Assistive Technology Interest Group
Assistive Technology Interest Group invites you to their September meeting
Program Overview
This is a free, member only session.
Please join the Assistive Technology Interest Group Community via OTA Connect here before registering.
OVERVIEW
This group aims to:
- Provide a forum to disuss/share knowledge of innocative and new assistive technologies/equipment
- Facilitate nerworking and sharing of resources
- Provide and promote ongoing professional development to encourage up to date knowledge of the latest research and information on best practice guidelines
- Discuss advice for clinical justification for funding of products
MEETING DETAILS
TOPIC:
Best practice when assessing supported lying
PRESENTER:
Denise Luscombe
DATE:
Monday 15th September 2025
TIME:
11:00am - 12:00pm | NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, QLD
10:30pm - 11:30am | SA, NT
9:00am - 10:00am | WA
MEETING PLATFORM:
This session will be run on the Zoom Webinar Platform. Registrants will be sent separate login details one business day prior to the session. Please check all email folders for this information.
Please also ensure you have created a Free Zoom account prior to meeting start time.
REGISTRATION FEES & INFORMATION
OTA Member: Free
If you are a non member who wishes to attend please contact us to discuss your options.
Registrations close Thursday 11 September 2025,11.59pm AEST
MEETING DOCUMENTS & RESOURCES
Agendas, resources and meeting record form are available for members to download in the Community via OTA Connect, once we have received these from the convenors. This meeting will not be recorded.
You must be logged into your OTA Connect Dashboard access this page.
DISCLAIMER
Any material, content, advice or resources shared and discussed at interest groups is general in nature and is used to guide peer discussion and support only. Occupational Therapy Australia encourages all participants to think critically and appraise the content for individual circumstances. Occupational Therapy Australia does not necessarily endorse content delivered in these formats and accepts no liability for any consequences resulting from adhering to the content shared at interest groups. All opinions expressed by the convenor or other participants are the opinions of those individuals and do not represent or reflect the views of Occupational Therapy Australia, its affiliates or employees.
Interest Group Participants
By registering to attend, participants agree to actively contribute and show respect to all other participants. We ask you to take personal notes and monitor the Interest Group webpage for meeting resources. Occupational Therapy Australia reserves the right to remove members from an Interest Group at its discretion.
Presented By
Denise Luscombe
Presenter
Denise is a paediatric physiotherapist who has worked in the field of paediatrics, disability and early childhood Intervention (ECI) for over 35 years. Denise is a founding member and current chair of PRECI. Denise was the PRECI Project lead for the DSS-commissioned project developing the 2025 National Best Practice Framework for Early Childhood Intervention. In the early 2000’s, Denise led a project changing the WA Disability Services Commission ECI model to a key worker (Team around the Child) model. This included the introduction of family-centred practice, routines-based interviewing and other key best practices. Denise has co-authored a chapter Working with families as part of early childhood intervention services: Family-centred practice in an individualised funding landscape in ‘Early Childhood Intervention – working with families of young children with special needs’ (2017) Editors: Carl Dunst and Hanan Sukkar, co-authored an international guide: ‘Are you worried about your child?’ to support families with complex needs with Peter Limbrick (UK) (2018), and co-authored the Best Practice in ECI Report (2018). To support families with their journey in ECI, Denise was involved in a video series titled ‘Your child, your family and early childhood intervention: Family Perspectives (https://youtu.be/DbuV4isNLDI) translated into 5 different languages, and guides supporting understanding of the national guidelines titled ‘Working Together, therapy in the early years’, (2019). Denise has provided support and training on evidence-informed ECI both within Australia and overseas including St Petersburg, UK, Prague, Ukraine and Lisbon, and continues to provide support and training to interstate and overseas ECI teams, organisations, professionals and families on implementation of best practice in ECI and supported lying.