Life Skills Training for NDIS OTs
Workshop Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $120.00
Are you unsure how to build functional life skills using structured assessment and task analysis?
Do you struggle to plan interventions that align with a client’s cognitive abilities and daily performance?
This session gives you clear frameworks and practical strategies to guide confident life skills training.
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Date: Monday 16 March 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm AEDT
Duration: 2 hours
What will you learn?
In this workshop, you will gain practical knowledge and tools to:
- Understand cognitive perceptual theory and its relevance to life skills intervention
- Identify clients suitable for life skills training based on functional presentation and pre morbid comparison
- Conduct structured assessments including observation, task analysis and selected standardised tools such as COPM, PRPP and ACL Screen
- Set functional, achievable goals informed by environmental demands and client motivation
- Apply remedial and adaptive intervention approaches to build cognitive, perceptual and task specific skills
- Use modelling, prompting, demonstration and graded practice based on Social Learning Theory to support meaningful skill acquisition
- Integrate AT options within NDIS funding expectations and identify what is not considered an NDIS support
- Apply structured processes to teach daily tasks including meal preparation, tidying, budgeting, morning routines and personal care
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is designed for Occupational Therapists who:
- Support clients with cognitive, perceptual or functional challenges that impact everyday living
- Provide capacity building interventions under the NDIS
- Complete assessments for clients with ABI, intellectual disability, ASD, mental health conditions or other conditions associated with reduced functional performance
- Want structured methods for analysing tasks, teaching specific skills and evaluating progress
Particularly useful for:
- Community OTs wanting clearer processes for assessing real world function
- OTs seeking confidence in using standardised assessments to guide intervention direction
- OTs delivering life skills programs and needing evidence informed approaches to practice
Why attend?
In this workshop, you will:
- Gain clear frameworks for assessment, intervention planning and evaluation
- Learn practical strategies that blend cognitive theory, behavioural learning and functional training
- Strengthen your ability to grade tasks, build motivation and progress clients appropriately
- Understand NDIS aligned considerations for AT, replacement supports and capacity building outcomes
- Access practical examples, task breakdowns and strategies used by experienced clinicians
What's included?
- Gain online access to the workshop – live workshops are delivered via Zoom, while self-paced options include access to recorded sessions
- Download workshop slides and any resources provided by the presenter
- Enjoy six months of access to the recording and resources via your Verve OT Learning Library
- Receive a certificate of completion for your CPD records, available via email upon completion of the workshop
About the Presenter
Nikki Cousins is the Director of Action Occupational Therapy, a boutique practice in the Hunter Region, NSW.
She specialises in wheelchair prescription, seating and positioning, and has extensive experience supporting clients with neurological and physical conditions.
Nikki has presented at national conferences including ATSA and OTA, and delivers training in areas including sensory processing, supported decision-making and daily living skills.
She is a board member of ARATA and a strong advocate for evidence-informed, person-centred practice.
Nikki also enjoys mentoring clinicians navigating complex cases and is the co-host of the OT Unplugged podcast, where she shares insights on contemporary OT practice in the NDIS context.
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"It was a great workshop. It was helpful breaking down the stages in the OT process and knowing where to start. I enjoyed the case examples."
Meredith H, Occupational Therapist
"The life skills workshop provided a detailed overview of how to incorporate life skills training into everyday practice. I found the underpinning models of practice and frameworks helpful to review. OTs would benefit from the frameworks and models underpinning our everyday practice to inform and adapt their interventions."
Rhianna Barton, Occupational Therapist
