Occupational Therapy News OTnews January 2019 | Page 5

20 features 18 32 Delivering behavioural activation to beat depression Lynsey Drysdale and Claire Boyle explain why and how NHS Lanarkshire’s mental health occupational therapy service has been delivering behavioural activation groups 20 24 42 40 34 What I do: promoting the profession Abigail Johnson shares how one ‘smallest of actions’ is helping to promote professional identity Supporting your team to engage in and with research RCOT offers some top tips from managers who have done it Role emerging placements – a service initiative Dawn Corse and Nansi Felton on the development of a pilot role emerging placement for physiotherapy students with the South Gloucestershire Care Home Liaison Team 42 Pushing the boundaries of occupational therapy education Terri Grant and Alison Blank explain how University of Worcester students have been encouraged to push their own boundaries to help them think about how clients may feel when asked to do something outside of their comfort zone Occupation as rehabilitation Sophie Cook and Joe Scoble look at the positive outcomes from establishing a gardening group in a specialist amputee rehabilitation setting reports 26 The food explorers group 28 To infinity and beyond 29 Volunteering changed my life 40 Neonatal OT on tour: Small babies, Big Apples 30 A lifelong journey The development of a ‘Food Explorers’ group for boys with learning difficulties has been having positive results. Laura Hawkins and Sarah Motto explain When Jayne Le Grice volunteered for a charity as a teenager, little did she anticipate that it ‘change her life’ and lead to her training to become an occupational therapist just a few years later Cover: Background image © GettyImages/SolStock Emily Hills reflects on her recent study tour, which involved shadowing two experienced neonatal occupational therapists in New York City After page 46 RCOT annual review Sarah Lawson and Deb Hearle update on their work around continuing professional development Copyright: Copyright of the magazine is held by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists. No part of Occupational Therapy News may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying, storing in any medium by electronic means or transmitting) without the written permission of the copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Visit: www.cla.co.uk or email: [email protected] Dr Channine Clarke and Sarah Mead report from the third national conference for occupational therapists working in diverse settings Highlights of the professional body’s key work in 2018 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists. The publication of advertisements does not constitute endorsement of the advertised products, services or events by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists. A guide for contributors is available on request or on the website. Deadlines: Editorial: 26th of the month. Advertising: 1st of the month. Occupational Therapy News is published on the 15th of each month by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists Ltd, a registered charity in England and Wales (275119) and in Scotland (SCO39573), 106-114 Borough High Street, Southwark, London SE1 1LB. Pre-press and printed in England by: The Lavenham Press Ltd, tel: [phone]