This document provides information about professional supervision and mentoring opportunities for graduate occupational therapists in private practice and paediatrics in Melbourne, Australia. It describes two programs offered: 1) Individual mentoring involving monthly face-to-face or online meetings to support graduate therapists in their current work context. 2) A DEAP program over 36 weeks involving 6 small group spiritual mentoring sessions to help mentees engage in reflective practice and discernment around spirituality and its role in occupational therapy. The document outlines the objectives and formats of each program and provides details of session topics for the DEAP program, which focuses on integrating spirituality into therapeutic relationships and enabling occupation.

1. 1
Professional
Supervision
for
Graduate
Occupational
Therapist
In
Private
Practice
and
Paediatrics
Melbourne.
DEAP
Develop
skills
in
reflective
practice
Enrich
your
therapeutic
relationships
Actualise
client
occupation
focused
outcomes
Person
centered
practice
Individual-­‐
Parkville
Consulting
Small
group
–Spiritual
Health
Victoria-­‐Abbotsford
Josephine
Snowdon-­‐Creative
Health
Consultancy
B.App.Sci
Occ.
Ther,
Grad
Dip
Rehab
Studies,
MHSc,
Grad
Dip
Theol.
josephine56@icloud.com
M:0400404441,T:
(03)93805069

2. 2
Josephine
Snowdon
–
Occupational
Therapy
Graduate
Mentoring
2015
Individual
meetings:
Individual
mentoring
OT
AUSTRALIA
MENTOR
LINK
Objective
to
engage
in
a
personal
relationship
as
mentor
with
the
OT
mentees,
in
order
that
they
can
explore
their
vocation
as
an
Occupational
therapists,
to
its
fullest
extent
:
-­‐To
walk
with
the
OTs
to
assist
them
as
graduate
therapists
in
the
context
in
which
they
are
currently
working
from
a
client
centred
perspective.
Format-­‐
monthly
face
to
face
and
skype
conferencing
–
OT
Australia
program
-­‐ Entails
personal
goals
and
set
tasks
off
site
2.
DEAP
Spirituality
in
occupational
therapy
practice
–
what
does
it
mean?
Objective
To
assist
mentees
to
engage
in
a
continued
process
of
discernment
that
will
assist
them
throughout
life
discern
options,
make
choices
and
clarify
from
a
client
centred
and
occupation
focused
perspective.
Through
engaging
with
the
mentees
in
a
Spiritual
Mentoring
group
process
This
process
that
engages
the
whole
person
in
reflection
upon
what
is
essentially
meaningful
to
themselves,
their
self
determination,
connectedness
in
relationships
with
clients
and
significant
others
and
is
also
inclusive
of
their
sense
of
the
sacred,
faith,
and
hope.
Format-­‐
over
36
weeks,
6
face
to
face
peer
group
small
meetings
at
Spiritual
Health
Australia

3. 3
Sessions:
1.Why
am
I
interested
in
spirituality
in
Occupational
therapy
practice?
What
does
spirituality
mean?
Definitions
of
spirituality
Spirituality
and
Children
Exercises
1
and
2
.
2.
What
is
the
context
for
considering
spirituality?
The
therapeutic
relationship
and
spirituality.
The
meaning
of
the
person
and
spirituality
.
Exercise
3
and
4
3.
What
is
the
context
for
considering
spirituality?
Culture
and
Spirituality
Disability
and
Spirituality
Religion
and
spirituality
Exercises
5
and
6
4.
Attending
to
Spirituality
when
enabling
Occupation
How
spirituality
is
embedded
in
concepts
of
enabling
Occupation.
Exercise
7,
8
and
9
5.
Journalling
and
reflective
writing
as
a
Therapist
Integrating
PD
with
spiritual
development
Developing
a
personal
perspective
on
the
spiritual
journey
Discernment
6.
Methods
of
engaging
with
spirituality
in
OT
practice
Naratives
,Ritual,
Visual
arts
and
Appreciation
of
Nature
Work
and
Play
,Prayer
$600.00
USE
your
reading
and
journaling
and
THE
GROUP
peer
support
TOWARD
YOUR
PD

4. 4