Save the date and book your seat early! The next CAOT-BC Networking and Education Day is scheduled.
CAOT-BC Networking & Education Day
Friday, October 14, 2016
8:30am to 4:00pm
Location:
Motion Specialties, 101-8255 North Fraser Way, Burnaby, BC
830am-1230pm
Incorporating Mindfulness-Based Strategies into OT Practice
Dr. Randy Paterson, PhD RPsych (Changeways)
1230pm-130pm
Lunch with Motion
130pm-230pm
Evidence Connection: Linking Mobility Research to Clinical Practice
(Dr. Ben Mortenson, BSc OT, MSc, PhD)
2:30-2:55
Sponsor Break
2:55-3:55
Do your clients understand you? Health literacy in OT practice
(Giovanna Boniface, OT, CCLCP)
More information about Dr. Paterson's session: Incorporating Mindfulness-Based Strategies into OT Practice
Mindfulness is all the rage in the mental health and self-care fields. But what is it? And how can it aid us in the quest for positive life change?
In this workshop we discuss and experience mindfulness and how it fits within cognitive behaviour therapy concepts. We will examine how much of our lives is spent divorced from sensory experience, and unaware of the mental processes in which we engage.
Here is some of what we will cover:
• A strategy for explaining present-focus
• Why being present is usually less distressing than being 'absent'
• Nonmindfulness as a product of competing adaptations
• Why mindfulness may be so trendy at the moment
• Nonmindfulness is anxiety and mood-related disorders
• What is mindfulness? Three key aspects
• An experiential induction of mindfulness: The 3 Screens approach
• An introduction to walking meditation
• Subdividing mindfulness: Cultivating flow with activity
• The continuum of immersion in different activities
• Using successive approximations to enhance mindfulness
• The subject of mindfulness: Body, emotion, thoughts, sensory experience.
• A brief introduction to sitting meditation: Concept and practice
• Mindfulness in pain and chronic illness
• Mindfulness in cognitive therapy
• The place of mindfulness in psychotherapy
Learning objectives-By the end of the program, participants will:
• Understand the basic concept of mindfulness
• Have metaphorical strategies for communicating the concept to clients
• Understand how mindfulness relates to common psychological difficulties
• Be able to conduct an experiential introduction of mindfulness with clients
• Know the "rough basics" of walking and sitting meditation
This workshop provides an introduction to many of the key principles, but is not a substitute for extended study and practice. We will provide strategies to integrate basic mindfulness-based ideas into occupational therapy with clients suffering from physical and psychological difficulties.
COST: CAOT-BC Member $150
Student Member $99
Non-Member: $200
Registration includes refreshments during breaks & lunch. Free parking available on site.
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