational formulation
04 Heather So How do Australian clients talk to their OTs about their spirituality?
05 Heather So How do Australian OTs respond to client spirituality?
06 Heather So How do Australian OTs understand ‘spirituality’?
07 Heather So How do Australian OTs ask clients about their ‘spirituality’?
08 Esther Van Raalte
Mary Matthews
Birthing yourself as mother: A reflective matrescence workbook in occupational therapy practice
09 Sarah Ashton Utilising the PEO model to support new parents in navigating familial sleep challenges.
10 Sarah Ashton Occupational adaptation frame of reference in perinatal transitions - Clinical findings of a private mental health occupational therapy practice.
11 Katherine Harvey Healthy Me: A new group program to educate and empower patients in a forensic inpatient setting to lead healthier lives.
12 Jamie Wilson Becoming Elite: the youth athlete experience from an occupational perspective.
13 Claire Haigh Supporting occupational therapists in the Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Service (MSAMHS) to prescribe weighted modalities safely and effectively.
14 Janelle Gullan Rite of passage as a framework to support occupational engagement and wellbeing through maternal role transitions
15 Melissa Aguey-Zinsou “Make it Happen”: Occupational therapists’ view of priorities and usefulness of research findings to inform practice supporting young people experiencing psychosis with their employment
16 Miss Kathy Nguyen Perceptions of health clinicians and students within MHICU and HDU settings: What works to improve confidence and motivation within the role
17 Bryana Leverentz What are the current best practices when conducting nature-based therapy: A scoping review
18 Danielle Ashley
Angela Mazur 
Errin Finch
Eleanor Guinn
A multiservice collaboration to support learning goal achievement for graduate occupational therapists.
19 Bianca Parsons Interoceptive awareness in adults with ADHD: Implications and considerations for occupational therapy practice
20 James Mcniece
Jess Esposito
Mia Swan
Lived experience of early career occupational therapists in a pilot allied health graduate program
21 Jonathan Smith Narrative therapy and OT - what can they give each other
22 Catherine Daly Implementing reflective functioning as a process in training programs
23 Hollie Swanton “Like learning to breathe underwater”- Using trauma informed somatic approaches to navigate maternal distress: Enabling self care in the perinatal context
24 Catherine Daly Giving the parent-child dyad a voice: An occupational therapy perspective in perinatal mental health
25 Phoebe Williamson Strategically addressing the workforce development priorities of Victorian public mental health occupational therapists
26 Hannah Bridges The practical implementation of Yoga, in the use of building interoception skills for emotional regulation.
27 Hannah Bridges The role of value based healthcare in demonstrating the effectiveness of occupational therapy in the treatment of psychosocial disabilities
28 Hannah Bridges The power of being – using animal assisted therapy to break down barriers with therapy resistant teens.
29 Dr Becca Allchin
Bronwyn Sanders
Integrating family and parenting occupations into everyday practice