Learning Objectives: 2-Day Live or Hybrid Distance Learning Training

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

1. Summarize the historical context of circus and how it relates to social participation and health equity from an occupational therapy perspective.

2. Define and explain social development and how it relates to the intersection of social circus and occupational therapy interventions.

3. Demonstrate circus being delivered through occupational therapy-informed models of practice.

4. Develop evidence-informed circus interventions for differences in sensory-motor abilities, visual perception, gross and fine motor control, and executive function.

5. Discuss circus-themed occupational therapy theory and practice, including task grading, client-centered care, assessment, goal setting, intervention, and evaluation tools.

6. Debate the similarities and differences between social circus and occupational therapy-informed circus.

7. Design traditional occupational therapy evidence-based practices with circus skills instruction to increase social, emotional, physical and cognitive capacities.

8. Discuss causes and effects of occupational deprivation in current political contexts and how circus delivered through an occupational therapy lens has addressed this issue in refugee 

9. Explain the complexity of trauma informed interventions as related to political and environmental refugee communities.

10. Practice individual and group-focused instruction methods.

11. Restate emotional, physical and cultural safety protocols.

12. Appraise a variety of adapted theater, movement and circus skills and be able to explain how instruction techniques are used to address specific functional capacities.

13. Develop processes involved in working cross-culturally including; logistics, setting up partnerships, accountability, collaborative goal setting between stakeholders, fundraising and team cohesion.

14. Plan, deliver and evaluate circus interventions through case study examples for pediatrics, aged care, mental health and refugee/displaced.

*Learners will receive 1.3 CEUs for full attendance and for successfully completing all related activities and assessments that represent the learning objectives associated with each section, in addition to post-evaluations.