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When & Where
16 – 17 October 2009
BT Convention Centre, Liverpool

CSP Congress 2009 is an international conference for physiotherapy professionals, presented by the educational, professional and trade union body of 48,000 of the UK’s physiotherapists, students and associates.

The 2009 programme comprises clinical and occupational sessions, research-based and workshop-based sessions within six themes:

• cardio-respiratory
• education and leadership
• health, work and wellbeing
• musculoskeletal
• neurology
• preparing for 2012 Olympics and beyond

More information can be found at the CSP Congress website.

When & Where
April 23 to 26, 2009
Houston, Texas, USA

Over 600 educational sessions, hundreds of leaders and potential employers, and thousands of colleagues will provide news, information, and discussion about the serious challenges OT faces and offer guidance on navigating through it. Some of these areas are—

· Health care reform and its impact on OT
· Clinical issues in many practice areas that focus on skills and assessments
· Competency in practice that adds value to employers
· Preserving consumer access to OT services
· Grassroots advocacy to keep OT reimbursement viable
· Public awareness of OT by consumers and health care professionals
· Protecting OT jobs from the recession.

Click here for more information on this event.

The Health Professions Council (HPC) has recently announced that registrants may now change their contact details online, and not need to wait to speak to a registration adviser to get this done. The service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However for security reasons, registrants must be able to provide the unique authentication code which is provided together with your authentication card upon renewal. For those without internet access, they may still contact the registration department to change details over the phone on 0845 3004 472, Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm.

For more information, visit the HPC website.

Theme: Sharing the World of Occupation from Latin America

When & Where
4 to 7 May 2010
Santiago, Chile

Congress themes include:
1. Human Rights and Occupational Therapy
2. Occupational Therapy practice development
3. Culture and Occupation
4. Occupational Practice: Past and Future Trends
5. Quality and Management
6. Occupational Therapy Education: The Profession & Discipline
7. Occupation, Daily Life, Subjectivity and Occupational Therapy

Call for papers is now open and submissions are invited from people interested in presenting papers, workshops, and poster presentations. Deadline is on 15 April 2009.

For more information, click here.

Before checking out those seat lifts, here are a couple of events that might interest you. Autism Society Philippines is offering two seminars to the public for the month of March. Details are as follows:

When & Where
28 March 2009
Asian Social Institute
1518 Leon Guinto cor. Escoda St.,
Malate, Manila, Philippines

A. AQUATIC THERAPY (9:00 AM – 12:00NN)

Speaker: Ms. Cristina de Leon-Hinlo

The benefits of water have long been known to treat people with various conditions. By using a carefully planned aquatic program, children with sensory processing issues and autism also benefit greatly from this type of therapy. Summer’s here. Get to know the basics of aquatic therapy, when to use it, how to go about it, and how the proper use of this technique.

B. SENSORY INTEGRATION (1:30 PM – 4:30PM)

Speaker: Ms. Lady M. Suarez

Learn the basics and principles of sensory integration plus the common problems and the reasons underlying it. Know also the environmental modification techniques (adapting the home or space) and the importance of play and self-care tasks in sensory processing/ integration for children with special needs.

For more information on fees and registration, please click here.