Adults with a Mental Handicap: Working with Support Staff to Achieve Occupational Therapy Aims

1 April 1988

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Vol. 51 (4) , 120-122
https://doi.org/10.1177/030802268805100406

Abstract

As the occupational therapist on a community mental handicap team, the author was involved in the resettlement of adults with a mental handicap into the local community. This entailed close liaison with support staff responsible for the day-to-day care of the clients. The article describes various sessions and activities the author devised for use with the support staff to enhance their understanding of occupational therapy.

Keywords

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
ACHIEVE OCCUPATIONAL
MENTAL HANDICAP
SUPPORT STAFF
THERAPY AIMS
ADULTS

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

PLANNING FOR THE ALL-WALES STRATEGY
Journal of the British Institute of Mental Handicap (APEX), 2009