Donna Campbell

Project Alternative a Therapeutic Social Group

Project Alternative is, by definition, a Therapeutic Social Group. To-day, when occupational therapists are looking beyond hospital walls it stands as an example of community participation. Specifically, Project Alternative is a joint project of the Occupational Therapy Department of the Ottawa Civic Hospital and the Special Needs Section of the Ottawa Y.M. — Y.W.C.A. It was designed to facilitate social rehabilitation in a group of frightened inadequate women frequently with a history of multiple hospital admissions for depression and an inability to initiate regular community involvement. There are so many possibilities for our profession and it is hoped that the lessons learned from this successful venture will inspire other occupational therapists to extend and expand their therapeutic endeavours beyond the traditional boundaries of the hospital.

Book Review: Occupational therapy in action: A library of case studies

Marie-Pier Blondin, MErg., est ergothérapeute, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de la Côte-Nord, CLSC Lionel-Charest et Centre d’hébergement N.-A.-Labrie, Baie-Comeau, QC, Canada, Au moment de l’étude, M.-P. Blondin était étudiante à l’École de réadaptation (programme d’ergothérapie), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. Ariane Dugal, MErg., est ergothérapeute, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec, Hôtel-Dieu d’Arthabaska, Victoriaville, QC, et la clinique À Pas Devant, Drummondville, QC, Canada. Au moment de l’étude, A. Dugal était étudiante à l’École de réadaptation (programme d’ergothérapie), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

Book Review: Work, health and wellbeing: The challenges of managing health at work

Another is identified as an occupational therapist with professional experience in clinical practice and applied research as well as service development with a special interest in mental health and work issues. The occupational therapists contribution is the current state of vocational rehabilitation services.

Book Review: Restoring the Spirit: The Beginnings of Occupational Therapy in Canada, 1890–1930 (2011)Restoring the Spirit: The Beginnings of Occupational Therapy in Canada, 1890–1930 (2011) Judith Friedland McGill-Queen's University Press 1010 Sherbrooke St., West, Ste. 1720 Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 2R7 304 pages;

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This paper, based on an address delivered at the 1977 C.A.O.T. Conference in Halifax, contends that, generally speaking, occupational therapists are neither well informed about, nor proficient in the use of statistics. This is unfortunate in an age when its use of has become a powerful administrative tool. It is important for Occupational Therapists to become knowledgeable about the use of statistics in order that they can communicate with the administrators who speak the language of numbers. Statistics can be used and abused. Improved knowledge and understanding will protect occupational therapy from abuse and enable us to concentrate on our real specialty, service delivery.