Conference Reflections!

Well I am back from Brisbane and rearing to go. My brain is alive with research ideas. I am amazed and how up there the Australians are with research and best practice!! Catherine Mateer was one of the key note speakers and she was fantastic, very inspiring. It is incredible how technology is moving into therapy. For example using pagers as prompts for people who severe memory impairments and very limited initiation. I was disappointed however at how few OT’s were at the conference and how many other professions are presenting their research. What was more astounding is how many other professions are presenting ideas that are fundamental to OT such as context and using functional activities in rehab. However to other professions these are new ideas which they see as ground breaking!! We need to get out there and be more proactive in promoting OT and our principle ideas. Please let me know what you think and if you are out there doing any research?