Hann, Scarlet. Interview about Scarlet's career as an occupational therapist in St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador 1980 -2013.

• Main Author: Head, Brenda
• Other Authors: Hann, Scarlet, Graduated with a diploma in Occupational Therapy from the St. Loyes School of Occupational Therapy in Exeter, Devon, England; returned to St. John's; worked at the Health Sciences Centre, Waterford Hospital, St. Clare's Mercy Hospital, Children's Rehabilitation Centre.
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Hann; Scarlet; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/occuptherapy/id/15

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.