Hi all, iam a basic grade within a forensic LD unit. At present myself and the team i work in are integrating moho both within LD and forensic services. We are...
Hi I am final year OT student and am writing about the impact of searching patients on the provision of occupational therapy in forensic settings. If anyone...
Yes, COT published Standards for Practice in Forensic Residential Settings a few years back and they should be easily obtainalble from them. Not specifically...
There is still time to book for the 8th annual National Forensic OT Conference in Sheffield, May 15-16. We are delighted that Louise Farnworth, from Australia...
If you contact COT, they would provide you with advice re: obtaining the Standards. best wishes Wendy Sherwood ________________________________ From:...
Hi, I am working in a mental health inreach team within a men's prison. Our policy is that therapists do not do searches. We will do checks/counts of all...
Hello All I am writing to ask if anyone has any experience of/informative references for the pros and cons of providing financial or other incentives for an ...
Hi Lyn I can understand the dilemma you are in and you have reflected on the psychological processes/impact. My one comment would be around the how you would...
Hi, this is an issue that occasionally seems to raise it's head on the list serve and i guess it's one of those ethical dilemma type scenarios. I feel that the...
Hi all I'm a 3rd year OT student currently preparing for a viva voce about a 40 year old woman with Borderline PD, schizophrenia, history of self harm and...
Hi I'm an band six OT working in a prison my trust are saying we are not entitled to a enviromental allowance despite carrying keys etc any views welcome...
Hi Good luck with this - I worked in a prison a few years ago, carried keys etc but unfortunately I didn't ever have an extra allowance for it! Hope you're...
After a year long struggle, our 16 bed medium secure independent unit as finally gone online and some patients now have internet access. During the planning...
Hi Yasmin We are still trying to get internet access here but it eventually appears more likely that we will finally get it - the policy is currently being...
Hi We also have internet access for our patient group. The only time access is available is during the Education and Occupational Therapy sessions. This was...
Hi Yasmin, I have just started an internet group with low secure patients. We do not have internet access on the ward and therefore access an internet suite...
I had my viva voce exam today (a case study in a forensic unit)and did really well, so I just wanted to say what a valuable resource this site has been for me...
I was planning to use the COT standards "Occupational Therapy in Forensic Residential Settings" October 2002 to complete an audit of aspects of the current OT...
Hi Ann-Marie As far as I am aware yes they are, we used them last year to complete some work and checked them out then. I will get in touch and chat about them...
Hello All, Thought that I'd share my experience. I was in a similar position last year when I contacted COT to ask if there was an updated version of "OT in...
Dear Group, Some time ago I asked COT this same question, and I was told the FOT standards had been "withdrawn" and subsumed into the COT standards. It...
Amanda Bragg
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May 17, 2007 2:31 pm
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Dear all, I was also under the impression that the Forensic standards had been superseded by the COT Professional standards, and so we use those in our ...
I checked with COT earlier this month and they have discontinued these standards. They are no longer available on the website. The general standards for OT...
This is very confusing because I spoke with COT in February and they said that the standards are being reviewed and up-dated this year. Wendy Wendy Sherwood...
Hi All, As part of our local Service Board meeting there has been some discussion around the pro's and con's of patients keeping pets. We have decided to...
Pink Mike (RWN) SE Pa...
mike.pink@...
May 18, 2007 8:53 am
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Hi Mike These may not be what you're looking for and I'm not promising that they provide sound evidence, but they might be of interest. Hooker S,...
