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Transitioning practice areas Cara St John reflects on what she ’ s learned about transferrable skills over the past year
Production and design officer Janine Reid
Chair Odeth Richardson
Editor Tracey Samuels
CEO Steve Ford
Production and design officer Suzanne Jefferson

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Promoting occupational balance Kinga Czekaj and Jennifer Thayre reflect on their work in an inpatient learning disability unit
Improving wellbeing for people living with dementia Erin Hardy gives a reflective account of the pros , cons and potentials
An equitable and systematic way of building skills Donna Morling-Grove talks about her work to develop a handbook to support apprentices and mentors
Investing in our young people Chris Prager on the support OTs can offer young people who are not in education , employment or training
The value of OT within an addictions environment Jessica Robson and Mikaela Williams explain how making small , targeted change has a big impact
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Watch me do it A free-to-access video library aims to support motor learning in children with developmental co-ordination disorder
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