Professional Development Events
Stay up to date with current, evidence-informed occupational therapy practice through our professional development events. Our upcoming workshops and sessions are listed below and reflect what is currently scheduled. In addition to these sessions, we deliver professional development across a wide range of topics, even if they are not currently listed on the calendar.
We also offer private professional development sessions for organisations, therapy teams, schools and services. These sessions can be delivered in person or online and are tailored to your team’s goals, context and learning needs. Custom topics, formats and session lengths are available.
If you’re interested in private or customised professional development for your team, please get in touch to discuss your needs by emailing training@littletherapeas.com.au
Please see our current offerings for professional development below.
Stay up to date with current, evidence-informed occupational therapy practice through our professional development events. Our upcoming workshops and sessions are listed below and reflect what is currently scheduled. In addition to these sessions, we deliver professional development across a wide range of topics, even if they are not currently listed on the calendar.
We also offer private professional development sessions for organisations, therapy teams, schools and services. These sessions can be delivered in person or online and are tailored to your team’s goals, context and learning needs. Custom topics, formats and session lengths are available. If you’re interested in private or customised professional development for your team, please get in touch to discuss your needs.
Professional Development Topics
How to Properly Address Handwriting
A deep dive into the foundations of handwriting from postural control, fine motor development, visual skills and practical intervention strategies you can use immediately in practice.
Collaborating with Neurodivergent Teens
Strength-based strategies for building trust, supporting autonomy and working respectfully alongside neurodivergent adolescents.
Being Specific with Fine Motor Skills
Move beyond generic activities and learn how to assess, analyse and target fine motor skills with precision and clinical reasoning.
Autistic and ADHDers Experience of Puberty
A practical guide to supporting regulation, identity, body changes and independence through puberty in neurodivergent young people.
The First 24Months
An in-depth exploration of infant development across motor, cognition, communication, regulation and self-care, grounded in neurobiology and OT practice.
Understanding Visual Perception
Break down visual perception into clear, functional components and learn how to assess, interpret and treat visual processing challenges effectively.
Regulation Before Expectation
Explore the neurobiology of regulation and learn how to support co-regulation, sensory processing and behaviour before placing demands.
Building Caregiver Capacity
Support families with clarity and confidence through coaching frameworks that strengthen caregiver confidence and therapeutic carryover.
PDA and Toileting
Practical, neurodiversity-affirming strategies for supporting toileting with children who present with PDA profiles or high anxiety.
Regulating the Regulator
A reflective and practical workshop on therapist burnout, nervous system regulation and sustainable clinical practice.
Managing Nocturnal Enuresis
Understand the contributing factors to bedwetting and walk away with sensitive, practical approaches to assessment and intervention
From Therapy to Paper: Report Writing with Purpose
Learn how to write clear, defensible, and effective reports that align with funding criteria while maintaining your clinical voice.