Hey ,

Today I wanted to bring your attention to our upcoming Wired Weekly this week because our lovely Vandana is asking for some extra eyes and the collective wisdom of the crowd to help think through a case study with a child who has Goldenhar syndrome and left sided weakness with dystonia. See below for details.

This is our wrap up week of OPC - it's a great time to reflect on what you've taken away from this spotlight and how you will use it to change your practice.

Next week we transition to all things Interoception, adding another layer of understanding to the many moving pieces that influence our kids and our practice.

I've listed the main topics from each our our OPC spotlight activities at the end of this email so you can quickly jump in to anything you want to refresh or catch up on.

And in a nutshell, here's what's happening this week in The Wired Collective

1 - Wired Weeklies are on this week. Last week we had some great discussions on spinal neuromodulation research, orthotics, movement analysis and a more - you never know where the conversation goes. This week, we'll be discussing Goldenhar syndrome and dystonia with Vandana. The link and times are in the dashboard under [Calendar].

There are two session this week - join one, join both. Please note, as Wired Weekly-1 is a member share, we will be on Zoom for that.

Times and Links Here!

If you'd like to grab a wired weekly spot for a member share, scroll down the [Calendar] page and find a time that works for you. It could be a case you want to get some feedback on, an article you'd love to discuss, a topic you want to have a pow-wow about? This is where it happens. Drop in for connection and inspiration. Wired Weeklies are spontaneous and low key. They are not recorded because what happens in a Wired Weekly, stays in a Wired Weekly - but you can be sure it will leave you feeling connected, energised and inspired.

2 - A Question Challenge - because (A) in the Wired Collective we place curiosity as one of our highest values and (B) the quality of your questions determine the quality of your interventions and (C) The Wired Collective is a great place to practice your curiosity and your question asking skills - this week I'm challenging you to a Question challenge. So...

What's ONE question you have about interoception?

Hit reply and pop it in an email. You'll seriously make my day!!

And you'll be exercising your curiosity muscle 💪

3 - We've been doing an Accelerator Pods for a bunch of us who recently took Susan Hastings course and it's been soooo good to have a group of like minded souls who hold each other accountable to reviewing, discussing, implementing and improving on what we learned from the course.

This Accelerator Pod has been such a powerful and FÜN way to optimise the amazing power of the collective. I'm betting there's a few of you who have a passion topic or a recent course that you wanted to test out in a 6 week accelerator pod. If you do, just hit reply here and tell me about it so I can help round up a bunch of equally enthusiastic souls and give you the structure for how we've been doing this in our Spark Accelerator.

AND just in case you missed it...

4 - Our Amazing Members!

Ever since we had Sarah Clayton as our spotlight guest in The Wired Collective, there's been a core of members who have become absolutely passionate about 24 Hour Postural Care. One of those members is our very own Jane Hamer and Jane is redoing a presentation that she presented with a colleague at the 2023 Oceania Seating Symposium in Melbourne that was focused on

• Reframing messaging around 24hr postural care appropriate to the priorities of the person and their family/carers
• Describing stages of sleep and strategies to improve sleep onset and maintenance.
• Identifying 3 indicators for supported lying positions at night for people with complex needs.
• Utilising at least 3 outcome measures to quantify change through night-time positioning interventions.

Jane is inviting Wired Collective members to listen in!!

Here are the details:

Night-time is Complex - juggling health, sleep and postural care

WHEN: Thursday 7th March 1.00pm-2.30pm NZ time (Check HERE in your timezone)

Hosted on Zoom Link: https://waitematadhb.zoom.us/j/2452180642?omn=99372434669

Thanks for the invite Jane!!

With so much enthusiasm,

Mindy

PS. here's the summary

1 - Wired Weeklies - Join it!

2 - Question Challenge - Ask it!

3 - Accelerator Pod - Do it!

4 - 24 Hour Postural Care - Catch it

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Here's your OPC Cheat Sheet:

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S1: Occupation, Goal-Setting, and Influencing Factors: Unpacking OPC

• Defining 'Occupation' in Occupational Therapy
• Significance of Occupational Performance Coaching (OPC)
• Embedding OPC in Environmental Context
• Goal Setting in Therapeutic Context
• Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors

S2: Communication and Goal Setting

• Power dynamics
• Goal setting in therapy
• Communication skill strategies

S3: Teams, usual care & messy conversations

• Working in teams
• When coaching is worse than usual care
• What to say when the conversation starts to feel messy

S4: Parents, Kids and Conflicting Goals

• Helping parent's find their voice
• Long term thinking
• Goal alignment between parents and children
• When do you need an OPC approach?

S5: Unpacking the Elements of Effective Coaching

• Developing your coaching skills
• Signs of effective and ineffective coaching conversations
• Comparing coaching frameworks
• Core elements

S6: Trauma-Informed Care, Behavioral Goals, and Meaningful Conversations in Equipment Provision

• Sitting with difficult emotions
• Equipment and broader conversations about values and beliefs
• Defining target goals in observable behavioral terms
• A revolving door for families?

S7: Aspirations, Hope and Reality

• Shifting goals from tasks to value based goals
• The value of maintaining hope
• Celebrating achievements along the way
• Meaning focused conversations as therapy in and of themselves
• Identifying coaching principles.
• Open-ended questions.

LC 1: A coaching session review with Stephanie

• Using visualization and its role in goal achievement.
• Breaking up the 'talk' session with physical practice of physical goals.
• To note-taking or not to note-take during the session?
• Using props or visual aids, such as a storyboard
• Using a goal, plan, do, and check approach (Co-Op)
• The significance of clarity in goal-setting and identifying specific steps
• Engaging in real-life situations to evaluate and refine goals around skills.

LC 2: Follow up with Stephanie

• Engaging with visions, goals.
• Focusing on one small goal.
• Including physical practice.
• Supporting autonomy.
• Engagement, Visualization, and Practice

LC 3: Merryn - A role play to navigate conflicting goals

• The importance of the parents voice
• Developing agency
• Taking time

A Wise Table with Dr Fi Graham and Dr Jacqui Barfoot

• Internal Working Model & Developmental Challenges
• Emotional Availability & Responsiveness
• Space, Time & Identifying Developmental Barriers
• Parental Intentions, Goals, and Expectations
• Reflective Practice & Professional Development
• Deep Understanding & Values
• Clinician Perspective & Therapeutic Methodology
• Therapy Session Structure - The Arc of the Session

Scholar Sips Café

• The CMAP Book
• Implementing the CMAP Book in Various Contexts
• Addressing Challenges and Future Developments
• Research strengths and pitfalls

The Mana Study

• Study design and understanding research
• Challenges of implementing OPC in real-world service delivery contexts
• Outcome measures
• Training and fidelity
• Intrinsic Motivations

Jump into OPC Here!

PPS - did you know you can find all the past Wired Collective Content in the Hub? Just click the BIG blue Hub button at the top of your Dashboard

PPPS - interested in meeting up in Cairns Australia for the ACCPDM conference? YES!! reply back to this email and let me know!!