Carolyn Fitzgibbon

Mental health OT : sensory modulation brisbane

[Carolyn Fitzgibbon @sensorymod]

@PatMcGorry The NDIS has people with schizophrenia, bipolar, depression, CPTSD. Could you share your references for the early intervention preventing disability for these diagnoses please?

[Carolyn Fitzgibbon @sensorymod]

@muriel_cummins @criprights @SquigglyRick Thanks Muriel. It would be a trauma informed practice for the government to have the assessment completed by someone who is the participants choice. This will result in increased trust , safety and better information.

[Carolyn Fitzgibbon @sensorymod]

@GPswampwarrior Yes that is very true

[Carolyn Fitzgibbon @sensorymod]

@muriel_cummins @criprights @billshortenmp @EveryAustralian @VMIAC @ahpapolicy .... (p523 ndis review analysis continued) such as:
•public mental health services,
•non-government organisations,
•health professionals,
•primary care services,
•private psychiatric hospitals
and workers’ compensation insurance"

[Carolyn Fitzgibbon @sensorymod]

@muriel_cummins @criprights @billshortenmp @EveryAustralian @VMIAC @ahpapolicy "To draw on expertise in the mental health system, the NDIA should encourage organisations with a focus on people with severe and permanent mental illness to provide navigation and early intervention .... (p523 analsyis)

[Carolyn Fitzgibbon @sensorymod]

@muriel_cummins @criprights @billshortenmp @EveryAustralian @VMIAC @ahpapolicy Read #NDISreview Supporting Analysis page 520 for "details" of the 3 year early intervention proposal for psychosocial disability. Too many unmet needs to mention! No definitions/detail eg for professional services

[Carolyn Fitzgibbon @sensorymod]

I agree & am very concerned too. People with psychosocial disability need & deserve a system that is designed to meet their needs, through co-design, innovation, extensive literature review. Then this design has to be clearly articulated. This has not occurred in #NDISreview

[muriel cummins @muriel_cummins]

@criprights Urgent discussion needed on the proposed 'early intervention ' diversion for people with psychosocial disability- ?rationale, ?evidence, & ?rights-based lens? Not enough justification from the NDIS Review- very concerning @billshortenmp @EveryAustralian @VMIAC @ahpapolicy

[muriel cummins @muriel_cummins]

Auditory processing disorder is also frequently experienced by many people with psychosocial disability. It is often overlooked, as with so many aspects that are not 'episodic'. We need an @NDIS that can rise to these challenges, not 'divert' people from essential supports

[Carolyn Fitzgibbon @sensorymod]

Sign the petition to protect the rights of people with psychosocial disability https://t.co/PNhMgD0qh2

[Carolyn Fitzgibbon @sensorymod]

People with psychosocial disability in Australia need access to many different services.
NDIS is needed in addition to mental health services
Keep psychosocial disability on the NDIS!

#NDIS #BillShorten #mentalhealth #Australia #psychosocialdisability #OT

[Simon Katterl @SimonKatterl]

'We are distressed to hear your understanding of psychosocial disability is that it is somehow less deserving...under the NDIS than other disabilities. Nothing could be further from the truth'

Equal rights for psychosocial disability, @billshortenmp. https://t.co/2Bewczgb5F

[Carolyn Fitzgibbon @sensorymod]

@muriel_cummins @NdisReview @billshortenmp I agree Muriel. It is not equitable to discriminate on the basis of what type of disability a person has. @billshortenmp https://t.co/c29yAAS0pu

[Senator Jordon Steele-John @SenatorJordon]

🧵Tears will not cut it. When the #DisabilityRoyalCommission hands down their final report at the end of this month, the disability community and I call on the the government to ensure these 3 actions…

[muriel cummins @muriel_cummins]

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission investigation finds *independent* ( ie not also delivering direct support) disability intermediaries are protective against risk of exploitation. We recommended ensuring impartiality of SC, RC's in our submission: https://t.co/qmW5hKin6c

[Carolyn Fitzgibbon @sensorymod]

A somato-cognitive action network alternates with effector regions in motor cortex . Great to see this research - so clever to review old concepts https://t.co/7lXNcTvZyZ

[Carolyn Fitzgibbon @sensorymod]

#Sensoryemotionregulation =#sensorymodulation this is a good article but I disagree that "no work has directly examined the role of sensation as a relatively effortless regulatory tool". OTs have been discussing its roles for years #sensoryprocessing https://t.co/OxKwL2t1uF

[Carolyn Fitzgibbon @sensorymod]

@OTDenise Thanks . I am glad u have found it useful !

[Occupational Therapy is #StrengthsInAction 💚 @OTDenise]

Really like the modest and well being approach of Julie o’Sullivan and Carolyn Fitzgibbon in their #SensoryModulation 2018 book

Note- this is not sensory integration therapy
It’s self management, #OccupationalTherapy and humanistic approach - people are whole

[Carolyn Fitzgibbon @sensorymod]

@kate_ptrv Sensory modulation interventions use sensations for emotion regulation so you might be interested in that too