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 | Dr Nicolette Soler | Understanding and tricks for managing paediatric Tic disorders |
| 02 | Khalsom Khan Willoughby | Implementation of a cognitive remediation-embedded vocational rehabilitation program, Employ your Mind (EYM): a multi-organisational demonstration project. |
| 03 | Dr Rosa Bruce | Brief interventions - an occupational twist to specific therapies for service delivery in community-based acute mental health care |
| 04 | Lorrae Mynard | An introduction to occupational formulation |
| 05 | Heather So | How do Australian clients talk to their OTs about their spirituality? |
| 06 | Heather So | How do Australian OTs respond to client spirituality? |
| 07 | Heather So | How do Australian OTs understand ‘spirituality’? |
| 08 | Heather So | How do Australian OTs ask clients about their ‘spirituality’? |
| 09 | Esther Van Raalte Mary Matthews |
Birthing yourself as mother: A reflective matrescence workbook in occupational therapy practice |
| 10 | Sarah Ashton | Utilising the PEO model to support new parents in navigating familial sleep challenges. |
| 11 | Sarah Ashton | Occupational adaptation frame of reference in perinatal transitions - Clinical findings of a private mental health occupational therapy practice. |
| 12 | Katherine Harvey | Healthy Me: A new group program to educate and empower patients in a forensic inpatient setting to lead healthier lives. |
| 13 | Jamie Wilson | Becoming Elite: the youth athlete experience from an occupational perspective. |
| 14 | Claire Haigh | Supporting occupational therapists in the Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Service (MSAMHS) to prescribe weighted modalities safely and effectively. |
| 15 | Janelle Gullan | Rite of passage as a framework to support occupational engagement and wellbeing through maternal role transitions |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | Miss Kathy Nguyen | Perceptions of health clinicians and students within MHICU and HDU settings: What works to improve confidence and motivation within the role |
| 18 | Bryana Leverentz | What are the current best practices when conducting nature-based therapy: A scoping review |
| 19 | Danielle Ashley Angela Mazur Errin Finch Eleanor Guinn |
A multiservice collaboration to support learning goal achievement for graduate occupational therapists. |
| 20 | Bianca Parsons | Interoceptive awareness in adults with ADHD: Implications and considerations for occupational therapy practice |
| 21 | James Mcniece Jess Esposito Mia Swan |
Lived experience of early career occupational therapists in a pilot allied health graduate program |
| 22 | Jonathan Smith | Narrative therapy and OT - what can they give each other |
| 23 | Catherine Daly | Implementing reflective functioning as a process in training programs |
| 24 | Hollie Swanton | “Like learning to breathe underwater”- Using trauma informed somatic approaches to navigate maternal distress: Enabling self care in the perinatal context |
| 25 | Catherine Daly | Giving the parent-child dyad a voice: An occupational therapy perspective in perinatal mental health |
| 26 | Phoebe Williamson | Strategically addressing the workforce development priorities of Victorian public mental health occupational therapists |
| 27 | Hannah Bridges | The practical implementation of Yoga, in the use of building interoception skills for emotional regulation. |
| 28 | Hannah Bridges | The role of value based healthcare in demonstrating the effectiveness of occupational therapy in the treatment of psychosocial disabilities |
| 29 | Hannah Bridges | The power of being – using animal assisted therapy to break down barriers with therapy resistant teens. |
| 30 | Dr Becca Allchin Bronwyn Sanders |
Integrating family and parenting occupations into everyday practice |