Description
This specialist workshop offers more than just a skill upgrade – it’s a pivotal step in refining your clinical reasoning and strengthening the quality of your assessments. By learning to conduct and interpret clinical observations with greater precision across the lifespan, you will gain a powerful lens to uncover subtle sensory and motor challenges that often underlie participation difficulties.
Whether you work in mental health, learning disabilities, paediatrics, physical rehabilitation, or community-based practice, this workshop will sharpen your ability to link observable behaviours with underlying neurological processes. You’ll move beyond checklists and standardised tools alone, learning to confidently use clinical observations as a meaningful, evidence-informed part of your assessment toolkit.
Expect to walk away with practical frameworks, enhanced confidence, and a more individualised approach to intervention planning, ensuring your clients receive the most relevant, functional, and responsive support possible.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Trace the evolution of clinical observations and their relevance in current practice
- Distinguish between structured and unstructured observation techniques
- Interpret clinical data to inform evidence-based interventions
- Differentiate sensory integration challenges from other influences on function
- Confidently integrate observation findings into therapy plans across life stages
Suggested Pre-reading:
Neural Foundations of Ayres’ Sensory Integration®️ – Lane et al, 2019
