6TH ASIA PACIFIC OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CONGRESS

KIA MAHI TAHI TTOU, KIA ORA TAHI AI - DOING WELL TOGETHER
14 - 17 SEPTEMBER 2015, ROTORUA ENERGY EVENTS CENTRE, ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND

TE HUI TE WATAKA - CONGRESS PROGRAMME

MONDAY 14 SEPTEMBER
9.00 - 11.00 Powhiri/Welcome and Opening Address
11.00 - 11.30 Morning Tea
11.30 - 1.00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: BEST OF PRACTICE AND THEORY - PROFESSOR MARY LAW Ph.D., FCAOT
Ph.D., FCAOT. Mary is a professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster
University, Canada; holds the John and Margaret Lillie chair in Childhood Disability
Research; and is co-founder of CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research,
a multidisciplinary research centre at McMaster University. Marys research centres
on the development and validation of client-centred outcome measures, evaluation
1.00 - 2.00
2.00 - 3.30

Lunch

of occupational therapy interventions with children, the effect of environmental factors on the participation of
children with disabilities in everyday occupations, and transfer of research knowledge into practice. She is the lead
author of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM). Mary is a Fellow of the Canadian Association
of Occupational Therapists and has been elected to the American Occ upational Therapy Foundation Academy of
Research and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

POSTER SESSION

CONCURRENT SESSION ONE: MONDAY 14 SEPTEMBER (2.00PM - 3.30PM)

Plenary Workshop

Sharing Practice Insights and Stories

Sharing the Best of Practice & Theory

Sharing the Best of Practice and Theory

Strengthening Communities

Workshop

Sharing Practice Insights &

Stories (Research).
Dr Mandy Stanley, Ph.D

Relationship Between Self-Awareness and

Employment Outcome in People With
Cognitive Dysfunction.
Keisuke Kawahito & Emi Ito

University Students With Mental Illness: A

theory of comfort and discomfort impacting
occupational participation.
Priscilla Ennals, Ellie Fossey & Linsey Howie

Adult Attachment and Approaches to

Activity Engagement in Chronic Pain.
Pamela Meredith, Nicole Andrews
& Jenny Strong

Peer Leaders: Their role in supporting

community groups.
Linda Robertson, Beatrice Hale
& Debra Waters

2.152.30

Navigating Many Worlds: Occupational

therapists providing short-term loan
equipment.
Marie Chester & Clare Hocking

Making Your Academic Self Count:

Performance metrics occupational therapy
educators and researchers should be
aware of.
Ted Brown

Case Studies on Self-Regulation Learning

in Improving Fine Motor Skills of Children
With Cerebral Palsy in a School-Based
Setting.
Karen Liu, Carby Lok, Rita Chan,
& Andrew Siu

The Influence of the Social Environment on

Childrens Play at School.
Michelle Villeneuve, Grace Spencer, Jo
Ragen, Kassia Beetham & Anita Bundy

Life Doesnt Stop After Vision

Loss: Occupational therapy for
vision impairment.
Mary Butler & Hannah Sinclair

2.302.45

Turning Knowledge Into Practice: An

exploratory study into the use of PRPP in
Aotearoa New Zealand practice.
Frank Lu & Linda Robertson

Perspectives of Graduates on Their Learning

During an International Occupational
Therapy Experience.
Fenja Jones & Mary Butler

Critical Moments in the Transformation of

Occupational Therapy Practice.
Ellen Nicholson, Clare Hocking
& Marion Jones

Older Asian Immigrants Strengthening

Community Health Through Doing
Occupations Together.
Valerie Wright St Clair & Shoba Nayar

2.453.00

Occupational Therapy: The promise and the

paradox.
Grace OSullivan

Comparison of On-Campus and Hybrid

Student Outcomes in Doctoral Occupational
Therapy Education.
Keli Mu, Brenda Coppard, Al Bracciano
& Chris Bradberry

Relationship of Sensory Processing Function

and Behaviours in Children? A study with
typical school children.
Farahiyah Wan Yanus, Karen Liu, Michelle
Bissett, Stefania Penkala & Masne Kadar

Weathering Disaster and Contingency

Planning for People with Disability.
Nicola Billing

3.003.15

Perception of the Learning Environment by

Occupational Therapy Students in Singapore
and Their Approaches to Learning.
Hua Beng Lim, Mei-Zhi Alicia, Jingyi Priscilla
Chan, Hazwani Ruthlan & Peijun Zona Yong

Salutogenesis and Occupational Therapy

Education: From the curriculum to a
professional practice based on Antonovskys
ideas.
Matthias Meller

The Effects of Cognitive Rehabilitation on

Functional Independence, Life Quality and
Participation of Stroke Patients.
Gonca Bumin & zden Erkan

A Caf on the Premises of an Aged Care

Facility: More than just froth?
Alexa Andrew

3.153.25

Occupational Therapy in the Context of a

Natural Disaster: A scoping review.
Yunwha Jeong, Mary Law, Paul Stratford,
Carol Dematteo & Hwan Kim

The Effect of Passive Limb Activation on

Wheelchair Driving for Patients With
Unilateral Spatial Neglect.
Nao Yoshihiro & Emi Ito

The Impact of Dialysis on Occupational

Roles of Middle-Aged Female Patient.
Chia Wei Huang, Li Chien Su, Yi Chien Wu,
Wan Lun Hsu & Yi Jou Cheng

A Study on Perception of the Labourers

About Their Physical and Environmental
Risks and Hazards During Working in
Sawmills at Savar.
Mohammad Khan

2.002.15

3.30 - 4.00

Afternoon Tea

POSTER SESSION
1

Monday 14 September continued

CONCURRENT SESSION TWO: MONDAY 14 SEPTEMBER (4.00PM - 5.00PM)

4.00 - 5.00

Workshop

Sharing Practice Insights and Stories

Sharing the Best of Practice and Theory

Sharing Technology in Practice

Creative Partnerships

Workshop

Questions About Sex: What is

our role?
Natalie Hamam

Using Digital Storytelling as an Occupational

Therapy Educational Tool.
Hilary Blamires

Self-management After Stroke: What do we

know and how should we move forward?
Sandy Rutherford, Ann Sezier, Suzie Mudge,
Nicola Kayes & Kathryn McPerson

Using an iPhone to Measure Upper Limb

Range of Movement After Stroke: A
psychometric study.
Natalie Chew, Natasha Lannin,
Kate OCallaghan, Eloise Thompson
& Emma Schneider

Usefulness of the Make-a-Box-Test Battery

to Assess and Form a Rapport With
Reformatory Inmates.
Noriko Tomioka

Reflecting on and Developing

Bicultural Practice in Aotearoa
New Zealand. (To be confirmed)

4.154.30

The Implementation of the Occupational

Therapy Student Supervision Facilitation
Process Tool: An overview and evaluation.
Sharon Glass, Judith Talbot, Melaine Farlie
& Ted Brown

Developing Research Skills in Clinicians: A

departmental approach based on research
skills development framework.
Natasha Lannin & Jacqui Morarty

Beyond Whats in the Equipment

Storeroom: Effective everyday
technologies for independent living.
Natasha Layton & Alexandra Andrews

A Computer-Assisted Cognitive
Rehabilitation for Clients With
Schizophrenia in Mental Health Centre.
Shu-Jen Lu, Yen-Ling Chen & Ay-Woan Pan

4.304.45

The Perceived Value of a Case Manager

Based System in Facilitating the Return-toWork Process.
Doreen Yeo, Heidi Tan & Joanna Giam

Sexuality and Chronic Obstructive

Pulmonary Disease: A critical research
synthesis.
William Levack

Characteristics in the EEG and Autonomic

Reflex During Different Drawing Tasks.
Sayoko Kawabata & Yasushi Sakai

Facilitating a Consumer-Led Research

Project in Mental Health: Sharing our
experiences.
Nicola Hancock, Anne Honey
& Justin Scanian

4.455PM

Walking Interviews and Their Relevance

to Occupational Therapy Research and
Practice.
Penelope Kinney

Effectiveness of Occupational
Therapy Counselling for Patients With
Cerebrovascular Disorder.
Nobuo Ohshima, Takashi Shimooka,
Hisayuki Nakamoto & Kazuhiko Seki

Use of the Home Falls and Accidents

Screening Tool (HOME FAST) by Malaysians
Without a Health Background.
Muhammad Romli, Lynette Mackenzi, Maw
Pin Tan, Meyl Lovarini & Lindy Clemson

Toilet Training, Past and Present Discourses.

Rita Robinson, Clare Hocking
& Deborah Payne

4.004.15

Welcome reception and trade exhibit opening, kindly brought to you by The Bidet Shop

5.30 - 6.30

End of day 1

TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER
9.00 - 9.10
Mihi/Welcome
9.10 - 10.30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: TSUYOSHI SATO LECTURE - 2015 RECIPIENT DR LYLE DUQUE Msc, OTRP, FOTAP
Lyle is programme director and founder of Life Skills Therapy Center in Tarlac City,
Philippines, and programme coordinator for education for the World Federation
of Occupational Therapists. His interests range from practice and research in
developmental disabilities, sensory integration and policy development, to
running marathons.
10.30 - 11.00

Morning Tea

11.00 - 12.30

CONCURRENT SESSION THREE: TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER (11.00AM-12.30PM)

11.0011.15

11.1511.30

11.3011.45

The Sato Lectureship award was established in honour of Professor Tsuyoshi Sato, a key instigator of the formation of the
Asia Pacific occupational therapy regional group (APOTRG) and the Asia Pacific Occupational Therapy Congress (APOTC).
The award aims to stimulate interest in the development and advancement of occupational therapy, particularly in the
Asia-Pacific region; and to inspire members of the profession through the sharing of knowledge and experience in research,
education and the practice of occupational therapy. Dr Lyle Duque is the 3rd recipient of the award since its inception.

Plenary Workshop

Sharing Practice Insights and Stories

Sharing the Best of Practice & Theory

Sharing the Best of Practice and Theory

Strengthening Communities

Workshop

Across Cultures
(Culturally Safe Practice).
Jane Hopkirk, Dip OT, MPhil
(Mori Health), NZROT,
OTNZM, MNZCEH, 2012 Frances
Rutherford Award

No-ones Told me Why I had a Stroke:

Forming a causal model to facilitate
recovery.
Sandy Rutherford, Clare Hocking, Alice
Theadom & Kathryn McPherson

An Exploration of Occupational Therapists

Perception of Their Professional Identity in
Monash Health.
Ciara Ryan, Heather Davey, Elizabeth
Castles, Sharon Glass & Heather Marks

Movement Changes due to Hemiplegia

in Stroke Survivors: A hermeneutic
phenomenological study.
Risa Takashima & Kazuko Saeki

Dementia Specific Training for Community

Service Providers: An evaluation.
Grace OSullivan, Clare Hocking
& Kathryn McPherson

Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Their

Associations With Ergonomic Physical Risk
Factors of the Homemakers in Bangladesh.
Mohammad Habib

The Qu.E.S.T. (Quality of Experience

Spending Time): Field-testing a self-report
assessment.
Steve Park, Anita Bundy & Clemson Lindy

Using the Extended ICF Core Set for Stroke

to Audit a Community Stroke Teams
Interventions.
Melissa Evans, Clare Hocking & Paula
Kersten

Walking in Anothers Shoes: Developing

positive wellbeing for people living with
dementia.
Maria Scott-Multani & Lynley Wills

Using Te Roopu Pakiwaitara

(Storytelling) to Promote
Recovery Within a Maaori
Mental Health Community
Team.
Jenni Stembridge de Aguilera,
Amy Morris, Miriam Tihi, Aroha
Waru & Renee Bradfield

Motor Performance and School-Related

Functions of Taiwanese Children With
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD) in the Late Elementary School Years.
Chien-Ying Yang

Validating the Functional Autonomy

Measurement System for Routine
Assessment of Activities of Daily Living.
Natasha Lannin, Laura Jolliffe, Jacqui
Morarty, Dina Watterson & Ralda Bourne

The Role of the Occupational Therapist in

Neurological Vision Impairment.
Mary Butler & Evelien Hollestielle

Preparing New Graduate Occupational

Therapists to Navigate Workplace Cultures
and Contexts: A grounded theory.
Carolyn Murray, Ian Edwards, Merrill Turpin
& Mark Jones

CONCURRENT SESSION THREE continued

Plenary Workshop

Sharing Practice Insights and Stories

Sharing the Best of Practice & Theory

Sharing the Best of Practice and Theory

Strengthening Communities

Workshop

See above

Early Mobilisation of Critically Ill Population

and Role of Occupational Therapy.
Shubhangi Sharma

Examining Reliability and Validity of RTI-E

for use With Intellectual Disability (ID)
Population in Singapore.
So Sin Sim, Kaien Hong, Yong Yun Kuan,
Swee Ting Quek & Weien Joel Tan

Ready-to-Wear Garments for Burns Scar

Management: Cheaper, quicker, but are we
compromising patient outcomes?
Clare Batkin & Michelle McSweeney

Decolonising Me: Preparation for doctoral

studies and research with iwi.
Isla Emery-Wittington

See above

12.0012.15

A Coffee Group: Celebrating being together

in an acute inpatient psychiatric ward for
older adults.
Anne-Marie Leith

Outcome of Vocational Training in

Electronics for People With Complete
Paraplegia After Returning to Community.
Mohammad Hossain & Luthfun Nahar

Are Patient Goals Holding Them Back?:

An evidence-based model to guide goal
planning.
Kim Walder

Sharing Food Baskets: Weaving together

research and policy to deliver assistive
technology solutions.
Natasha Leyton

12.1512.25

Level of Caregiver Burden: A study of

caregivers of stroke survivors at CRP in
Bangladesh.
Yeasir Arafat, Nazmun Nahar
& Salma Begum

An Investigation of the Relationship

Between Job Satisfaction and Work
Function, Stress, and Quality of Life, of Blue
Versus White Collar Workers.
Gokcen Akyurek, Gonca Bumin, Ahsen Irmak
& Deniz Yuce

Weaving New Food Baskets: Enabling a

good life through contemporary disability
support.
Cath Williams

11.4512.00

12.30 - 1.30

Lunch

1.30 - 3.00

CONCURRENT SESSION FOUR: TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER (1.30PM-3.00PM)

POSTER SESSION

Plenary Workshop

Sharing Practice Insights and Stories

Sharing the Best of Practice & Theory

Sharing the Best Of Practice & Theory

Sharing Technology in Practice

Workshop

1.301.45

Best of Practice and Theory.

Professor Mary Law, Ph.D.,
FCAOT

Vocational Workshops to Assist Clients With

Mental Illness on Their Return to Work
Journeys.
Joanne Robertson, Ellie Fossey, Anne
Williams & Frank McNeil

Making It Real: Assessing undergraduate

occupational therapy students professional
reasoning skills using a time-limited
assignment.
Natalie Hamam & Kim Lustig

Shaping Occupation-Based Practices

Through Using Theoretical Knowledge in
Mental Health Practice.
Samantha Ashby

Robotic-Assisted Therapy Devices in

Neurorehabilitation: Are they motivating
and do gains transfer to everyday living?
Johanne Walker, Sarah Kokodziej
& Vicki Abraham

1.452.00

Kindly brought to you by

Invacare

Effectiveness of Sensory Modulation for

Improving the Mental Health of Youth in a
Community Setting.
Erin Mackinder & Linda Bowden

Developing Reflective Practitioners.

Jackie Herkt

Can Occupational Therapists Working in

Mental Health Deliver Occupation-Focused
Interventions via Online Media?
Muriel Cummins

Performance Deference After Action

Observation From Different Perspectives.
Akio Ueda, Hiroshi Kurumadani, Shota Date,
Tomoshi Watanabe & Toru Sunagawa

Critiquing Qualitative Research

as a Means to Strengthen
Evidence Based Occupational
Therapy Practice.
Kirk Reed, Mandy Stanley
& Ellen Nicholson

2.002.15

Evaluation of a National Supported

Employment Programme for People With
Mental Health Problems.
Bhing-Leet Tan

Traumatic Brain Injury and Early Life

Experiences Among Men and Women in a
Prison Population.
Hwan Kim, Angela Colantonio, Stefan Allen,
Mark Asbridge & Josian Petgrave

Social Occupational Therapy: Sharing a

community experience with poor youth.
Ana Malfitano & Roseli Lopes

iPad Technology as a Teaching and Learning

Tool.
Lee Zakrzewski & Michelle Bissett

2.152.30

Innovative Use of Sensory Modulation

Improves Coping in the Community in Older
Persons Mental Health.
Sharyn Creighton & Laura Haslam

Theoretical Models of Practice: Academics

and clinicians working well together in
central South Africa.
Mia Vermaak

Perceptions of Occupational Therapy

Students on the Learning Clinic Experience:
A qualitative study.
Wan Ru Tan, Lydia Yeung, Teri Tham, Siti
Mariam Amir & Sim Swen Puay

DriveSafe DriveAware Touch Screen Test:

A valid screening tool for cognitive fitness
to drive?
Beth Cheal & Melinda Cooper

2.302.45

Client Centred Goal Planning, Supported

by Interdisciplinary Practice Experience
and Research, Improving Rehabilitation
Outcomes.
Madison Chilton

Everyday Technology Use: A complementary

approach when evaluating everyday
functioning in people with acquired brain
injury?
Anders Kottorp, Mandana Fallahpour, Maria
Larsson-Lund & Louise Nyfard

Test-Retest Reliability of the Comprehensive

Occupational Therapy Evaluation Scale in
Patients With Schizophrenia.
Kuan-Yu Lai, En-Chi Chiu, Kung-Hsien Lee,
Shuo-Fen Hsu & Ai-Lun Liu

Rehabilitation of Unilateral Neglect

Using Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulation and Sensory Cueing in PostStroke Patients.
Yonghong Yang, Kenneth Fong & Shaxin Liu

2.452.55

Investigating the Effects of Student-Lecturer

Group Facilitation in Preparation of
Occupational Therapy Students for Mental
Health Fieldwork.
So Sin Sim

Accessibility Issues for Inclusion of Children

with Cerebral Palsy Into Mainstream
Schools in Bangladesh.
Mahabubur Rahman

Improving the Review Clinic Process for

Clients With Complex Wheelchair and
Seating Needs.
Alexandra Sorhage, Liz Turnbull, Henry
Bertulfo & Kate Truman

3.00 - 3.30

Afternoon Tea

POSTER SESSION
3

CONCURRENT SESSION FIVE: TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER (3.30PM-5.00PM)

3.30 - 5.00

Workshop

Sharing Practice Insights and Stories

Sharing the Best of Practice & Theory

Practicing Across Cultures

Creative Partnerships

Short Workshops

Living and Ageing With

Cognitive Impairments.
Anders Kottorp, Anna Brorsson,
Camilla Malinowsky, Tina Helle
& Meryl Lovarin

Occupational Therapy in Acute Care:

Helping clients to make connections with
themselves.
Linda Robertson & Sonya Wilson

Identifying Developmental Coordination

Disorder in Australian Preschool Children:
The Little Developmental Coordination
Disorder Questionnaire - Australia.
Leah Snowden, Ann Kennedy-Behr
& Sylvia Rodger

Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the

Participation and Environment Measure for
Children and Youth in Korean Population.
Yunwha Jeong, Mary Law, Paul Stratford,
Carol Dematteo & Hwan Kim

The Transformative Power of Therapeutic

Theatre: Enabling health and wellbeing.
Jenni Stembridge de Aguilera, Clare Hocking
& Daniel Sutton

Sharing Stories: What do occupational

therapists and Tinkerbelle have in common?
Sanet Du Toit, Christine Raber & Tania Van
der Merwe

Do Our Acute Occupational Therapy

Functional Assessments Predict Home
Performance in Older Australians?
Megan Coulter, Natasha Lannin, Lisa Eyres,
Kylie Wales & Lindy Clemson

Older Mori and non-Mori Values and

Aspirations Informing Practice Across
Cultures.
Valerie Wright-St Clair, Clare Hocking &
Adina Nachum

Therapeutic Occupation as the Vehicle for

Culture Change in Community Care.
Catherine Fink

Integrating Occupation Into

Curricula: Sharing best teaching
practice.
Alison Wicks
& Amelia Di Tommaso

4.004.15

Enabling Daily Routines for Young Children

with Autism: A single case experimental
design.
Kim Bulkeley & Anita Bundy

Auditing Supervision.
Carolyn Simmons Carlsson

Psychometric Properties of the Leisure

Satisfaction Scale (LLS) Among Turkish
People With Disabilities.
Gokcen Akyurek & Gonca Bumin

Working Together to Develop an On-Line

Multiple Sclerosis Fatigue Programme,
Using Action Learning.
Merrill Turpin, Margaret Hegarty
& Cate Fitzgerald

4.154.30

Enabling Occupation: Aligning practice with

our values as occupational therapists.
Tracey Partridge, Fiona Graham &
Creighton Sharyn

Understanding Participation in Life Activities

Following Hospitalisation, Amongst Older
Adults.
Elizabeth Pritchard, Narelle Warren, Anna
Barker, Ted Brown & Terry Haines

Screening for Developmental Delay in

Thailand/Myanmar Refugee Camps:
A phenomenological study on current
practices.
Tanja Brunner

Supporting Consumer Self-Management

Through Staff Education: The sensory
approaches e-learning project.
Pamela Meredith, Amanda Greaves,
Michelle Taylor & Maddy Slatery

4.304.45

Impact of One-Year Occupational Therapy

Degree Course in Singapore on Professional
Practice.
Sok Mui Lim, Tadhg Stapleton, Mei Leng
Chan & Deirdre Connolly

The Occupation of an Intensive Care Unit

(ICU).
Clare Jamieson

Psychometric Evaluation of the Singapore

Young Childrens Participation and
Environment Measure (YC-PEM).
Chun Yi Lim, Mary Law, Mary Khetani,
Nancy Pollock & Peer Rosenbaum

Growing Scholarship by Researching an

Academic Community of Practice.
Pricilla Ennals, Tracy Fortune, Kate DCruz &
Hilarie Kohn

4.454.55

Mothers Evaluation of Hand Skills Pattern

in Children With Cerebral Palsy to Perform
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
Yeasir Arafat & Umme Aeyman

The Effects and Significance of Song Writing

in Self-Expression.
Junko Tanaka

Understanding Health Care as a Social

Determinant of Health.
Michelle Donelly & Toni Schofield

3.303.45

3.454.00

4.30-6.00pm
6.00pm

The 66th Annual General Meeting of Occupational Therapy New Zealand Whakaora Ngangahau Aotearoa
Asia Pacific Occupational Therapy Regional Group meeting 1

How to Prepare Occupational

Therapy Graduates for a
Successful Future in Mental
Health Practice.
Jayne Webster, Marianne
Bonassi, Justin Newton Scanlan
& Genevive Ppin

End of day 2

WEDNESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER
9.00 - 9.10
9.10 - 10.30

Mihi/Welcome
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH CONSUMERS & COLLEAGUES - PROFESSOR SAMSON TSE, Ph.D.
Samson is the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Education) at the Faculty of Social
Sciences and the Director of the Master of Social Sciences in Counselling at the
Department of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong.
Prior to his relocation to Hong Kong, Samson worked in New Zealand for 20 years.
He has had a long standing interest in supporting persons individually or doing well
collectively affected by bipolar disorder and gambling addiction by using recovery
approach and strengths-based interventions.

10.30-11.00

Doing well together such as working collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams is a hallmark of Samsons work.
He has authored/co-authored over 110 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in the field of mental health.
Between 2000 - 2006, he was appointed as editor-in-charge of the New Zealand Journal of Occupational Therapy.
Samson holds honorary/ visiting professorial positions at Yale University, University of Melbourne and University
of Auckland.

Morning Tea

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11.00 - 12.30

CONCURRENT SESSION SIX: WEDNESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER (11.00AM-12.30PM)

Plenary Workshop

Sharing Practice Insights and Stories

Sharing the Best of Practice & Theory

Sharing Technology in Practice

Strengthening Communities

Discussing Regulation

Strengthening Communities
(Human Rights).

Bridging the Gap Between the Medical

Model and Occupational Therapy in Acute
Medical Wards.
Sonya Wilson

Mens Self-Perceptions of Masculinity After

Acquired Illness or Injury and Subsequent
Changes in Occupational Roles.
Donna Ritchie, Clare Hocking & Jeffery Gage

Development of an iPad Application to

Facilitate use of Affected Upper Limbs in
Daily Life.
Kanta Ohno, Kounosuke Tomori
& Takashi Takebayashi

Use of Social Media and Research

Dissemination: People exercising choice and
control in their lives.
Michelle Donelly, Shani Brown & Amy Essex

Using Lean Management Principles to

Address The Long Waiting Time for Patients.
Harsh Vardhan

Exploring the Association Between Volition

and Participation in Daily Life Activities with
Community-Dwelling Older Adults.
Elizabeth Pritchard, Ted Brown
& Terry Haines

Efficacy of Virtual-Reality Walking Activity

on Health Outcomes for Schizophrenia: A
pilot randomised controlled trial.
Chyi-Rong Chen, Yu-Hsin Kuo, Chung-Yin
Cheng, Su-Ling Hsiao & Ming-De Chen

Preschool and Community Participation:

Environmental supports and barriers for
children with and without developmental
delay. Chun Yi Lim, Mary Law, Nancy
Pollock, Peter Rosenbaum & Mary Khetani

11.3011.45

Test Re-Test Reliability of a Coping Inventory

in Children With Developmental Disability.
Anita Bundy, Kassia Beetham, Michelle
Villeneuve, Jo Ragen, & Anne Honey

Aotearoa New Zealand DHB Occupational

Therapists Views About Primary Health
Care: A mixed methods study.
Ros Barham & Angela Hook

Aerospace Technology in Power

Wheelchairs.
Scott Gordon

Reflections on Doing, Being, Becoming and

Belonging in the Taieri Blokes Shed.
James Sunderland & Linda Wilson

1. Competencies for
Registration and Continuing
Practice, and Code of Ethics
2. ePortfolio.
Occupational Therapy Board
of New Zealand Te Poari
Whakaora Ngangahau o
Aotearoa (OTBNZ)
& Occupational Therapy Board
Australia (OTBA)

11.4512.00

The Challenges of Designing a New

Hospital Facility: A question of home versus
hospital?
Tracy Hilton

Theorising On Doing Well Together:

Strengthening the critical and intersectional
edge of occupational therapy.
Alison Gerlach

Utilisation of the iPad Application: Aid for

Decision-making in Occupation Choice (ADOC).
Kounosuke Tomori, Hirofumi Nagayama, Kanta
Ohno, Kayoko Takahashi & William Levack

The Value of a Cafe on the Premises of an

Aged Care Facility: Staff perspectives.
Aimee Foot-McKay & Alexa Andrew

12.0012.15

Reducing Re-admissions: One patient at a

time, an occupational therapy journey.
Laura Chaston

Making It Real: External memory aid

training following brain injury.
Jonathan Armstrong

Effects of Remind to Move Treatment on

Hand Functions in Children with Hemiplegic
Cerebral Palsy.
Anqin Dong

Risk of Caregivers in Manual Handling

Involving in Activities of Daily Living and
Transferring of Person With Disabilities in a
Rehabilitation Centre of Bangladesh.
Md Mahfuzur Rahman

12.1512.25

Integrating a Multi-Disciplinary Team

Approach into Community Practice.
Sue Whitby

Bringing the Environment in Occupational

Therapy to Scrutiny: Fresh insights enhance
practice.
Heleen Reid, Clare Hocking, & Liz Smythe

A Tablet-Based Symbol Digit Modalities

Test Provides Stable Divided Attention
Assessments in Patients With
Schizophrenia.
Wan-Hui Yu, ,I-Hui Chen, Shih-Fen Tang &
Ching-Lin Hsieh

11.0011.15

Professor Clare Hocking

PhD, NZROT, OTNZM; 2004
11.1511.30

Frances Rutherford Award

12.30 - 1.30
1.30 - 3.00

Lunch
POSTER SESSION
CONCURRENT SESSION SEVEN: WEDNESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER (1.30PM-3.00PM)

Shaping Technology in Practice

Sharing Practice Insights and Stories

Sharing the Best of Practice & Theory

Sharing the Best Of Practice & Theory

Sharing the Best of Practice & Theory

Workshop

1.30 1.50
Encouraging Change in
Sedentary Office Environments.
Rick Parry

International Practice: A personal account

of working in Singapore.
Linda Ritchie

Exploring Connectedness: The meaning of

transition experiences for patients within a
forensic psychiatric service.
Penelope Kinney, Linda Wilson & Sue Galvin

The Validity and Reliability of

Developmental Test of Visual Perception 3rd Edition (DTVP-3).
Ted Brown

One in Five Inpatients Receives an

Occupational Therapy Home Assessment:
Too many or too few?
Rebecca Nicks, Dina Watterson, Ralda
Bourne, Karen Roberts & Natasha Lannin

Action on Frontline of Disaster

Preparedness.
Kit Sinclair

1.452.00

Disability or Difference.
Daniel Ajello

Achieving Self-Coherence Through Reoccupying Self: A classical grounded theory.

Bronnie Lennox Thompson, Jeffrey Gage
& Ray Kirk

Appreciative Inquiry: A tool for enabling

positive change.
Jenni Mace & Clare Hocking

A New Point of View: The impact of vision

impairment on adult occupations in
Aotearoa New Zealand.
Jennifer Hooker & Mary Butler

2.002.15

Activity Participation of a Person With

Schizophrenia.
Esra Aki & Selma Ercan

Development of a School-Based
Occupational Therapy Intervention
Promoting Childrens Emotional Wellbeing.
Ema Tokolahi, Clare Hocking & Paula Kersten

Universal Design: Enabling students to

do well in education through the built
environment.
Amanda Lambourne & Deborah Ngan Kee

The Physical Effect of the Transfer

Assistance Technique.
Atsushi Kishimura, Itoko Tobita, Kazuo
Yonenobu & Masato Ito

2.152.30

An Exploration of the Impact of Housing

Modifications on Clients Occupations and
Roles.
Tania Smellie & Linda Robertson

A Review of Constructive Play as

Therapeutic Medium for Children With
Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Kuang-ling Ke & Hsin Wen Fan

Effects of the Combined Therapy of Mental

Practice and mCIMT on Persons With
Stroke.
Hee Kim, Eun-Young Yoo, Min-Ye Jung,
Jong-Bae & Ji-Hyuk Park

Just Another Approach: Aotearoa New

Zealand occupational therapists use of
adventure therapy.
Helen Jeffery & Neeka Gilmore

2.302.45

Occupational Therapy and Resilience

in Young People Using Youth Mental
Health Services: Occupational therapists
perspectives.
Alice Lord & Sian Griffiths

The Qu.E.S.T. (Quality of Experience

Spending Time): Developing content for a
self-report assessment.
Steve Park, Clemson Lindy & Bundy Anita

Action Through Collective Engagement:

Promoting universal design in public
buildings.
Elise Copeland, Clare Hocking & Jenni Mace

Key Challenges and Good Practices to

Initiate Inclusive Vocational Education and
Training (VET) in Kyrgyzstan.
Mazedul Haque

1.301.45

3.00 - 3.30
3.30 - 5.00

3.303.45

Afternoon Tea

POSTER SESSION
CONCURRENT SESSION EIGHT: WEDNESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER (3.30PM-5.00PM)
Shaping Technology in Practice

Sharing Practice Insights and Stories

Sharing the Best of Practice & Theory

Creative Partnerships

Practicing Across Cultures

3.30 3.50
Complex Seating Doesnt Need to
be Hard.
Joana Santiago & Bruce Mascull

Key Factors Inherent to Finding and

Sustaining Employment.
Janie de Malmanche & Linda Robertson

Is There a Relationship Between Teamwork

Skills, Personality Style and Emotional
Intelligence in Undergraduate Occupational
Therapy Students?
Ted Brown

Not Too Disabled for the Local School:

Teachers and parents voices on successful
local schooling.
Jill Ford

The Empowerment Model of Taiwanese

Elders with Chronic Pain: A qualitative
study.
Chang-Chih Robin Kuo, Yan-Jau Lai
& Yi-Ju Tsai

Informatics in Allied Health: Working well

together!
Rebecca George

Power and the Practice of Occupational

Therapy in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Mary Silcock, Maxine Campbell,
Clare Hocking & Craig Hight

Implementation and Cost Effectiveness of

Constraint-induced Movement Therapy for
Young Children with Unilateral Cerebral
Palsy in India: A home based model.
Kamalpreet Kaur & Tanwir Ahmed

Community Based Rehabilitation: Does

it really improve the level of productivity
among persons with physical disabilities?
Mohammad Monjurul Habib

Factors Influencing Post-Stroke

Rehabilitation Participation After Discharge
From Hospital.
Wei Ling Elain Koh, Christopher Barr &
Stacey George

Investigation of the Differences in Hand

Kinetics While Using Different Size of HandHeld Touch Panels.
Pu-Chun Mo, Chen-Hung Ting, Shu Yu, WeiBin Wong & Li-Chieh Kuo

Doing Well Together: An integrated

approach to brain injury rehabilitation.
Jonathan Armstrong & Allison Foster

Promoting Community Mobility in

Singapore: Practice and perceptions
of occupational therapists and other
professionals.
Mei Leng Chan

The Role of Outpatient Occupational

Therapist in Breast Cancer Patient with
Lymphedema: A case study.
Pao Chuan Lei, Lixin Ong & Siew Seang Ong

Concurrent Validity of the Functional

Autonomy Measurement System (SMAF)
in Adults Undergoing Inpatient Sub-Acute
Rehabilitation.
Dina Watterson, Rebecca Nicks, Ralda
Bourne, Jacqui Morarty & Laura Joliffe

Using Experience-Based Design Principles to

Enhance Service User Feedback.
Lisa Swann, Joanne Blaiklock,
Hayden Wilson & Liz Turnbull

The Development of a Home Hazard

Identification Tool for Community Dwelling
Elderly in Singapore.
Geck Hoon Lim, Michelle Ang, Yu Leng Chan,
Pearlyn Ee & Shairah Ramzan

SIMulated Learning: Learning well together

in the unexpected environment.
Merrolee Penman, Rebecca Barton, Jennie
Brentnall, Celine Diaz & Michelle Villeneuve

Comparing Groups That Used and Did Not

Use Occupation for People with Dementia:
A pilot study.
Takashi Yamada, Norikazu Kobayashi,
Tamami Aida & Kirsty Forsyth

Growing Creative Research Partnerships

With Older Chinese, Indian and Korean
Immigrant Communities in Aotearoa New
Zealand.
Valerie Wright-St Clair & Shoba Nayar

The Kawa Model: Reflections on its

application to support working well with
Sesotho speaking adults.
Mia Vermaak

3.454.00

4.004.15

3.55 4.15
Balancing Act: Providing support
and stability in a dynamic world.
To be confirmed

4.154.30

4.304.45

4.20 4.40
Positive Impacts of Sports for
People With Impaired Mobility.
Peter Williams, New Zealand
Paralympic Skier

4.454.55

6.30 pm

Access of Children With Autism to

Occupational Therapy Intervention in
Bangladesh.
Sk Moniruzzaman

World Federation of
Occupational Therapists
Forum

Resilience of Indonesian Mothers of

Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorder
(ASD).
Tri Budi Santoso, Yuko Ito, Peter Bontje,
Mikiyo Hidaka & Nobuo Ohshima

Congress Dinner
A night to remember 1930s style!
Dinner will be held at the Blue Baths a heritage listed bathhouse built in 1933 and located in
Rotoruas sumptuous Government Gardens. Stylishly refurbished in the 1930s era, the Blue Baths
provides fantastic ambience for this key congress social event.
Dinner will be served with live musical accompaniment in the Lido Room in the sophisticated style
of a Gatsby-themed party with gallons of glitz and glamour. After dinner well roll back the carpets
and dance to a range of styles from hip-hop and jazz to a touch of Gershwin! Tickets are limited and
can be purchased at apotc2015.com
Venue: Blue Baths, Queens Drive Government Gardens, Rotorua. The venue is within walking
distance of the congress site and easy access to Rotoruas many accommodation options.
Theme: 1930s (themed dress is optional).

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THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER
Mihi/Welcome

9.00 - 9.10
9.10 - 10.30

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: FRANCES RUTHERFORD LECTURE - 2015 RECIPIENT DR KIRK REED, Ph.D., DHSc, NZROT
Senior lecturer, department of occupational science and therapy at Auckland University of Technology (AUT); director of the National Centre of Interprofessional Education
and Collaborative Practice; chairperson of Unitec research ethics committee. Kirk was
head of department of occupational science and therapy at AUT from 2006 - 2014.
His achievements during that time include completing his doctoral thesis exploring
the meaning of occupation, and leading research into embedding an occupational
perspective in practice. His future contributions to knowledge development will focus
on occupational therapy in mental health and primary health care.

10.30 - 11.00

Morning Tea

11.00 - 12.30

CONCURRENT SESSION NINE: THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER (11.00AM-12.30PM)

ABOUT THE FRANCES RUTHERFORD LECTURE AWARD

In 1983 the Frances Rutherford Lecture Award was created to honour Frances Rutherford, principal of the occupational
therapy school 1959-1972 and first qualified occupational therapy teacher in Aotearoa New Zealand. The purpose of
this prestigious award is to encourage occupational therapists in their professional careers and to give recognition to
those who have made a significant contribution in their specialist field of occupational therapy. Kirk is the 15th Frances
Rutherford Lecture award recipient since its inception.

Plenary Workshop

Sharing Practice Insights and Stories

Sharing the Best of Practice & Theory

Sharing the Best of Practice & Theory

Sharing Technology in Practice

Strengthening Communities

Creative Partnerships with

Consumers & Colleagues
Professor Samson Tse, Ph.D

The Lifestyle and Wellbeing of People who

Participate in Senior Citizens Learning
Camp of Taiwan.
Yu-Chen Huang, Ruo-Xuan Chen, Chia-Ying
Yang, Pei-Hsuan Hung & Kai-Ling Chang

Rasch Analysis of the Comprehensive

Occupational Therapy Evaluation Scale in
Patients With Schizophrenia.
Shu-Chen Lee, En-Chi Chiu, Nai-Yu Deng,
Ai-Lun Liu & Ching-Lin Hsieh

Abundantly Ordinary: Mothers of young

children, spirituality and daily activity.
Annie Baigent

Do Services for Providing Equipment After

Stroke Maximise Safety, Independence
and Choice?
Pauline Boland, William Levack, Fiona (Fi)
Graham, James Stanley & Meredith Perry

Learning to Do Well Together: A creative

student project fostering community
engagement and forging partnerships.
Alison Wicks

11.1511.30

Neuropathic Symptom of Numbness

Influences on Hand Dexterity in Diabetes
Mellitus.
Chein-Ju Yang, Hsiu-Yun Hsu, Chieh-Hsiang
Lu, Yen-Li Chao & Li-Chieh Kuo

Occupational Engagement and its

Relationship to Mental Health Recovery.
Nicola Hancock, Anne Honey
& Anita Bundy

Gesture Skill of Children With Autistic

Spectrum Disorder.
Misako Sano, Kaori Yamaguchi
& Reiko Fukatsu

The use of Robotic/Computer Assistive

Technologies (R/CAT) During Upper Limb
Rehabilitation Therapy Sessions.
Vicki Abraham

Psychosocial Factors Affecting Self-Rated

Health Among Frail Older Adults.
Shinpei Ikeda & Hiroshi Haga

11.3011.45

Stroke Survivors Perspectives on Sexual

Concerns and the Need for Information.
Natalie Hamam, Harleen Auroa
& Nancy Rajput

A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness

of Home Modifications Prescribed by an
Occupational Therapist.
Rebecca Nicks, Belinda Robertson, Clare
Waddell & Natasha Lannin

Construct Validity of the Participation and

Environment Measure for Children and
Youth (PEM-CY).
Cherie Le Leivre, Fiona Graham
& William Taylor

New Hand-Made Finger Protection Device

for Allodynia.
Takenori Jimbo, Ryuichi Tanabe, Kenichi
Kumazawa & Michinari Fukuda

Occupational Therapy for Childrens

Participation After Traumatic Brain Injury
(TBI): What is important?
Margaret Jones, Clare Hocking
& Kathryn McPherson

11.4512.00

Sensory Processing in a Behaviour

Support Service.
Margaret Goodall

Relationship Between the Autonomic

Nervous System and Behavioural Traits in
Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Kanae Matsushima, Jun Matsubayashi
& Toshihiro Kato

Icing the Occupational Performance

Documentation System Cake.
Bronwyn Nesdale & Cherie McCaw

Association Between Smartphone Use

and Musculoskeletal Discomfort in
Taiwanese Junior College Students: A
cross-sectional study.
Shang-Yu Yang & Jer-Hao Chang

Contested Occupations: Occupational

justice and environmental sustainability in
post-industrial communities.
Margaret McGrath

12.0012.15

The Lived Experience of Mothering

a Young Child With Severe Multiple
Disability (SMD).
Mahoney Topia, Clare Hocking
& Valerie Wright-St Clair

How Occupational Therapists in Aotearoa

New Zealand Have Taken up Ideas in
the International Occupational Therapy
Literature.
Yasmin Orton, Clare Hocking & Kirk Reed

Accessibility for the Person with Physical

Disabilities in Dhaka City: Experience of
person with physical disabilities.
Nupur Binte Lili

Performance of Line Bisection and

Effect of Prism Adaptation in Healthy
Individuals.
Kenneth Fong, C. N. Cheng, Kenneth
Wong, Maggy Ng, & Ralf Kwong

Strengthening Families Affected by

Parental Chronic Pain.
Catherine Swift, Clare Hocking, Margaret
Anne Jones & Annette Dickinson

12.1512.25

Exploring the Supervisors Experience

of Supervising Conditional Registered
Occupational Therapists in Singapore.
Hua Beng Lim, Wee Xin Koh, Jie Li
Joanne Lim, Kuan Rong Rebecca Wong
& Bing Kit Chan

The Application of the Vona du Toit Model

of Creative Ability in Routine Outcome
Measurement.
Daleen Casteleijn

Development of Training Manual for

Primary Caregiver of Patients With
Dementia in India.
Prakash Kumar, Sobia Nisar, Akash Kumar,
Swapnil Jathar & Vijay Kuma

Exploring the Perceptions of Occupational

Therapists in Acute Hospital Setting While
Practising Assistive Technology.
Andrew Chia, Yetta Chan, Jasmine Tsoi &
Olivia Fong

11.0011.15

12.30 - 1.30

Lunch

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CONCURRENT SESSION TEN: THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER (1.30PM-3.00PM)

1.30 - 3.00

Workshop

Sharing Practice Insights and Stories

Sharing the Best of Practice & Theory

Sharing the Best Of Practice & Theory

Practicing Across Cultures

Workshop

Decolonising Us: Kaupapa

Mori as valid and relevant
research methodology.
Isla Emery Wittington
& Jane Hopkirk

Psychometric Evaluation for Affiliate

Stigma Scale With Families of People With
Mental Illness.
Chung-Ying Lin & Cheng Chang

Ageing in Place Through Occupation:

Experiences of older people living in the
community in Ireland.
Margaret McGrath, Agnes Shiel
& Karin Johansson

Meeting Families Where Theyre At:

Fostering health and health equity for
indigenous children in Canada.
Alison Gerlach, Annette Browne,
Melinda Suto & Margo Greenwood

Reflections of Occupational Therapy

Students About Their Experience of an
Indigenous Health Module.
Lynette Mackenzie

Why Occupational Therapy for

30 When it Could be 30,000!
Linda Bowden & Rosie Brown

Risky Endeavours: Negotiating the

discharge minefield with older adults and
their families.
Tracy Murphy

Effects of Occupational Therapy Visit

for Older Persons Attending Emergency
Departments in Hospitals Because of Falls.
Kenneth Fong, Mary Chu, Stella Cheng,
Fredrick Au & H. K. Tong

Cluster Randomised Controlled Trials in

Occupational Therapy: How are we doing?
Ema Tokolahi, Clare Hocking, Paula Kersten
& Alain Vandal

Occupational Therapy Students Learn

Through Volunteering in International
Fieldwork.
Janet Richmond

2.002.15

Reactions to Driving Cessation.

Wendy Wright

Ageing in Place: Home modifications and

assistive technology - developing best
practice.
Alexandra Andrews & Hilary OConnell

How Should I Be? Practice with students

with special education needs in mainstream
schools.
Carolyn Simmons Carlsson

Evaluation of a Post-Earthquake
Rehabilitation Programme in Schun,
China.
Eva Yin-han Chung

2.152.30

An Occupational Perspective on Child

Poverty.
Simon Leadley & Clare Hocking

Older Adults Community Integration After

Traumatic Brain Injury: A systematic review.
Valerie Wright-St Clair & Linda Ritchie

What Happens in The School Playground?

Anita Bundy, Jo Ragen, Kassia Beetham,
Shirley Wyver & Michelle Villeneuve

Creating Culturally Responsive

Occupational Therapists.
Gjyn OToole

2.302.45

Quality of Life Among Survivors From

Building Collapse: Case study of Rana Plaza,
Savar, Dhaka.
Yeasir Arafat

Developing a Comprehensive Programme

for Maintaining Competence in Wheelchair
and Seating Assessment and Provision for
Occupational Therapists in a Physical Health
Setting.
Sonya Wilson

Access to Therapy Services for Children with

Autism in Bangladesh.
Mahabubur Rahman

The Role of Culture in Community Health

Promotion for the Elderly.
Athena Tsai & Kuei-Min Chen

Sharing Insights Into the Role of On-Road

Driver Rehabilitation in Successful Returnto-Driving for Older Persons.
Desley Simpson & Carolyn Unsworth

Using the Intention, Meaning and

Perception Process of the NeuroOccupation Model to Understand Client
Adaptation.
Mehdi Rassafiani, Seyed Alireza
Derakhshanrad, Emily Piven, & Seyed Ali
Hosseini

Factors Influencing the Success of Home

Modification in Paraplegic Spinal Cord
Injured Individuals in Bangladesh.
Mohammad Hossain, Luthfun Naha
& Afifa Jahan

Work Performance Influence by

Environmental Barriers in RMG of
Bangladesh: Study of women with
disabilities (WWDs).
Chowdhury Md Kamrul Hasan
& Anima Das Nupur

1.301.45

1.452.00

2.452.55

3.00 - 3.45pm
Evening function

Poroporoaki & Closing Ceremony

Asia Pacific Occupational Therapy Regional Group meeting 2

End of congress

The 6th APOTC is proudly hosted by members of Occupational Therapy New Zealand Whakaora Ngangahau Aotearoa.
THE 66TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the association will be held at 4.30pm - 6.00pm, Tuesday 15 September 2015.
All welcome. Please view the contact the association website: OTNZ.co.nz, email otnz@ontnz.co.nz or call +64 4 473 6510
for further information.
CONGRESS REGISTRATION
Full delegate registration fee includes: Admission to all congress sessions September 14 - 17, 2015; welcome function ticket; access to
exhibition hall; congress satchel; congress handbook; and all lunch and morning/afternoon tea breaks as listed in the congress programme.

For event information please contact

the event manager: Lu Budden
Convention Management New Zealand

A 40% discount applies to full members of OTNZ Whakaora Ngangahau Aotearoa and Occupational Therapy Australia.

Phone +64 4 479 4162

Early bird concession closes 28 June 2015.

View website to register online: APOTC2015.com.

Email: lu@cmnzl.co.nz
Website: apotc2015.com

Programme subject to change. VISIT WEBSITE FOR PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS and PROGRAMME UPDATES

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