THE YOUR OT TUTOR CPD MEMBERSHIP

Professional development and resources for OTs!

Learn to be a better OT who loves what they do!

The Your OT Tutor membership - the Your OT Tutor Alliance - has now launched!!

As a YOTT Alliance member, I'll teach you how to be a better OT who loves what you do, by teaching you about my Foundations of OT Success.

Each month you'll be able to access:

- 1-hour live workshop

- 1-hour live Q&A session

- Regular live and recorded journal club sessions

- On-demand library of resources and recorded webinars, with more added each month!

- Discounts on Your OT Tutor courses

- Private online community for members only

Stay for a month, or forever - no minimum time to stay and you can cancel your membership whenever you want.

Access all of this for only $39 per month!

Want a sneak peek at what's included in the YOTT Alliance?

Check out the video and get in touch if you have questions!

Watch this video if you are:

- An OT student trying to figure out how everything you're learning at uni will be used as a 'real life' OT

- A new grad OT who's feeling a bit overwhelmed and needs some help to pull some core knowledge and skills together

- An experienced OT looking for ways to take your skills to the next level and learn how to support other OTs and stand out in the OT world

- A sole trader OT that would love a regular CPD program that's cost-effective and organised for you

- A company director who wants to be able to offer quality CPD to their staff, but you don't currently have enough senior staff to run an in-house CPD program

Do you want to be able to access CPD content whenever you want, wherever you want, as long as you have your phone?

Check out this video to see how the mobile app and search function works!

Want to know more about the live workshops? Keep scrolling!

Is it time to prioritise your learning in 2025?

Then you need to do these things...

1. Join the Your OT Tutor Alliance

2. Come along to the December online workshop to find out how to get the most out of your membership in 2025

3. Block out some important dates in your calendar so that your CPD plans actually happen!

I'll be sharing all the exciting developments coming for YOTT Alliance members AND there will be some special CPD discounts available for those who come to the live workshop.

Make 2025 the year you prioritise becoming a better OT who loves what you do!

But what other workshops are included?

If you’ve got grand plans to take LinkedIn by storm next year, or go hard with a fancy advertising campaign, you might want to come to this workshop first.

For the next Your OT Tutor Alliance workshop, I’ll be joined by the fantastic Nerissa Bentley – The Melbourne Health Writer.

I’ll be showing you some of my top tips to make your LinkedIn profile stand out, help the LinkedIn algorithm like you, and ensure your target audience will value what you share.

Nerissa will share her tips and resources to make sure you’re aware of what AHPRA says you can and can’t do (even if everyone else isn’t playing by the rules).

There's a catch though - you have to be a YOTT Alliance member to attend the live session or watch the recording. Sign-up today and access all the other on-demand content, including all the workshops listed below!

Are you keen to host an OT student placement, but you're worried about the admin? Would you like to have some good quality resources available to keep your students busy and learning without you for a little while each day, but you're not sure what you need to scaffold this?

Well this session is for you! You'll get access to my templates and I'll teach you how to create five resources for your student kit including:

- Template for pre-placement correspondence with your student

  • - Handout for students: FAQs about your workplace

  • - Handout for clients: Working with students

  • - Self-directed learning case study

  • - Placement evaluation survey

BUT, you have to be a YOTT Alliance member to attend the live session or watch the recording. Sign-up today and access all the other on-demand content, including all the workshops listed below!

Providing education your clients understand and use!

A large part of the OT role in most settings is providing our clients with education. It could be about self-management strategies, an exercise program, or instructions about how to use assistive technology. No matter what the setting, there are 5 principles you should be following to ensure your education is making an impact!

1. Are you the expert, or are they?

2. The importance of checking their understanding.

3. Consider health literacy and cultural considerations.

4. More than a brochure! Getting creative to enhance engagement.

5. Pacing the delivery to provide the right amount at the right time.

Interested in finding out about what these principles are all about? Join the alliance!

There's a catch though - you have to be a YOTT Alliance member to attend the live session or watch the recording. Sign-up today and access all the other on-demand content, including all the workshops listed below!

Using Standardised Assessments!

Standardised assessments can offer lots of value in many OT caseloads, but we need to be using them in the right way for the right reasons.

In this workshop I used some case study examples and lots of practical screen-sharing to help you avoid these common mistakes:

-Trying to use standardised assessments alone to make recommendations, when non-standardised options are essential

-Second-guessing yourself trying to work out which tool you should be using in different caseloads (including NDIS)

-Using standardised assessments with populations they weren’t intended to be used with

-Completing standardised assessments just because “we always use this one” without consideration for whether it is adding value for individual clients

-Wasting time trying to manually score or write-up results when there’s tech options to do it for you!

Effective Multidisciplinary Teamwork!

As an OT, do you feel confident knowing when to refer to other clinicians and when joint assessment or treatment sessions may be a good idea?

What about the trickier scenarios – like when there is an overlap of scope, or your treatment priorities clash, or where you have a strong feeling that the approach they are using could be causing your client harm?

In July's workshop I was joined by a very special guest, Speech Pathologist and Allied Health manager at Amend Rehab, Sarah Raffell, who helped me cover all these questions and more in the workshop. There were case studies and lots of discussion to give you lots of practical tips that you can incorporate into your clinical practice straight away. We covered examples from both inpatient and community settings so everyone can benefit.

Finding and Using Research Evidence

In this workshop I’m going to bring out your inner #OTNerd to help you embrace evidence-based practice. We’ll answer questions like: •How do you find research evidence?

•How do you evaluate it to make sure it is actually relevant to your practice?

•And how do you translate words in a journal article or clinical practice guideline to something practical?

I’ll also cover what evidence-based practice is, share my top clinical practice guidelines that OTs should know about, and share some practical tips about how you can use research evidence to strengthen your report writing. This will be a practical session with lots of screensharing and case study examples, so you’ll be able to start using these skills straight away in your own practice.

The CORE Approach


In this workshop we're going back to the reason why you became an OT in the first place - so you can be socially inclusive, occupation-focused and client-centred! We often find ourselves working in broken systems, but this doesn't mean we shouldn't try to find ways to enact our values. The CORE approach, and other OT models, will
provide a mechanism for OTs to reflect on their practice to ensure they are practicing in an inclusive, occupation-centred way. I've called in the expertise of Dr Robert Pereira to help with this!

CPD Magic!


The first YOTT Alliance workshop was all about empowering yourself through CPD. I take you through how to plan and choose CPD that aligns with your caseload and career goals, and what steps you can take to ensure you are making changes to your practice as a result of attending the CPD. We also covered what the AHPRA rules are for collecting evidence about your CPD and what systems you can use to keep track of it all. You'll even get access to my CPD portfolio template if you're old school and like to keep everything in a Word doc!

MORE ABOUT THE FOUNDATIONS OF OT SUCCESS

1. EMPOWER YOURSELF
Consider your own needs first. Engage in self-reflection and supervision, set impactful CPD goals, build resilience, and navigate career progression, ensuring your passion for learning and professional fulfilment remain central to your OT experience.

2. THINK LIKE AN OT

Kickstart your OT Brain and set it to autopilot. Unleash the power of thinking like an OT by using models, processes, frameworks and principles to guide a client-centred, holistic approach to your practice.

3. BE A PROUD #OTNERD

Dive into the world of evidence-based practice. Learn the art of blending research evidence, client values, resource considerations, and your personal expertise to craft the optimal therapeutic approach.

4. CONNECT AND COLLABORATE

Hone your skills in effective communication, interpersonal interactions and rapport building. Explore the essentials of forming therapeutic relationships with clients, families, and fellow health professionals.

5. BE AN OT DETECTIVE
Elevate your skills in gathering comprehensive client information. Improve your interview, observation, activity analysis and assessment selection abilities to facilitate targeted and effective therapy sessions.

6. SOLVE PROBLEMS, CHANGE LIVES

Help your clients overcome functional barriers. Explore core skills like assistive technology prescription, self-care retraining, environmental modification and report writing to elevate client independence, participation, and quality of life.

7. TEACH AND TRANSFORM

Embrace your inner teacher, passing on your knowledge and skills to fellow OTs. Gain confidence in providing supervision, teaching students, mentoring, leading others, and extending your impact through providing team education and external training.

8. RAISE THE BAR
Elevate your impact and showcase the awesomeness of OT. Dive into quality improvement, step up by joining associations and committees, take the stage by presenting at conferences and events, and create a powerful social media presence.

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CHECK OUT THESE RESOURCES INSTEAD...

On demand learning resources for OT students, OTs, and OT teams...

Thank you for your interest in Your OT Tutor's Learning Library! There is plenty to choose from - click on the relevant button below to jump to what you're interested in or browse the lot!

I am still working on more online courses and resources that will be added to the website as they become available. Sign-up below to be added to the Your OT Tutor mailing list and you will receive a notification when they're ready!

Downloadable Resources for Occupational Therapists

Check out a range of downloadable resources for OTs working in a variety of settings. There are resources to help with clinical handover, home visits, CPD, supervision and more!

NDIS training for occupational therapists

NDIS Training for Occupational Therapists

Check out a range of resources, courses, free webinar recordings, and YouTube videos. Perfect for OTs new to the NDIS, as well as those looking to increase the quality of their work.

NDIS training for occupational therapists

Occupational Therapist Training for Supervising Students

Check out a range of resources and free webinar recordings, and YouTube videos. Perfect for OTs wanting to improve the quality and efficiency of the student placements they offer.

NDIS training for occupational therapists

Online training on a range of topics!

Check out a range of free webinar recordings, recorded workshops and lots more resources. Topics include managing burnout, LinkedIn, CPD organisation and choosing a job. Non-OTs welcome!

NDIS training for occupational therapists

CHECK OUT THESE POPULAR COURSES AND RESOURCES!

The OT Guide to completing a functional capacity assessment online course

The OT Guide to Completing a Functional Capacity Assessment

This epic online course will walk you through a step-by-step process for completing an FCA for adult NDIS participants. 8 hours CPD and lots of downloadable resources for $179.

Clinical educator resource kit full of resources for hosting OT student clinical placements

The Clinical Educator Starter Kit

A comprehensive kit of templates, guides, and learning resources to help you improve the efficiency and quality of clinical placements for OT students. Starting from $159 for immediate download!

Beyond burnout toward personal and professional resilience recorded webinar FREE for OTs and health professionals

Beyond Burnout Recorded Webinar - FREE!

Watch this free recorded webinar and learn strategies for preventing burnout and building resilience. There are also links for a number of OTs you can connect with.

Your OT Tutor Journal Club free trial session OT role in sleep management

Journal Club - FREE trial!

Sign-up for access to this FREE trial session of the Your OT Tutor Journal Club (YOTT JC). We discuss an article about the OT role in sleep management. Experience a Journal Club with a difference!

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TESTIMONIALS

Clare, with this course you've really set the industry standard. I've completed just about every course on FCA for OT's out there and this is by far the most in-depth, presented in such a systematic and clear way - the effort you've put into making this course is abundantly clear, and honestly I'm so grateful that you've created this to kindly share with your professional network. This course gets a solid 5/5 for me - thank you so so much! :)

Anonymous Occupational Therapist

As a busy practice owner, I’ve absolutely loved having this resource available for my new grads . Even though I’ve got plenty of my own guides and sample FCA reports to share with them , what I lack is time to sit down and go through these step by step to make sure they truly understand the process. The 8 hours worth of online learning has been a massive investment for me and a valuable resource for my team. Thank you Clare Batkin!

Angie C. - Director and Occupational Therapist

Graduating with a Master in Occupational Therapy and deciding how to commence my career is both exciting and overwhelming. Your OT Tutor has been a veritable lifeline in managing this transition with support, confidence and practical professional resources that I can apply immediately across multiple settings. Clare Batkin is warm and generous with her knowledge and experience.

Nicolette - New Graduate Occupational Therapist