✨Impact Insights✨
Tracks
Activities of daily living (ADLs) (General)
Care planning (Disability)
Driving (General)
Evidence-based practice (Knowledge Translation)
Functional independence (Disability)
Healthy ageing and positive ageing (Older Persons)
Home and environmental modifications (Assistive Technology)
Knowledge exchange, mobilisation, and transfer (Knowledge Translation)
Meaningful activities (General)
Mobility (Disability)
NDIS (Disability)
Policy (Knowledge Translation)
Policy, funding, and access (Assistive Technology)
Practice challenges and future directions (Knowledge Translation)
Restorative care (Older Persons)
Vehicle access and transport modifications (Assistive Technology)
| Wednesday, June 24, 2026 |
| 2:10 PM - 2:35 PM |
| Mezzanine M2 |
Speaker
Sarah Collison
Director
Verve OT Learning
SDA home ownership: A new frontier for OT involvement
Biography
Sarah Collison is an Occupational Therapist with over 20 years’ experience across practice, leadership, education and advocacy. She is Director of Verve OT and Verve OT Learning, supporting OTs in complex NDIS contexts. Sarah facilitates a national Community of Practice and focuses on ethical, sustainable, impact-driven practice.
Mrs Donna Kristinof
Occupational Therapist
Monash Health
Life Beyond discharge after surviving an Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Biography
Donna is an Occupational Therapist at the Victorian Heart Hospital. She is also a PhD student at Monash University, investigating multidisciplinary discharge planning in the acute cardiac setting.
Leanne Hopkins
Succeed Practice Management Pty Ltd
A streamlined model for clear and meaningful Functional Capacity Assessments
Biography
Leanne Hopkins is a paediatric occupational therapist and practice owner at Succeed Healthcare Solutions. She develops and implements therapy models focused on goal setting, family led intervention, group programs, and service delivery systems that improve access to therapy and manage clinician workload. She also runs Succeed Practice Management offshore outsourcing.
Chris Pearce
Director & Occupational Therapist
OT Services Group
Why Driving Independence Matters Beyond Assessment Costs
Biography
Chris Pearce, Brad Williams and Jenny Gribbin are experienced occupational therapists specialising in driver assessment and rehabilitation across Australia. Together, they bring extensive clinical experience, leadership, and a shared commitment to innovating and advancing evidence based driving occupational therapy practice nationally.
