2014 Educators conference Plenary Session judith.mitchell@shu.ac.uk

2014 Educators conference

Plenary Session

judith.mitchell@shu.ac.uk

• Background in mental health clinical practice and leadership and management.

• Interest in children and young people, particularly SEN.

• Particular passion about service user involvement in learning

• SHU since December 2012

• Placement lead from now!

judith.mitchell@shu.ac.uk

Key Themes…workshops and table top discussions

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judith.mitchell@shu.ac.uk

OT helps your budgets go further

OT will improve your service delivery

OT enables people to lead independent lives

OT reduces the cost of care packages

OT helps people to return to work

OT promotes reablement and prevention services

judith.mitchell@shu.ac.uk

judith.mitchell@shu.ac.uk

It is the synthesis of academic and placement based modules

which generate creative, competent and inquiring

practitioners(Polglase and Treseder 2012)

judith.mitchell@shu.ac.uk

judith.mitchell@shu.ac.uk

judith.mitchell@shu.ac.uk

ReferencesPolglase, T., Treseder, R (2012) The occupational therapy handbook: practice education, M&K Update, Keswick.