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 New from Croatia September 2008

SHOCKING LAW proposed The Ministry of Health and Welfare

Occupational therapist in Croatia are in a critical moment for their profession (Croatian name for occupational therapy is RADNA TERAPIJA). Occupational therapists are relocated, marginalized and degraded by enforcing a law, Physiotherapy law. Occupational therapists are unfairly included in that law proposal, although they are independent professionals and not part of physiotherapy intervention, as this law suggests. Absurd law will enliven in our legislation, this will be dangerous for professions’ identity and additionally, it could (and probably would) be an obstacle for mobility of occupational therapists work force between Croatia and EU countries.

For additional information, see the our WEB page.

August 24^th 2008.

III. OT Skills Workshop

Croatian Association of Occupational Therapists in collaboration with University of Allied Health Professionals and Cardiff and Vale NHS Trusta (Wales)  organized OT skills workshop. Topics that are included in a workshop are as follows:

• Mental Health Workshop (Motivational Interviewing, Adapted AMPs / Relaxation in the context of Sensory Integration and environments), MOHOST. CBT principles of Socratic questioning and assessment of activity scheduling

• Neuro workshop (Parkinson’s Disease, Balance, Group Work)

Photos from workshop here.

August 15^th 2008.

NLP COURSE

Modules: September 15^th - 16^th ; September 29^th – 30^th; December 13^th – 14^th; January 03^rd – 04^th; January 17^th – 18^th; February 31^st – 01^st
More information is available here.

August 8^th 2008.

Flyer "Skills for Daily Life"
Our first informational flyer has been printed about OT. You can download it here.

August 1^st 2008

The Ministry of Health and Welfare supports the idea of a unified law and chambers.

On Friday, June 6^th 2008. In the Ministry of Health and Welfare was held a meeting of representatives of six health professional organization that signed the Agreement on Cooperation (Croatian Association of laboratory medicine, Croatian association of medical radiology engineers (CAMRE):, Croatian Sanitary Association, the Croatian Association of occupational therapists, Croatian Society of Physiotherapists (CSPT) and the Croatian Association for hipotherapy) to State Secretary for Health.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare supports the idea of law regulation of all professions in health care and ultimately the establishment of joint chambers professions that are not yet organized. (carried over from www.hzf.hr) June 10^th 2008.

Promoting occupational Therapy

Look at our boards and posters here.

Functionality and autonomy in the first place
Do you have therapists working in your team?
Need occupational therapists?

April 2^nd 2008