Main description:

Discovery Through Activity provides a compendium of ideas, resources and practice evaluations that will inspire practitioners to be even more imaginative and to customise their own Recovery Through Activity programmes to meet the specifi c needs of participants.

The original Recovery Through Activity handbook offers a flexible programme that is widely used in adult mental health settings. This accompanying and complementary resource shows how the intervention has been extended, adapted and applied service-wide. The resource showcases the work of a growing community of practitioners who have successfully facilitated Recovery Through Activity programmes to provide a forum for people to refl ect on their occupational lives and discuss and practise lifestyle choices that will enable them to improve their health and wellbeing.

It includes:

* an extended range of flexible ideas and resources to meet the needs of participants in Recovery Through Activity sessions

* examples of how to apply Recovery Through Activity in one- to- one sessions and virtual groups

* encouragement to adopt Recovery Through Activity across your services with confidence.

With contributions illustrating the effective application of Recovery Through Activity in a range of settings and situations, this is a valuable resource for occupational therapists and other practitioners in mental health settings.

Contents:

Contributors

Foreword - Philip Allen

Preface - Sue Parkinson

Acknowledgements

Introduction - Sue Parkinson

Part one: Adopting Recovery Through Activity across services

Chapters

Adopting Recovery Through Activity across adult community and inpatient mental health services - Amy Mitchell

Embedding Recovery Through Activity service-wide - Amy Mitchell and Sarah Morecroft

Part two: Applying Recovery Through Activity in a variety of settings

Chapters

Applying Recovery Through Activity in community and inpatient services for older adults - Gemma Perrin and Hannah Hazelwood

Continuing Recovery Through Activity opportunities for older adults in a peer support group - Joan Holland and Alison Butters

Applying Recovery Through Activity in an inpatient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) -- Carly Watson, Isla Garrick and Hazel Watkiss

Applying Recovery Through Activity in a prison service - Xenia Denson and Charlotte Wise

Applying Recovery Through Activity in a secure learning disability service - Deborah Haworth

Applying Recovery Through Activity in a neuropsychiatry service -Kimberley Connell, Nataliya Williams and Jess Powell

Part three: Adapting Recovery Through Activity for virtual delivery

Chapters

Adapting Recovery Through Activity for one-to-one sessions - Rachael Kirtley and Ashley Lister

Adapting Recovery Through Activity for virtual groups and one-to-one sessions - Gemma Dorer and Sarah Long

Adapting Recovery Through Activity for a virtual group using PowerPoint - Niamh Gibney, Una Belton, Hugh Bulfin, Laura Hackett, Blaithin Swinburne and Lucinda Fallon

Part four: Extending the content of Recovery Through Activity

Sections

Leisure Activities

Creative Activities

Technological Activities

Physical Activities

Outdoor Activities

Faith Activities

Self-care Activities

Domestic Activities

Caring Activities

Vocational Activities

Social Activities

Community Activities

Appendix