Hi all, I work in an MSU and we currently have 'basic skills' teachers working on a contract basis from the local college. We were thinking of actually...
Hi Paul Kemple View Hospital where I used to work employed a Basic Skills teacher on a part time basis who was accountable to OT department . It might be...
Hi Paul We are just in the process of recruiting our first teaching post. I can email you the job description directly. However, for some bizarre reason,...
Hi All, I am currently beginning the set up of a 'goal setting'/problem solving group. The information we have in the department is quite out of date, ...
Hi I am working in medium security in Kent and we are currently building a new unit entirely for people with learning disabilities. Is there anyone working in...
Hi Rhona, I am hoping that we might be going down this road in the not too distant future. A copy of the job description would be really helpful. My email is...
Hi Paul, I worked for a few years at what is now the Centre For Forensic Mental Health (was called the John Howard Centre). They have employed a teacher in...
Hi Sandy, There are two of us that work here at st.lukes in Middlesbrough which is a low secure learning disability forensic service, and soon to expand into...
Hi Sandy, You are more than welcome to come and visit the Learning disability service within the North London Forensic service, based at Chase Farm Hospital in...
Im not sure i'm an expert but am an OT working on a 6 bedded ICU and would be happy to talk about whats going on mary mary dickson OT Ravenswood House ... By...
Hi everyone, I am new to this site as I was browsing to find some info to present an inservice from an OT's persepective. Any ideas on some kind of group...
I was wondering if anyone has any experience of using any Sensory Integration techniques with a patient with catatonia? All ideas welcome, Thanks, Carolyn ...
Hi I was wondering if anyone had any specific experience of working in adolescent forensic psychiatry? I have been asked to go along to our trust's adolescent...
Hello I am an occupational therapist interested in hearing from others who have experience in in conducting relaxation training and/or stress management groups...
Dear all, We are currently looking at having some pets on our medium secure unit, or rather it has been requested, current request are for goldfish or an ant...
Hi Stephanie Just a quick reply really - I work in a medium secure unit and since we opened in 2001 patients at various times have asked for pets in the unit....
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Barbara, I may have some info at work I will check on Monday. Also, the guys I work with enjoy the radios that have ocean, rain, jungle sounds. They like...
Stephanie, here in Texas we have a Basset hound in a hospice unit - not sure how he is maintained. Then at my psych unit we have met and talked several times...
Stephanie, here in Texas we have a Basset hound in a hospice unit - not sure how he is maintained. Then at my psych unit we have met and talked several times...
Dear Mary Thank you for your response and for checking on possible resources. What type of setting are you working in? You mentioned working with a group 2-3...
Barbara, the group I worked with was actually an Anger Mangement group and we would end the two hour session with relaxation techniques. I have hand outs for...
Hello all We have a dog in our Unit "St. Paul's Unit", a psychosocial rehab unit within a max security prison - Port Phillip Prison, in Melbourne, Aust. We are...
Hi Mary Thanks so much for your very helpful e-mail. It makes sense that you would include some form of relaxation training in an anger management group. You...
Barb, would love to hear about anyting on Forensics and OT I have done searches, with not much luck. Yes I am in TX and I work with inmates who have a mental...
