Psychosis, Occupation, and the Human Experience (SESSION 1: SELF-MANAGEMENT)

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Description A key skill of mental health practitioners is supporting individuals to develop and implement self-management strategies that help to overcome or address barriers to participation in valued life roles and meaningful activities. Working in collaborative person-centred and person-directed ways, practitioners can assist individuals experiencing psychosis to identify potential barriers and strategies that might be suitable to overcome these. This webinar will focus on three tools that can be used to support individuals to explore and implement personally-relevant self-management strategies. These tools include: sensory modulation strategies, using measures of mental health recovery to track progress and identify areas for growth, and tools to collaboratively explore and understand voice-hearing experiences.

By the end of this webinar, participants will:

Understand how occupational therapists (and others) can work with individuals to enhance self-management strategies focused on overcoming barriers to meaningful participation in meaningful life activities.
Develop awareness of three approaches to supporting self-management.
Consider and develop approaches to collaborative working that will support the person to take charge of their own recovery journey.

Presenter Bio
Associate Professor Justin Scanlan is an occupational therapist and mental health researcher and academic. He is employed at the University of Sydney and is a member of the Centre for Disability Research and Policy. His research is focused on recovery-oriented practice, wellbeing of the mental health workforce and innovative approaches to service delivery in mental health service. He is well-known for his research exploring job satisfaction and burnout in the mental health workforce and his work exploring the use of sensory modulation interventions to support self-regulation and as a key component of efforts to reduce the use of seclusion and restraint. Associate Professor Scanlan has collaborated with Associate Professor Hancock for the past decade on the psychometric testing and further development of the Recovery Assessment Scale – Domains and Stages. He is also recognised for his work in supporting embedding lived experience expertise into teaching and research. He has published 90 peer reviewed articles and his work has been cited over 2,900 times. Prior to entering academia, Justin was Head of Occupational Therapy in a large public mental health service in Sydney.

MORE ABOUT THE SERIES

This 4-part series, taking place each Wednesday in September from 3-4:30pm, Eastern, delves into the intersection of psychosis and occupation—the activities we engage in daily that bring meaning, purpose, identity, and a sense of belonging. 4 CE hours are available for APA and ASWB boards* to promote occupational perspectives in the wider mental health community.

This collaborative series, brought to you as a collaboration between ISPS-US and the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)’s Community of Practice (CoP) in Psychosis, explores psychosis as a profound human experience with significant implications for engagement in meaningful activities and relationships. By adopting an occupational lens, we offer a critical perspective on psychosis, challenging the traditional biomedical model that views it solely or primarily as a medical disorder, separated from the activities of life, society, and systems.

Occupational therapists and occupational science scholars will present on various topics, including sensory processing, volition, sleep, and behavioral activation for “negative symptoms.” These discussions aim to bridge these concepts with the broader mental health community, providing a comprehensive understanding that extends beyond traditionally taught biopsychosocial perspectives.

The series is open to all, including psychologists, social workers, therapists, occupational therapists, peer specialists, individuals with lived experience, and family members.