RCOT Specialist Section – Children Young People and Families Annual Conference 2024

The RCOT Specialist Section – Children, Young People and Families Annual Conference is back. We are delighted to present our first face-to-face conference in 5 years, as we invite members to join us at The Rep Theatre in Birmingham for a two-day event across Thursday 7th and Friday 8th November 2024! 

What to expect 

• The conference seeks to showcase high-quality, occupation-focused practice for occupational therapists working with children, young people and families, through keynote speakers, service user presentations, posters and workshops. 
• In 2024, we will be welcoming Iona Novak as our keynote speaker. Iona is a highly-regarded Occupational Therapist and Researcher, with The University of Sydney. She will be introducing our conference theme – “Participation Matters” – with a focus on how Occupational Therapists support children, young people and families towards their participation goals. 
• Thursday’s session will be a pre-conference workshop, entitled “Participation Matters: Delivering better outcomes”. With demand for services increasing and ongoing workforce challenges, the workshop will centre around how we can design services to deliver Occupational Therapy effectively and cost-efficiently. 
• Friday’s conference theme is “Participation Matters: Going for goals”. The theme emphasises the importance of meaningful goal-setting and we will be welcoming abstract submissions between January and March 2024 on topics relating to participation, goals, evidence-based practice, meaning and motivation. The day will open with Iona Novak’s keynote presentation and follow with three streams of presentations, including our service user keynote presentation, posters and debate. 

The call for abstracts is open, with an extended deadline of 30 April 2024. Please visit this page to review the SS-CYPF conference 2024 abstract submission form and guidelines. 

Agenda

Day 1 “Participation Matters: Delivering better outcomes” 
10:00am-4:00pm | Workshop 

Day 2 “Participation Matters: Going for goals” 
9:00am Complimentary breakfast buffet 
9:30am Welcome and keynote presentation 
11:00am Morning presentations (3 streams) 
12:30pm Complimentary lunch 
1:15pm Afternoon presentations (3 streams) 
3:30pm Closing keynote presentation and plenary 
5:00pm-6:30pm Optional post-conference networking 

Who should attend

With up to three streams, the conference aims to support occupational therapists at any stage of their career journey; from students, newly qualified therapists and new-to-paediatrics therapists looking for an introduction to practice, to therapists, leaders and academics hoping to advance their practice. 

Save on ticket prices!

Your RCOTSS-CYPF Conference 2024 ticket gives you access to either or both days. Early bird and super early bird tickets are available to SS-CYPF members for a limited time! 

Keep up to date with speakers and schedules through the SS-CYPF e-News and social media pages.