Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP)

Who is this course for?

For registered health professionals, this live training offers an opportunity for occupational therapists and physiotherapists working with adults and children (OVER 4 YEARS of age) with neurological or developmental conditions to learn the CO-OP Approach.

What does CO-OP do?

CO-OP enables skill acquisition, problem solving and generalization and transfer of skills to the real world in a variety of rehabilitation populations, including developmental coordination disorder, autism, acquired brain injury, cerebral palsy, dystonia and stroke.

When does it run

9/10 June , 2025 (2 full days face to face training) with follow-up consolidation sessions running on-line (ZOOM) 22/23 October 2025

You will attend one half-day session on one of the consolidation days to present a case where you have used the CO-OP approach, this session will be on-line.

To complete the training and receive an attendance certificate participants must attend both full days in November and a March half-day consolidation day session. If you are unable to attend the consolidation session alater session can be attended but this will incur an additional £35 admin cost.

Presented by:

Guest trainer Dr Sara McEwen (Regional Research and Evaluation Lead, North East Specialized Geriatric Centre; Affiliate Scientist, Health Sciences North Research Instititute; and Independent Health Research & Education Consultant, Canada) has a background in physiotherapy and research, and has focused on developing and evaluating combined cognitive and motor interventions for people living with stroke and cancer, as well as implementing and evaluating interventions and programs.

Dr Hortensia Gimeno is Clinical Reader in Child Health Research, Barts Bone and Joint Health, Queen Mary University of London and Associate Director for Therapies Research, Barts Health NHS Trust, NIHR Advanced Fellow. Hortensia is an Occupational therapist and active researcher with a background in community paediatrics.

Anne Corbett MSc DipCOT has over 25 years experience as a children's occupational therapist and NHS manager of community therapy service and is director of Learning2Practice.

In this training you will learn:

• The rationale for using for using cognitive task orientated approaches
• The evidence for CO-OP
• The seven key features of CO-OP including dynamic performance analysis, guided discovery, and cognitive strategy use.

and experience:

• The use of dynamic performance analysis
• The use of global and domain specific strategies
• The use of guided discovery
• An evidence-based framework for practice

The second stage is a consolidation session that occurs in October 2025. After practicing CO-OP in your own clinical setting, you will return to join a small group half-day session to present a case study, discuss successes and challenges with implementing CO-OP, and have an opportunity for further practice of the areas presenting the greatest challenge

To learn more about the CO-OP approach visit :

https://icancoop.org/

To understand more about the approach watch Prof. Helene Polatajko's TED talk explaining the principles behind CO-OP and learning/re-learning skills.