✨Impact Insights✨
Tracks
Children and families (Paediatrics)
Coaching (Knowledge Translation)
Education, including undergraduate and postgraduate course design (Knowledge Translation)
Evidence-based practice (Knowledge Translation)
Implementation science (Knowledge Translation)
Innovation and role-emerging practice (Knowledge Translation)
Knowledge exchange, mobilisation, and transfer (Knowledge Translation)
Measurement and evaluation (Knowledge Translation)
Policy (Knowledge Translation)
Practice challenges and future directions (Knowledge Translation)
Quality improvement projects, including student-driven programs (Knowledge Translation)
Supervision (Knowledge Translation)
| Tuesday, June 23, 2026 |
| 3:05 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Mezzanine M1 |
Speaker
Amie Milligan
International Inclusion Advisor And Lead Paediatric Occupational Therapist
passionpilOT
Making change that matters: bringing systems thinking into paediatric occupational therapy
Biography
Amie Milligan founded PassionpilOT, an occupational therapy service in the ACT, after over a decade in the international development sector. Inspired by brilliant colleagues working without access to expensive bean bags, Amie has a particular interest in shaping culture and community to nurture young people’s participation, growth and wellbeing.
Amanda Tabone
Director
Make The Connection
Authentic Assessment in Paediatric Occupational Therapy: Bridging University Learning and Professional Practice
Biography
Amanda Tabone is an experienced occupational therapist, educator, and founder of a leading paediatric practice. Passionate about neurodiversity-affirming practice, Amanda Lectures in occupational therapy, shaping future clinicians through dynamic teaching and a commitment to inclusive practice. She's completing her Clinical Doctorate at LaTrobe University and an Associate Director in Psychodrama.
Emma Sharkey
Hp3 Occupational Therapist
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Bridging the knowledge-practice gap for occupational therapy with cardiac arrest survivors
Biography
Emma is an occupational therapist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Emma graduated with honours from the Australian Catholic University in 2023. Emma has a passion for research and has undertaken the Knowledge Translation in Healthcare postgraduate subject at Bond University.
Laura Desha
Research Fellow
University of Otago
Supporting delivery of Occupational Performance Coaching as it is intended, with ‘fidelity’
Biography
Laura Desha is an OT and academic in Brisbane, at the University of Queensland, and also remotely engaged in postdoctoral research at the University of Otago. Laura’s research examines promotion of health through sustainable preventative health care and early intervention, achieved through interventions such as coaching and telehealth.