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The Minor Mods Coaching Program!

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The Minor Mods

Coaching Program

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Clinical Skills and Competencies

in Minor Home Modifications

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6 Month Exclusive Program Designed Around Your Learning Needs!

Course Inclusions

The Minor Mods Mentorship is a 6-month program designed to walk you through the core elements of safe prescription of minor modifications in the domestic home.

This program is like none other in terms of the depth and detail that is explored, with the program tailored around your unique needs, ensuring you are no longer navigating minor modifications alone.

This 6 month online program includes:

The course includes:

✔️ 6-Months of clinical support from Janelle Arnold - an experienced OT passionate about home mods

✔️ Monthly Tutorials - of in-depth details to build your knowledge bank so you can create confident prescriptions

✔️ Monthly Office Hours - unpack your 'stuck' cases with your program experts, protecting you from lost time and failed scripts.

✔️ Monthly Q&A's- Explore your specific questions in depth and leverage off group learnings.

✔️ Swipe Files - build your own Minor Modifications Resource Library with resources straight from Janelle's desk!

✔️ 24/7 access to Live Session Recordings so you can stay connected even if you can not make the session.

✔️ Digital Reflections Diary - Integrate knowledge into sound clinical practice with guided reflective practice.

✔️ 90 day access to all course materials - so you can jump back in and consolidate in context

✔️ 30 CPD points (equivalent to 30 hours including practical tasks)

PLUS

Because we can not explore minor mods without addressing handrails...you will also have 6 months access

to The Rails Project (valued at $697) where you get to deep dive into the world of handrails, building structures, sketching, communicating in the building industry and product knowledge baseline.

Yes - 6 months...not just 6 weeks!

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Office Hours &
Q&A with Janelle

There is nothing better than timely, relevant exploration of clinical challenges!

Submit your questions and case studies for Janelle to unpack live and also Learn from others in the program and develop your clinical knowledge base.

All questions and answers will be recorded and available 24/7

Modification
Tutorials

Step-by-step exploration of product features and considerations within a wide range of applications are covered in our topic-specific tutorials each month.

With worksheets and tasks to be completed each month, you will have ample material to bring to Q&A and Office Hours.

Customised Training Portal & Swipe Files

24/7 Access to the portal where you can access to all the content that is part of this coaching program, so you can work on this at your own pace.

This includes each month's tutorials, downloadable swipe files and recordings for the live Q&A's and Office Hour case studies.

Bonus Access:
The Rails Project

Go behind the scenes with rail fabrication methods, engineering reports and close-ups of rail prescriptions through to sign off visits in this 6-week intensive course that you have access for a whole 6 months!

What the Course Covers

In your time with the Minor Mods Coaching Program, you will have the opportunity to build, consolidate and confirm your clinical competencies across minor modification prescriptions within the domestic home.

These skills form the foundation for more comprehensive and complex home modifications in Australia as well as provide a foundation to provide sound consultative advice even in settings where general advice rather than prescriptions are required.

In addition, you will also have confidence to identify when assistive technology is a better fit.

Minor Modifications have the potential, when appropriately applied to prevent significant injury, increase confidence to stay at home and reduce carer stress...along with many other benefits.

However, as the OT landscape in Australia continues to change, the responsibility on the prescribing therapist for sound practices is ever increasing, with OT's increasingly being pursued for rectification works for failed scripts.

Though the minor modifications coaching program with Janelle and her team, you will explore the indicators, contra-indicators, condition-specific considerations, legal considerations and sustainability / maintenance, permanent and temporary options of:

- Bathroom and wet areas:

ie: shower access, slip reduction, task specific modifications, Bidets, Tapware

- Home Access:

ie: Steps, threshold and step ramps, Platform Steps doorway widening, auto openers

- Daily Living:

ie: Chair, couch and recliner modifications, slip reduction options,

- Bedroom:

ie: Bed access, wardrobe access, lighting and blinds

- Kitchen Access

ie: Fridge access, pantry access, microwave use, task specific changes, lighting

- Outdoor and Garage

ie: Slip reduction solutions, Garden access, Automation, washing lines, Task Specific

- Neuro-diverse supports

ie: high impact solutions, noise reduction / acoustics management / Access

- Condition Specific Solutions:

Ie: Thermoregulation, lighting, sound proofing, shadow reduction,

- and much more...

you will also explore anthropometrics, biomechanics and legal implications of prescriptions as you explore each area of minor mods...

Along with compressive exploration of handrails and grabrails in The Rails Project.

This 6-month coaching program is designed around your personal needs, clinical setting and clinical challenges so that you can directly apply what you are exploring into clinical practice and bring real, on the ground concerns to office hours.

If you are not yet in a role that has hands-on expectations regarding minor mods, you will be able to give yourself a clinical boost by exploring these topics and products and use the included case studies to develop your competencies and skills in this area.

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The Minor Mods Coaching Program is right for you if:

You want to get a head start in your professional career
Your employer is asking you to work with unfamiliar minor modifications
You feel that minor modifications is what you have 'just learnt' from a 'hand-me-down" approach
You want to ensure that the costs of failed scrips don't come back bite you
You are looking to brush up your clinical skills in minor mods or are returning to an environmental OT role

In other words, no matter where you are in the OT space, or whether you are working with Paediatrics or adult clients there is value here for you!

If you ever feel unsure or uncertain about a minor mod, then this program has been designed with you in mind.

However, as this is a targeted program, designed around the learning needs of each participant, we can only keep the numbers small.... so, if you are interested, please click below to save your spot!

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Check out what therapists have said so far...

“Learning about legislation, different rail configurations, rail products and how to bring it all together was so helpful. Definitely the best PD I have completed this year… if not ever…” (Senior OT)

“Janelle’s Knowledge is great. She has made the sessions very enjoyable”

“Very relevant.. Very practical and within my scope of practice”

Private Practice OT

It's really been fantastic... There is so much I don't know, but before this, I didn't know how much I didn't know...

Senior OT

“Fantastic, enthusiastic, and very knowledgeable presenter. Inspiring to think outside the box of what I thought we can do with rails. It would be good to attend another (course) with you again Janelle”

Sub-Acute Grade 3 OT

“I have to say, teaching is something that (Janelle is) amazing at..”

“Clear explanation of issues, problems solving and different types of rails was most appropriate for my clinical practice”

“ I (now) take the initiative to find more about the product and its weight capacity. I ask questions to the family about the type of frames used and make the recommendations accordingly. I was never confident like this before. Now I could at least find out the problems and able to problem solve with appropriate solutions…”

Grade 2 Community OT

“Having worked in a community for many years, I thought I knew most of the relevant information required to make recommendations for rails. After the completion of home mods course present by Janelle, I understood the importance of making appropriate recommendations …. I now have new confidence to prescribe the rails appropriately… Highly recommend it any time to advance your knowledge.”

Community Therapist / Private Practice Owner

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Meet The Presenter:

Janelle Arnold is an Occupational Therapist who has worked across the Acute, sub acute and community health spaces over the last 16 years.

Janelle is now the Clinical Director of Kadia Therapy - a boutique Occupational Therapy service in Victoria and is a lead educator and director of The Kadia Lab - a space for Occupational Therapists and Students across Australia to access quality education.

Purpose Of The Program

Occupational Therapists and Student OT's in Australia seek opportunities to build, consolidate and confirm their clinical competence in Minor Modifications with many recognising the value of sound prescriptions as a foundational skill for more advanced home modifications.

With increasing pressures and changes in the health and disability spaces in Australia, more than ever ensuring clinical competency across all areas of clinical practice is vital.

Whilst minor mods are seen to be a basic intervention, the impact of a failed script both to client and required rectification works can be significant. In recent months there has been an increased push to have OT's and their Employers pay for rectification works, or at least, spend time and energy solving problems that could have been avoidable... if only the right training had been accessable.

The tricky thing is, many OT's have never had formal training in minor mods, or had the time to fully explore the topics in depth.

The Minor Mods Coaching program is designed to meet exactly this need.

Through exploring a comprehensive list of minor modifications through the lenses of the participant, unpacking specific topics through tutorials and building a resource of swipe files, the core principles that underpin minor mods will be explored across all areas of the domestic environment so that participants can step into their clinical world with confidence and competence....and know when they are extending beyond their own personal scope and what to do when this happens. After all a safe therapy delivery is our ultimate aim.

Along with access to 6 months of coaching with Janelle and her team, you will also have access to The Rails Project - after all we can not explore minor modifications without unpacking handrails.

The Rails Project unpacks the key elements of rail prescription in detail, exploring all key evidenced areas required for sound practice. The learnings within this program also provide the foundation for all further home modifications learnings.

Learning Outcomes

Improve hand rail and grab rail prescription by understanding the relationship between person, product and environment
Confidently apply anthropometrics and condition to product selection
Interpret key environmental elements which impact prescription options and adjust prescription accordingly
Understand the role and duty of care of the Occupational Therapist in rail prescription
Explore and apply the Australian Standards, demonstrating an understanding of when and how variations can occur.

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Why Train With Us...

The Kadia Lab is a space dedicated to the growth, learning and support of innovation within the Occupational Therapy field in Australia.

The team at The Kadia Lab believe that every OT in Australia - no matter their location, or demographic /setting, deserve high quality, engaging and inspirational support and education.

We believe that the Occupational Therapists and students of today are the key to unlocking the potential of disability and health care in Australia - and the time is NOW!

Our Logo represents the long reaching ripple effect that OT can have when therapists are supported, connected, and equipped. We know that together we can reach great heights.

The Kadia Lab is the brain child of the truly innovative team at Kadia Occupational Therapy - a boutique, culture-setting Occupational Therapy Service in Melbourne.

The team at Kadia Occupational Therapy have created something pretty special, hitting the ball out of the park in terms of client satisfaction, clinical outcomes and significant success within the Assistive Technology, Home Modification and Out of the Box clinical solutions for their clients... even being listed as one of the top 5 in Team Culture in the 20-21 Allied Health Awards.

The Kadia Lab is our way of ensuring that the magic of what occurs in Kadia Occupational Therapy is shared with you, so that together - we can start the movement which is Occupational Therapy in Australia!

We look forward to journeying with You!

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The Need For The Program

When Janelle was in the early stages of her career, she learnt handrail prescription the "standard" way, with templates piled onto her desk, and a brief handover of how to prescribe according to the template.

However, when she moved into a community space, she started to see issues: Rails coming away from walls, clients with injuries and rails that were ineffective at helping movement patterns. These rails had been in place for 6 months to 3 years, and all prescribed by therapists across the health care continuum.

The scary things was... this issue was not just limited to handrails and grab rails... there seemed to be no limit to the areas of minor modifications impacted by failed scripts!

Despite OT's reporting they felt confident in their work because the clients "reported to be happy" on follow up phone calls, the building industry shared little faith in the capacity of OT's to prescribe safely.

In addition, with the changing expectations of funding bodies, more and more OT's are finding themselves having to resolve failed scripts, with either themselves or their employer needing to cover the cost, or at the very least, provide services to resolve the issues.

Following pursuit of this area of research in post grad studies at the University of South Australia, Janelle has now presented her research at Sydney OT Australia Conference, Melbourne Assistive Technology Conference (OTA), Monash Health, and other groups across Australia.

This research has led to the development of this training, as well as additional student lead projects with Australian Catholic University, Monash Health and The Kadia Lab.

Janelle is passionate about supporting therapists to have the information and the tools she wished she had had earlier in her career, so that she could serve her clients to the best of her ability, and support the growth and reputation of Occupational Therapy in Australia.