Archives for September, 2009
The Occupational Therapy Section of the Armed forces of the Philippines Medical Center – V.Luna General Hospital will be having its annual OT Awareness Month this coming October 2009 with the theme “I Am Able: PromOTing Ability!” There is NO registration fee, but with your attendance comes free food for each day lectures, certificates and [...]
In line with the 9th Post-graduate course “Horizons: Meeting the Challenges of Life”, the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, UP-Philippine General Hospital, invites you to attend a seminar entitled “Hand Rehabilitation: Methods of Evaluation and Management.” When & Where Saturday, November 7, 2009 1:00pm – 5:00pm Hyatt Hotel, Manila Course fee: Php 800.00 (Inclusive of foods, [...]
My Little Butterfly Children’s Learning & Therapy Center invites parents and caregivers of Children with Special Needs (CSN), therapists, educators and students to a series of Seminar-Workshops this October. 3 October 2009, Saturday 8am-12nn: Overview of Developmental Disorders by Rita Grace R. Villadolid, M.D. To discuss the causes, signs and symptoms as well as current [...]
UPDATE! (2 October 2009) We’ve received the following notification from the event organisers, so please take note of the changes. Due to recent natural events, (typhoon ondoy and pepeng), the seminar on Tone Influencing Pattern for Children with Cerebral Palsy on October 11, 2009 will be moved to November 15, 2009 (sunday). please contact Bobath [...]
When & Where November 6, 7, 8, 2009 Hyatt Regency Bethesda, Maryland (Washington, DC Metro Area) Theme: Autism Spectrum Disorders: What Works and Why? Presentations on Critical Issues for Children With ASD Developmental Interventions for Children with ASD and Evidence of their Success Medical and Neurological Concerns that Interfere with Learning Transforming our Educational Institutions [...]
Autism Society Philippines is hosting back to back seminars on 26 September 2009. A. FACILITATING COMMUNICATION AT HOME AND SCHOOL (9:00am-12:00nn) Speaker: Ms Kate Reyes This lecture is designed to help parents and professionals in facilitating communication and language acquisition at home and school. It will include discussions of play and language as well as [...]
When & Where 3 – 5 February 2010 Philippine International Conventon Center (PICC) Manila, Philippines Project Objective This conference is presented by the leading team of experts from the M.I.N.D. Institute of the University of California Davis. Their goal for this event is to reach out to their international Asian autism communities by presenting the [...]
September 16 is National School Backpack Awareness Day in the US. The American Occupational Therapy Association is offering their Event Planning Toolkit to help OTs raise awareness by educating the public about backpack, purse, and briefcase safety. Here’s a little trivia on the improper use of bags that may prompt you to join the AOTA [...]
If you haven’t seen the cardboard displays yet, September 21st is World Alzheimer’s Day. Alzheimer’s Disease International, the umbrella organization of Alzheimer associations around the world, explains the theme for this year’s event. The theme for World Alzheimer’s Day™ 2009 is ‘Diagnosing Dementia: See It Sooner’. In our materials and activities we will focus on [...]
The Philippine Physical Therapy Association wishes to invite everyone to watch out for the following features of the Association in Philippine Media. PPTA representatives and their Occupational Therapy Association of the Philippines counterparts shall appear in “Happy Talk”, a Destiny Cable show hosted and produced by Caloy Atayde. Make sure you’ve got your LCD tvs [...]
OT-Advantage.com has another free webinar for occupational therapists. This will be on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 1 pm EST. A free 60-minute webinar covering topics related to business start-up, financing, marketing, and how to network. This is a great webinar for individuals interested in starting their own practice or OT related business. Make sure [...]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Disability and Rehabilitation (DAR) has issued its August Newsletter to visitors on their website. The August issue features the following: Task Force on Disability update World report: make it personal! CRPD update WHO Global Strategy on Leprosy 50 years of collaboration: WFOT and WHO Occupational Therapy: the difference between [...]
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