OT Unplugged: Community of Practice Insights
By Sarah Collison, Nikki Cousins and Alyce Svensk
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A space for you to connect, reflect and stay up to date on OT practice and the evolving world of the NDIS.
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S10 E9 - Sliding Doors: The Moments That Shape an OT Career
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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S10 E8 - NDIS Support Lists: Simpler Categories, Bigger Questions
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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S10 E7 - Less Fluff, More Function: Better NDIS OT Reports
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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S10 E6 - NDIS Support Determinations: What Are We Actually Dealing With?
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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S10 E5 - The NDIS Is Changing: Here’s What We Know
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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S10 E4 - The Business of OT: Costs, Recruitment and Sustainability
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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S10 E3 - Building Clinical Confidence Through Reflective Practice
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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S10 E2 - The Placement Problem: Why Paying Students Isn't the Whole Solution
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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S10 E1 - Balancing Business, Billing and Burnout
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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S09E11 - Innovation and Change in OT: OTX, WikiQuip and NDIS Updates
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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S09E10 - NDIS Price Guide - What OTs really need to know
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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S09E09 - Beyond Self-Report: Building Stronger Functional Capacity Evidence
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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S9E08 - The Year of Uncertainty Continues
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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S9E07 - Award Changes Are Coming. Is Your Practice Ready?
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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S9E06 – Beyond Clinical Work: The Evolution of OT Careers
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May 28, 2026 |
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S9E05 - Breaking Down the New NDIS Bill
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May 21, 2026 |
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S9E04 - Unpacking Thriving Kids NSW
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May 14, 2026 |
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S9E03 - NDIS Registration Confusion, Worker Screening and What Happens Next
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May 07, 2026 |
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S9E02 - Living Through NDIS Change: The OT Perspective
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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S9E01 - NDIS Reset Explained: Breaking Down The Biggest Changes To The Scheme
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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S8E10 - Leave, Leadership and Letting Go
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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S8E09 - Supporting New Grad OTs in Today’s NDIS Landscape
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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S8E08 - Fuel, Funding and Future Risk: Navigating Cost Pressure in OT Practice
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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S8E07 - The Hidden Load Many OTs Carry
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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S8E06 - When Illness Disrupts the Diary: How OTs Manage Sick Leave in Practice
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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S8E05 - Assessing Need Or Navigating Policy? The Reality of OT Practice in the NDIS
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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S8E04 - When OT practice ownership gets real
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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S8E03 - Building a Calmer OT Practice: Delegation, Hiring and Reducing Cognitive Load
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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S8 E02 – When Policy Shifts Hit Practice: An OT Perspective On What’s Next
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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S8E01 – New Year, New Pressures: What the Pricing Consultation Means for OTs
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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S7E10 - Sarah, Nikki & Alyce signing off for 2025
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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S7E09 - Fairness at Risk: How New Planning Reforms Could Reshape Everyday OT Practice
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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S7E08 - Inconsistency, Delays and Risk: The NDIS Reality Check
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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S7E07 - Crunch Time Again: Inside the New Pricing Analysis and Disability Sector Report
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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S7E06 - The Year End Squeeze: Protecting Your Energy as NDIS Changes Accelerate
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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S7E05 - Wrapping Up the Year While the NDIS Ramps Up
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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S7E04 - From Knowledge to Practice: Making OT Conferences Matter
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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S70E3 - OT Week Special Episode
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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S7E02 - What’s Changing Now: NDIS Therapy and Respite Updates Explained
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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S7E01 - It’s Not the Tool, It’s the Process: The ICAN Conversation
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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S6E10 - Reports on Trial: OT Documentation and the NDIS
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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S6E09 - Keeping Supports Steady: Psychosocial Disability and NDIS Changes
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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S06E08 - NDIS reform round-up: What OTs need to know in 2025
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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S6E07 - NDIS Oversight is Broken — Here’s What That Means for Providers
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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S6E06 - So… What Would You Do Next? OT Futures and NDIS Realities
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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S6E05 - When Policy Shifts Come via the Newsfeed
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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S06E04 - Christmas Parties, Sharks in the Lake, and the NDIS Delay Game
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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S6E03 - From Compliance to Chaos: OT Practice Under NDIS Pressure
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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S6E02 - Spiders, Snakes & Safety: The Wild World of OT Home Visits
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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S6E01 - Beyond the Price Guide: Hard Conversations & Smart Choices
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Special Episode: Maintaining OT Presence in an NDIS World
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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S05E10 - After the High: OT Conference, Real Life, and the July 1 Crash
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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S0509 - Pivot, Pause, or Push Through? Survival Tactics for OTs Right Now
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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S0508 - The Most Disastrous Price Guide Ever? Let’s Talk About It.
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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S05E07 - NDIS Pricing Bombshell: What It Means for OTs & Practice Owners
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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S05E06 - Navigating NDIS 2.0: Service Agreements, Section 33, and Staying Compliant
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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S05E05 - OTs vs the NDIS Maze - The latest on Section 33 + Foundational Supports
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May 29, 2025 |
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S05E04 - NDIS Just Got Tougher: Surviving the New Section 33 Era
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May 22, 2025 |
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S05E03 - From Mum Life to Mic Time: Prepping for the OT Conference
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May 15, 2025 |
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S05E02 - Impairment Categories Are a Mess: Inside the NDIA's Conflicting Guidelines
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May 08, 2025 |
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S05E01 - Flexible or Fixed? NDIS, Stated Supports, and the Confusion in Between
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May 01, 2025 |
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S04E12 - The Good, the Bad & the Clunky: OT Practice Software Deep Dive
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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S04E11 - Denied Again? Real Talk on Navigating the NDIS System
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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S04E10 - NDIS Advocacy Isn’t in the Job Description… But Here We Are
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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S04E09 - The ART of War: Fighting for What’s Reasonable & Necessary
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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S04E08 - Scallop Pies, ATSA Highlights & A Toast to Strong Women
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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S04E07 - Unpacking the NDIS Chaos: Reports, Rejections & Rants
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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S04E06 - Providing Therapy in Schools, Cancellation Charges and Split Billing
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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S04E05 OT advocacy, support needs assessments and NDIS report writing challenges
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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S04E04 - Mental health, burnout and support strategies for OTs
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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S04E03 - NDIS challenges and the realities of private practice
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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S04E02 - NDIS uncertainty, replacement supports confusion and recalibrating therapy intervention
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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S04E01 - January surge, NDIS Impairment Notices and Community Advocacy for NDIS Reforms
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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S03E10 - Independent review of music and art therapy, the latest on support needs assessment PLUS we reflect on 2024
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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S03E09 - NDIS impairment notices, disability related health supports & making changes to reports.
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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S03E08 - Balancing personal and professional life, impact of NDIS policy on OT practice and opportunities for OT advocacy
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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S03E07 - AI in practice, Music & Art therapy, Replacement supports and OTSI
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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S03E06 - Christmas shutdown period and using AI to support OT practice
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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S03E05 - Eligibility reassessments and requests for evidence
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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S03E04 - A lengthy debate on all things NDIS
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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S03E03 - The latest on the NDIS commission reform, replacement support items under the transitional rule & upcoming consultation on mandatory registration.
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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S03E02 - Celebrating all the amazing aspects of occupational therapy during OT Week 2024!
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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S03E01 - Allied Health Awards & the NDIS Transitional Rule (Support for Participants)
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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S02E10 - Disability reform roadmap, failed modifications, and payment integrity review checks
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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S02E09 - NDIS support lists and the recent update on provider registration
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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S02E08 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) replacing OT, NDIS Support Needs Assessments and advocacy in the NDIS OT space
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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S02E07 - Foundational supports consultation, misuse of NDIS funds and the new look NDIS Plans
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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S02E06 - NDIS legislation update, price differentiation and incorrect AT prescription
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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S02E05 - Leading a Healthy OT lifestyle, NDIS payment blockages and NDIS report writing
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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S02E04 - With special guest Muriel Cummins on NDIS reforms
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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S02E03 - Draft list of proposed NDIS Supports and the NDIS Worker Registration Taskforce final report
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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S02E02 - NDIS registration taskforce update plus using AHAs in OT practice
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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S02E0 1 - Taking a break from the NDIS, further provider closures & short notice cancellations
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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S01E21 - NDIS Price Guide and Pricing Review Report, the proposed blended payments co design, and Bill Shorten's new advertising campaign
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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S01E20 - NDIS pricing, the pause on the draft legislation, and NDIA decision making.mp3
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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S01E19 - OTA Exchange Conference & NDIS Billable Targets
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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S01E18 - Exit planning, the role of AHAs and handling unusual AT requests
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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S01E17 - NDIS Draft legislation passes, NDIS fraud and Alyce’s big practice news
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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S01E16 - NDIS draft legislation, the role of PM and SC plus our NDIS pricing predictions
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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S01E15 - Unearthing the notion of "intra-plan inflation" and collaboration with AT suppliers for best practice outcomes
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May 23, 2024 |
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S01E14 - NDIS approval delays, LAC caseloads and evidencing clinical reasoning / decision making
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May 16, 2024 |
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S01E13 - NDIS wedding tax, paid student placements and assessment tools for clinical practice
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May 09, 2024 |
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S01E12 - Expo and conference season - what's out there for NDIS OT's?
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May 02, 2024 |
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S01E11 - Navigating the NDIS Draft Legislation with guest Muriel Cummins
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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S01E10 - Proposed Mandatory Registration in the NDIS
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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S01E09 - Diving deeper into the NDIS draft legislation
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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S01E08 - Getting the NDIS back on track bill
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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S01E07 - The Workforce Dilemma - preparing OT students
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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S01E06 - Managing work life balance and the parenting juggle
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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S01E05 - Unpacking the NDIS Review and Psycho-social Disability
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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S01E04 - An OT's scope of practice journey
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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S01E03 - Managing client expectations and the NDIS pricing review
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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S01E02 - Approval delays, PACE and OT naming legalities
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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S01E01 - Recruitment, supervision and finding the perfect job match
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Feb 15, 2024 |