Group for Sensory Integration and Trauma Course

Wanting to put together a group of 5 to register for the sensory integration and trauma course, ...gets us a 25% discount.... if anyone is interested please email me at cabscot@Shaw.ca.   Or text at 780-908-6322.
Thanks

Candace Achtymichuk 

OT Subcontract Work with Growing Changes in Edmonton

 Job Description: Occupational Therapist Subcontract Work

Growing Changes - Occupational Therapy Services for Children is seeking an Occupational Therapist to provide assessment and implementation of Occupational Therapy interventions to children with developmental needs in a community setting.

Requirements:

·         Registration with Alberta College of Occupational Therapists

·         Commitment to working with children and their families

·         Experience working with children with special needs

·         Ability to work independently

·         Excellent interpersonal, organizational and time management skills

·         Personal vehicle and must be able to drive within Edmonton region and outlining communities

Growing Changes offers mentoring and flexible hours.

If interested please email resume to growingchanges@gmail.com

Growing Changes

Occupational Therapy Services for Children                                                                     

Edmonton, Alberta

growingchanges@gmail.com

Part-time temporary (.5) Occupational Therapist - immediate to June 2017

 Part-time temporary (.5) Occupational Therapist - immediate to June 2017

Are you interested in:
• an Occupational Therapy opportunity that focuses on community pediatrics?
• working for a supportive, flexible employer in a dynamic multi-disciplinary team context, in a small local school division.
•great job satisfaction and the opportunity to make an important difference in a child’s life?


The Sturgeon School Division is currently seeking a part time Occupational Therapist (.5 position is available), beginning immediately and continuing to the end of the school year in 2017.
 The position is primarily with the Early Childhood Education program, providing direct and consultative Occupational Therapy services in school, home and community settings to children with disabilities who are between 2½ and 6 years of age.

This position has tremendous job satisfaction, a supportive multidisciplinary team to work with and scheduling flexibility. Working connected with a small school division allows for the opportunity to really make a difference!

The ideal candidate we are searching for will have a background in Pediatrics. The successful candidate must have a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy and must be registered with ACOT. Candidates must have own transportation as travel is required throughout the school division. Competitive wages.
The Sturgeon School Division’s Central Office is in Morinville, approximately 15 minutes drive north of Edmonton. This school division covers a small
geographical region immediately north of the Edmonton/ St. Albert /Fort Saskatchewan area.

If you are interested, please forward your resume to hr@sturgeon.ab.ca or visit the Sturgeon website www.sturgeon.ab.ca.

Warm Regards,
Anita Ferri
Occupational Therapy Team Lead
Sturgeon School Division
780-934-7937

Looking to rent M-FUN and PDMS in Edmonton area

I am wondering if anyone in the Edmonton area rents out assessment tools, specially the PDMS or M-FUN. If so, please contact me.

Thanks!
Laura Raspier
Lraspier@hotmail.com
587 984 1982

Seeking OT in SW Calgary

A family in Signature Heights, Calgary is looking for an OT to join their specialised services FSCD team. Their daughter is a lovely 10 year old girl who is recovering from a brain injury resulting from the removal of a cancerous brain tumour on the left side of her brain. The family is looking for an OT who ideally has experience in neuro rehab /physmed to help her develop and maintain upper extremity function and fine motor skills. If you can provide OT to this child (2 hours per month, after school) please contact the family at dr.imaneg@yahoo.fr

Clinical Question about Toileting

I am looking for suggestions and resources with regards to supporting a boy with ASD, about 8 years old, who continues to struggle with BM accidents (roughly once a week) in his underwear. He is fully toilet trained otherwise. His family and myself are unclear whether he is not feeling the cues that he needs to go to the bathroom or if he is choosing to go in his underwear occasionally. Most of the time he successfully has BM’s in the toilet. When he has an accident his mom will find him hiding in his room.  He is also quite disturbed about wiping himself afterwards and refuses to do so. Cognitively, he knows that pee and poo go in the toilet, it is not due to a lack of understanding or anything communication wise.

Thanks in advance for any ideas/suggestions!

kpopowich@leadfoundation.ca

Occupational Therapy Recovery Conference 2016: Expressive Approaches in Occupational Therapy

The Alberta Health Services Edmonton Zone Occupational Therapy Practice Council is pleased to present a two-day evidence-informed workshop on October 20 and 21, 2016. Join your colleagues to gain knowledge of and skills in Expressive Approaches to support individuals affected by addictions and mental health concerns.

 

The principles and skills which will be covered in the Expressive Approaches in Occupational Therapy relate to adolescent and adult clients experiencing psychosocial issues such as difficulties in communicating their experience due to illness and/or stigma and/or resisting patienthood; complex and unclear mental health profiles, or functional issues related to emotional dysregulation regardless of initial diagnosis. This workshop presumes a grasp and application of the core occupational science concepts of doing, being, becoming and belonging as well as occupational therapy conceptual models for practice, background knowledge in psychiatry, and an awareness of the Mental Health Strategy of Canada.

 

For more information or to register, go to http://www.cvent.com/d/kfqyq5