Contemporary Issues in Occupational Therapy: Reasoning and ReflectionISBN: 978-0-470-06511-2
Paperback
250 pages
May 2007
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Jennifer Creek has been an occupational therapist since
1970, when she qualified from the London School of Occupational
Therapy. She has worked in the fi elds of adult mental health,
adult learning disabilities, mental health promotion and
occupational therapy education. She is the editor of a textbook
Occupational Therapy and Mental Health, which is about to go
into its fourth edition. This is her second edited collection of
essays. She is currently working with the European Network of
Occupational Therapists in Higher Education terminology project
group to produce a conceptual framework for occupational therapy in
Europe.
Anne Lawson-Porter qualifi ed as an occupational therapist in 1974 and worked in the fi eld of physical dysfunction for the fi rst ten years of her career in both health and social care settings. Her next move was into occupational therapy education; she has taught occupational therapists at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Her passion for occupational therapy was renewed in the move to her current post as Head of Education for the College of Occupational Therapists where she continues to work hard to infl uence and develop learning opportunities for all members of the profession.