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Back by popular demand: The OT Link is excited to bring you Couch CPD presented by:
Gina Rencken qualified as an Occupational Therapist at the University of Pretoria in 2001. She worked at Kalafong Hospital and then Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital until 2010. During this time, she qualified in sensory integration and neurodevelopmental therapy and completed a Masters degree through the University of the Free State. She commenced a career in Academia at the University of KwaZulu Natal in 2012. She has a special interest in neonates and early intervention. Gina lectures in paediatrics at the University of KwaZulu Natal, as well as on the theory course for the South African Institute for Sensory Integration. She is currently doing a PhD, looking at the neurobehavioural functioning of infants born to mothers seropositive to HIV.Gina is the module coordinator for the paediatric theory and fieldwork module and coordinates clinical services at the UKZN Occupational Therapy clinic. She is involved in school outreach programmes and empowering educators in helping children overcome barriers to learning. She is a board member of the South African Institute for Sensory Integration (SAISI), as well as the council chair for the International Council of Educators in Ayres Sensory Integration (ICE-ASI). Gina has presented at multiple congresses nationally and internationally in the fields of Occupational Therapy related to Paediatrics, Ayres Sensory Integration, Paediatric Neurology, Infant and child mental health, maternal mental health, and Early Intervention.
Shelley Broughton (BSc OT – 1989, MSc Neuroscience – 2012) specializes in medico-legal work and the case management of beneficiaries of special trusts following successful litigation and investment of proceeds into appointed trusts, as well as disability insurance case management. Alongside her business partner, Felicity, Shelley has co-founded a general Occupational Therapy practice in Sarnia, KZN. Broughton & Jonck OT’s offers comprehensive services including pediatrics, head injuries, hand injuries, adult neurology, vocational rehabilitation, and medico-legal work.
Her special interests encompass neurodevelopmental therapy, sensory integration, infant and baby interventions, alongside insurance and medico-legal work. Shelley has extensive exposure to a range of areas, including medical negligence claims (both pediatric and adult), disability assessments for return to work, cerebral palsy, head injuries, orthopedic injuries, and spinal cord injuries.
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