Environmental Home Modifications – The Basics is a comprehensive two-day workshop designed to build a strong foundation in this practice area. Presented by highly experienced occupational therapist, Sandi Lightfoot-Collins with more than 40 years of clinical expertise, this workshop blends theory with hands-on, practical learning to support occupational therapists to develop confidence, competence, and professional readiness.  

Whether you are early in your career or seeking to strengthen your environmental modification capabilities, this workshop provides clear, structured guidance with real-world application and examples. 

Across two interactive days, participants will work through measurement, design, and clinical reasoning tasks using a client-centred and evidence-informed framework. You will gain essential skills for collaborating with clients, builders, and funders, while learning how to navigate legislative requirements and reduce clinical risk.  

What You Will Learn / Learning Objectives 

By attending this workshop, you will be able to: 

• Translate theoretical knowledge into practical environmental modifications 

• Understand legislative, building code, and client-centred requirements influencing design 

• Apply structured clinical reasoning to the assessment, planning, and design process 

• Create accurate scale drawings to represent environmental changes 

• Develop clear, defensible written and diagrammatic documentation to support recommendations 

• Identify key design considerations for bathroom and access modifications 

• Understand anthropometric principles and their impact on design decisions 

• Articulate the relationship between OT models, theories, and funding scheme expectations 

• Recognise the role of the environment as a core concept in occupational therapy and its impact on participation 

Why Attend? 

• Gain essential practical skills you can apply immediately in home modification assessments 

• Build confidence and capability in prescribing safe, functional, and compliant modifications 

• Strengthen your clinical reasoning through real case examples and applied practice tasks 

• Reduce professional risk through improved understanding of legislation, documentation, and ethical practice 

• Receive training aligned with the OTA Capability Framework – Supporting People with Environmental and Home Modifications, supporting your professional growth and competence 

This 2-day workshop provides the essential foundation every occupational therapist needs to conduct safe, client-centred, and effective home modifications, empowering OTs to deliver high-quality services to support client safety, independence, and quality of life. 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? 
Any Career Stage

DATE: Friday 20th February 2026 to Saturday 21st February 2026 (2 days)

TIME: 

9.00am - 5:00pm (both days) 

Registration from 8.30am-9.00am  

VENUE:
Sydney CBD (Venue to be confirmed)

CPD HOURS: 
Total CPD claimable workshop hours: 15 hours 
Please allow 48 hours for your CPD Certificate to be loaded in your CPD Tracker after course completion. 

ACCESS: 
Participants will be able to access the course materials online in their OTA account for the event and for a further 12 weeks after the event  

WORKSHOP DETAILS 
**Please note: all participants must bring scale ruler, pencils, rubbers and retractable tape measure.**

REGISTRATION FEES & INCLUSIONS 

EARLY BIRD FEES: Register on or before 18 January 2026

OTA Member: $870
Student New Graduate: $780 
Non Member: $1,130
(All pricing is inclusive of GST) 

STANDARD FEES: Book on or after 19 January 2026

OTA Member: $960 
Student / New Graduate: $870
Non Member: $1,250 

(All pricing is inclusive of GST)

*Registrations close at 11:55pm AEDT on 8th February 2026 

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INCLUSIONS: 
Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided. Please note any dietary requirements are confirmed at time of registration. 

DISCLAIMER 
All information is correct at the time of publication. OTA reserves the right to alter or delete items from the CPD calendar as required, and takes no responsibility for any errors, omissions and changes. 
All workshop resources including copies of the presentation, along with all supporting documents and links are not for distribution and are the property of the presenter. 
An OTA staff member or representative may be photographing this event for use in OTA publications and/ or on OTA social media sites. If you do not wish to be photographed, or have your image published please make this known to the OTA representative at your course or contact OTA on 1300 682 878 or at info@otaus.com.au 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS 
Terms and Conditions including OTA’s refund and cancellation policy are available here  

CONTACT US 
Please email info@otaus.com.au or phone 1300 682 878