Resilence skills for OT’s
This short course introduces the fundamentals of resilience for occupational therapists, exploring the key concepts of positive psychology that enhance well-being and professional sustainability. You’ll learn how attention, beliefs, and thought patterns shape resilience, alongside practical strategies to strengthen your ability to manage challenges. This course provides actionable insights to help OTs stay engaged, effective, and supported in their roles.
Course
2 Hours
About this course
This course provides a practical introduction to resilience for occupational therapists, focusing on key positive psychology principles that enhance well-being and professional sustainability. Through engaging explanations and real-world applications, you’ll explore how attention, beliefs, and coping strategies influence resilience, equipping you with actionable techniques to navigate challenges effectively.
Ideal for:
Occupational therapists looking for a concise, easy-to-apply overview of resilience, with strategies to maintain engagement, well-being, and effectiveness in their practice.
You’ll learn how to:
- Define resilience
- Understand how attention and focus impact resilience in both positive and negative life events.
- Explore beliefs and thought patterns that influence resilience, including Appraisal Theory and Optimistic Explanatory Style.
- Identify strategies for coping with both positive and negative life events, recognising the difference between adaptive and maladaptive coping mechanisms.
- Apply practical techniques to enhance resilience and effectively manage challenges in everyday life.
About your instructor
Therese Sullivan
Hi, I’m Therese Sullivan, co-founder of Otuition and I’ve been an occupational therapist for eight years. I started out in work cover and tertiary hospital settings, but my path eventually led me to community disability and rehabilitation where I found my true passion.
Throughout my career, I’ve gained extensive experience in leadership, operations, cognitive rehabilitation, and working closely with the NDIS and SIL. I love that I get the opportunity to pass on what I’ve learned throughout my diverse career to others in the industry, hopefully making their life and the lives of their clients are little easier.
Syllabus
27 lessons, resources and references
- Introduction
- Introduction and Assessment Learning Outcomes
- What is Specialist Disability Accommodation?
- SDA Overview
- Who is inolved?
- Participants
- Accommodaton
- Who is Eligible?
- Who is Deemed Eligible?
- Eligibility Criteria
- SDA Assessments
- Support Models in SDA
- Support Models in SDA
- Supported Independent Living (SIL)
- Individualised Living Option (ILO)
- Daily Personal Activities
- SDA Design Standards
- Overview
- Certification Process
- What is an Accredited SDA Assessor?
- Design Standard FAQs
- Design Categories
- Overview
- Improved Liveability Category
- Robust Category
- Fully Accessible Category
- High Physical Support
- Building Types
- Overview
- Apartments
- Villas, Townhouses, Duplexes
- Houses
- Group Homes
- Housing Models
More information
Navigating the components of Specialist Disability Accommodation is often challenging, especially when it comes to producing reports for participants wanting to access the initiative.
As SDA Assessors and clinical OT’s working with people who have complex disabilities, we found ourselves needing to connect two very separate (but important) parts of SDA together: the SDA Design Standard and the Eligibility Legislation to ensure successful outcomes for participants
In our experience, it is the practical understanding of the design standards combined with the detailed analysis of the participants needs that ensure the best possible outcome for participants, and also for all stakeholders. We have spent years supporting participants through functional capacity assessments, occupational therapy support and SDA building assessments.
