We are proud to announce you a new TAPAS project in Argentina.
New International TAPAS Project:

Cotolengo de Don Orione, Claypole (Argentina)

Don Luis Orione was a priest who dedicated his life to serving the poorest and most humble. This conviction led him to found the Little Work of Divine Providence (1903). In 1935 he founded “El Pequeño Cotolengo de Don Orione” in Claypole (Argentina).
Their Mission today is: According to the current problems, they spend part of their life to children and adolescents, especially those who are disadvantaged, marginalized, and in extreme poverty.- Work with people who fail to meet their basic needs and are victims of hunger, poor health and education, lack of family and affection, the inability to project towards a decent future.
How do they work the Cotolengo? Home to people with multiple disabilities, physical and mental, its therapeutic and educational setting is complex and must be made through interdisciplinary teams (Nurses, Psychiatrist, 3 Physiotherapists, 3 Occupational Therapists, 1 Speech therapist, 3 Physical Education teachers, 2 Psychologists and Special education teaches), where the task of each (religious, professional, assistants, volunteers) put together for a better assisted service and, where possible, their family, when it exists.
Basically, the tasks for the disabled (more than 400 residents!!), are to assist and care for, rehabilitate, educate and promote, whenever necessary in a family atmosphere.

There is lot to do to improve the quality of life for all people living in the Cotolengo … they are waiting for you!

More information: www.donorione.org.ar
Contact: jovellar -at- aidimo.org and pjovellar -at- aidimo.org and luc.vercruysse -at- scarlet.be

On Saturday march 27 2010 we had our second TAPAS conference in HUB campus Terranova Brussels. About 60 attendants could listen to the informative presentations in the morning and follow two of the six  practical workshops given in the afternoon. All of them were very satisfied about the organisation and the contents of the conference.
We also had the chance to present a brandnew project in Argentina. More about that in a next message.
TAPAS boarder has already an option for the 3rd conference: Malaga – Spain.
Come and see this webblog on a regular base to find more information about that and other TAPAS projects.

On Saturday march 27 2010 we had our second TAPAS conference in HUB campus Terranova Brussels. About 60 attendants could listen to the informative presentations in the morning and follow two of the six  practical workshops given in the afternoon. All of them were very satisfied about the organisation and the contents of the conference.
We also had the chance to present a brandnew project in Argentina. More about that in a next message.
TAPAS boarder has already an option for the 3rd conference: Malaga – Spain.
Come and see this webblog on a regular base to find more information about that and other TAPAS projects.

For the second time The TAPAS association (Therapy for All Patients in All Situations)  organises a conference.
Last conference was in november 2008 in Zaragoza (Spain)
TAPAS is an international project of the department  Ergotherapie  HUB-EHSAL Brussel. Now  it is an international associatie of proactieve therapists that focus on patients who for one or another reason have to miss therapy.
TAPAS  organizes and coordinates an organisation of volunteers and OT  or PT students. They are providing therapy on location.  Our webblog: www.tapas.whereareyou.net
We will set the spots on our projects of today. Practical workshops will be given in the afternoonprogramm. In that way we hope to inspire therapists an students to join the TAPAS association, and work together with us.
Dutch spoken presentations will be translated or provided with  handouts in the Englisch language.
Two persons from the organizational border can help to translate the main ideas of the presentations into Spanish.

Luc Vercruysse
International coördinator

ERGOTHERAPIE BUITENGEWOON

2nd TAPAS conference

27 march 2010
HUB-EHSAL Brussel Campus Terranova
Blekerijstraat 1000 Brussel

Organisation TAPAS
(Therapy for All Patients in All Situations) in collaboration with

Opleiding Ergotherapie HUB-EHSAL Brussel
Programma:

9.30u:Welcome.
Dhr Jo Praet, director health care dept. HUB-EHSAL
Mevr.Greet Deknop, progrramm coördinator  ergotherapie HUB-EHSAL

9.45u: TAPAS: An interdisciplinary approach in an international context.
Luc Vercruysse, Lector ergotherapie HUB-EHSAL and   international coordinator TAPAS
Cristina de Diego Alonso: OT/PT, TAPAS coördinator Spain.

10.30u: Koffie
11.00u: Jaszkotle – Who we are and what we do.(Polen): Agnieszka Ptak,
11.30u: Centro Juvenil, Los Pipitos-Esteli (Nicaragua): Reninka Dekoker
12.00u: Occupational Therapy in Prisons? It exists!!
Jan Adams en Jerina Vanneste
12.30u Tapas-Lunch prepared by pupils from  the School for Special Education Terbank, Heverlee
13.30u tot 14.30u: Workshopsessie 1

• Workshop Cristina de Diego Alonso: Communication: more than words.
• Workshop Reninka Dekoker: Dynamic learning processes in special contexts: Occupational therapy as base . ergotherapie als basis.
• Workshop Agnieszka Ptak, Ewa Poznar: Stimulation of the development through movement and fun. Interdisciplinarity as  most succesfull approach.
• Workshop Jan Adams, Jerina Vanneste: Occupational Therapy in Prison: Forensoic OT.
• Workshop alumni ergotherapie HUB (Kato Defeyter, Ellen Baert, Evi Pacqué , Tina Govaert ): How can I prepare myself  for working in a project or practice period in the south. What does this mean for my vision on OT and on my professional  identity as OT.
• Workshop Mieke Lembrechts: Vocational training with pupils from a school for  special education in Jaszkotle: More practice opportunities for OT students?

15.00 tot 16.00: Workshopsessie 2

• Idem workshopsessie 1

16.15u: Plenum and evaluation .

Interested ???

Just contact one of us.

Contactgegevens TAPAS
Luc Vercruysse: luc.vercruysse -at- hubrussel.be
Cristina de Diego Alonso: cristinadediegoalonso -at- gmail.com