Launch of a Wheelchair Training Toolkit for Rehab Training Programs
Mary Goldberg, PhD and Paula Rushton, PhD

The World Health Organization recommends 40 hours of training to adequately prepare clinicians to work in the wheelchair sector. At present, occupational therapy programs around the world offer between 2-35 hours of wheelchair content, which may leave entry-level occupational therapists inadequately prepared to practice in this complex field. Since 2012, several open-source training materials have been developed to provide turn-key and adaptable resources for faculty to integrate more wheelchair training into their curricula. More recently, the International Society of Wheelchair Professionals has developed a 'wheelchair training toolkit' designed to help university instructors identify: barriers and facilitators to integration of wheelchair content into curricula, existing clinical and technical resources that could be used to enhance wheelchair content and a network of instructors and trainers worldwide. The toolkit will be launched and described at this session and copies of the integration toolkit on pen drives will be available for session attendees.

Online Education in Occupational Therapy: Learning locally and globally
Karen Jacobs, EdD, OT, OTR, CPE, FAOTA

This interactive workshop will describe the current state of online education in occupational therapy including best practices; the features and components of successful online degree programs and demonstrate strategies to sustain an online community of learners.

Global Disability-based Violence Research Group
Janet Njelesani, Department of Occupational Therapy

Reducing violence against persons with disabilities is a task not just for social and justice services but for the health and rehabilitation sector too. To date occupational therapy has played a limited role in this discourse. The aim of this workshop is to bring together occupational therapy practitioners and researchers to discuss a Global Disability-based Violence Research Group for the field of occupational therapy. Violence is broadly defined as all forms of physical or mental violence, injury and abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse. All occupational therapists interested in research or practice that aims to end violence (at home, school, work, community, etc.) against children or adults with disabilities are encourage to attend.