Poster Presentations
Poster Displays were also a key attraction at the Congress. A selection of posters was displayed in and near the trade exhibition each day, and made a valuable contribution to the wealth of resources and information available to Congress attendees.
| Congress Program Details | HTML Link |
|---|---|
| Tuesday, 25th July, 2006 | Tuesday Program |
| Wednesday, 26th July, 2006 | Wednesday Program |
| Thursday, 27th July, 2006 | Thursday Program |
| Friday, 28th July, 2006 | Friday Program |
Prizes were awarded to outstanding posters throughout the week, and OT AUSTRALIA congratulates the following prize recipients:
- Klara Jakobsen, Norway - How disabled women use their time when employed
- Snaefridur Egilson, Iceland - Assistance to students with physical impairments in general education settings: alternative support strategies provided by occupational therapists
- Hetty Tonneijck, Marjon ten Velden, The Netherlands - Implementation of skills training in an occupation based curriculum
- Dianne Winkler - Younger people in residential aged care: social contact, recreation and community access
- Ingvor Pettersson, Sweden - The impact of a powered wheelchair for outdoor use on activity, participation and quality of life of users with stroke
- Robinette (Bobbi) Amaker, USA - Upper extremity injuries in the global war on terrorism casualty.
- Kim McLearnon, Sweden - A client-centred perspective on stress-related illness in a primary-care setting: A study of "Doing", "Meaning" and "Health"
- Leanne Carey - A new functional Tactual Object Recognition Test (fTORT) for stroke clients: normative standards and discriminative validity
Thank you to Blackwell Publishing (publisher of the Australian Occupational Therapy Journal) for sponsoring these prizes.