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S7E04 - From Knowledge to Practice: Making OT Conferences Matter
Conferences are more than name badges and slides. Done well, they sharpen clinical judgement, build community and turn tricky ideas into steps you can use right away at work. Fresh from Rotorua during the Oceania...
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S70E3 - OT Week Special Episode
S7E02 - What’s Changing Now: NDIS Therapy and Respite Updates Explained
Recent NDIS updates are reshaping how therapy supports and respite services are delivered and justified. Two new documents – the Therapy Support Guideline and the Short-Term Respite Guideline – mark a significant...
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S7E01 - It’s Not the Tool, It’s the Process: The ICAN Conversation
The recent announcement confirming the ICAN tool as the foundation for future NDIS support needsassessments has sparked serious discussion across the Occupational Therapy community. While many clinicians recognise...
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S6E10 - Reports on Trial: OT Documentation and the NDIS
A recent case before the Administrative Review Tribunal has reignited a conversation many Occupational Therapists are already having: what does defensible documentation look like in 2025? Anything you write can travel...
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S6E09 - Keeping Supports Steady: Psychosocial Disability and NDIS Changes
Keeping Supports Steady: Psychosocial Disability and NDIS Changes
The NDIS is changing quickly and it can be hard to keep up. Many people with disability aren’t seeing the updates, yet the impacts are real. Here's a...
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S06E08 - NDIS reform round-up: What OTs need to know in 2025
NDIS reform round-up: what OTs need to know now
NDIS reforms are moving, but not always in straight lines. Here’s a clear, practice-first update based entirely on the issues raised in your discussion: consultation...
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S6E07 - NDIS Oversight is Broken — Here’s What That Means for Providers
Navigating complaints, compliance and safeguarding in the NDIS
Working within the NDIS can be rewarding but it also comes with complex responsibilities. For allied health providers, support coordinators and practice...
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S6E06 - So… What Would You Do Next? OT Futures and NDIS Realities
In this episode, we dive into two big conversations every occupational therapist, and anyone in the disability space, needs to hear.
First, we reflect on the reality of career uncertainty in OT. Whether you're in...
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S6E05 - When Policy Shifts Come via the Newsfeed
This week on OT Unplugged, Sarah, Nikki, and Alyce swap Oodie stories (pandas vs. champagne avocados), laugh about missing wine bottles and Lego office décor, and then get serious about something far less cozy — the...
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S06E04 - Christmas Parties, Sharks in the Lake, and the NDIS Delay Game
This week on OT Unplugged, Sarah, Nikki and Alyce take you from heartwarming wheelchair wins to head-scratching NDIS decisions and everything in between.
We share a six-year success story that proves sometimes you...
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S6E03 - From Compliance to Chaos: OT Practice Under NDIS Pressure
In this lively and unfiltered episode of OT Unplugged, Sarah, Nikki and Alyce dive deep into the real behind-the-scenes of OT life. From forgotten billing and chaotic clinical loads to dodgy grocery deliveries and...
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