OT ~ What's your focus‪?‬ Farrah Money

One word describes the wonderful 'grassroots' enterprise Weekday Wow Factor and that's inspirational! During this episode, I chat with Pasna Sallis about her pursuit of a holistic, accessible, person-centered OT enterprise within the third sector, and how she has developed her daytime disco from the ground up. This episode is packed full of Pasna's wonderful stories working with people, with her drive and passion to reduce isolation being evident from the start. 
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Recommendations 
Reflections on Doing, Being, and Becoming - Ann Allart Wilcock (1998) information on finding the article is below: 
Wilcock AA. Reflections on Doing, Being and Becoming. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 1998;65(5):248-256. doi:10.1177/000841749806500501

Elizabeth Townsend - 
Townsend E. Occupational Therapy’s Social Vision. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 1993;60(4):174-184. doi:10.1177/000841749306000403

There is also an episode here on OT what's your focus with Elizabeth so do try to check that out if you haven't already! 

Today's guest is Kim Griffin a sensory expert from Australia based in London. Kim graduated as an occupational therapist over 20 years ago and has worked for many of those years in paediatrics. We discuss a vast range of areas from ASI through to frameworks and outcome measures. If you are keen to know more about sensory integration and the area of sensory work as an occupational therapist or student then this episode will certainly offer that!
Kims recommendations include:  
Podcast by Dr Chatterjee with guest Dr. Judson Brewer who is a Psychiatrist and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Medicine at the University of Massachusett who discuss anxiety & addiction. Available on the following link: 
https://drchatterjee.com/coronavirus-special-how-to-manage-anxiety-in-the-face-of-a-global-pandemic/ 
Link to Kim's website page on sensory diets and processing and Twitter links - 
https://www.griffinot.com/sensory-strategies-sensory-diets-sensory-processing-sensory-integration/ 
Twitter: @Griffin_OT 
Website: Griffinot.com 
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In this episode, I consider what bread and butter occupational therapy is. Is it a real thing? Does it exist? What are your thoughts on the matter? Regardless of the setting you may be working in; this episode acts as a real-time reflection using responses via an online poll I performed to guide and expand the discussion. Continue this discussion with me online, all views/opinions are welcome.



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Today's discussion is with Randall who lives in Cape Town South Africa. In this episode, Randall tells his story of how he came to be quadriplegic as a young boy and the impact this has had on him growing up. We discuss Randalls work in his community and the joy he gets from wheelchair dancing and mouth painting. I found Randall's story both moving and inspirational and I have no doubt you will too!
Randalls recommendation 
Link to the Youtube Video Randall and his technicolor dreams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nugwqSL4IM 
Randalls Instagram details: randallwynkwart1980 
There are also images to see of Randall and his paintings on my social media OT_whatsyourfocus as well as the Youtube video on my Twitter. 
This is the link to the wish list I have created for Randall (You may need to log in on a PC to cut and paste the link). As I mentioned in the episode I will keep this open until the end of October and will ship later this year. The link will also be available on my social media following the airing of the show. https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1X6ZK0WMP4OBG?ref_=wl_share 

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Today's guest is Laura Dunger. Laura graduated from the University of Northampton in 2011 and is currently completing her Masters in Advanced Occupational Therapy at the University of Salford (finishing this summer!). Laura has spent most of her post-graduate experience working within Forensic CAMHS. Since 2018 she has worked within a unique role, employed as a CAMHS Occupational Therapist working with children and young people who come into contact with our local acute hospital. These young people often experience significant physical symptoms such as not being able to move, eat, walk, significant fatigue, and/or pain that doesn't have an obvious biological cause but is associated with psychological health. These are often referred to as somatic, psychosomatic symptoms, functional, or medically unexplained symptoms.

Laura also has the capacity to see young people where their mental and physical health is impacting on participation, such as young people who have sleep disorders, significant obesity, chronic conditions, and eating disorders (such as young people admitted acutely because of their physical health).

We cover so much in this episode from Laura's journey to sensory integration and a day in the life of a CAMHS OT. I always appreciate your feedback so please do feel free to reach out to me on the below platforms and if you want to leave me a review on whichever app you listen from. 



Recommendations by Laura:

The Body keeps the score Mind, brain, and body in the transformation of trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk 

Lauras Twitter: @Smalls_OT

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Dr. Ian Marsh talks about the critical thinking tool & about his knowledge in suicide & suicide prevention. We hear about how Ian came to occupational therapy as a profession, his work lecturing at university, and what he enjoys about his role. We discuss some of his publications and talk about whether or not there is value in teaching occupational therapy students about suicide prevention. 



Below is some information if you feel you need to talk following the contents of this show. There are many other helplines and organisations I have listed two of the main ones to get in touch with.



Samaritans - 

Are available online at: https://www.samaritans.org/ or if in the UK you can call 116 123 to talk on the phone. 



Shout - Shout is the UK’s first free 24/7 text service for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere.  It’s a place to go if you’re struggling to cope and you need immediate help.

Shout are available at: http://www.giveusashout.org/ or you can text 85258 to start up a confidential text chat. 



Unfortunately, I have been unable to insert an image of the Critical Thinking Tool (CTT) into the show notes but it is very easy to find on google if you want to know more. 



Ian's recommendations:

Three colours Blue -is a 1993 French drama film directed and co-written by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski. Blue is the first of three films that comprise the Three colour trilogy, themed on the French revolutionary ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity; it is followed by white and red.



Fearless - is a 1993 American drama film directed by Peter Weir and starring Jeff Bridges.



If you enjoy this podcast then please do subscribe and leave a review on whichever platform you listen on! You can also get in touch in the following ways - Follow me on

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