Summary: | Scarlet talks about choosing Occupational Therapy as a profession; education in the United Kingdom at a college of Occupational Therapy; working at the St. John's Health Sciences Centre; Waterford Hospital; St. Clare's Mercy Hospital; retired in 2013; occupational therapy community mental health initiatives at Family Home Program ,Access House, Pleasant Manor, PREP (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Employment Program); life skills and employment skills development; linking people to community resources; teaching staff how to support clients; director on the Canadian Mental Health Association National Board; introduced concepts of activity and doing as important component of rehabilitation; professional environment in early 1980's; profession still new and local occupational therapists on a mission to grow the profession; openness to new ideas, taking risks; significant contributions to community mental health and process of deinstitutionalization.
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