Education

Fresh thinking, clinical excellence and thought leadership. Our 'Education' category covers topics such as research, OT insights, industry highlights, and articles written by our very own Founder and CEO, Jo Throp.

Choosing the right profiling bed after brain injury: sleep safe and well with neuro OT tips!

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Choosing the right profiling bed after brain injury: sleep safe and well with neuro OT tips!
From hospital to home, profiling beds bolster rehabilitation after brain injury, but how do you choose the right one? We’ve stripped it down to some dos and don’ts as we say goodnight to National Bed Month…

Diverse OT : Men

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Diverse OT : Men
Men are on occupational therapies most wanted list – find out why!

Brain and Spine Foundation CEO Marc Smith on NeuroLifeNow app

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Brain and Spine Foundation CEO Marc Smith on NeuroLifeNow app
An app for happier outcomes after brain injury? How NeuroLifeNow aims to bring real-time change to neurorehabilitation provision in the UK. 

Time to Talk Day - Neuro OT and speech & language therapy

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Time to Talk Day - Neuro OT and speech & language therapy
Are we rubbing SALT into the wounds of brain injury survivors who have speech problems on Time to Talk Day - and if not, why not?

The 12 Days of an OT Christmas

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The 12 Days of an OT Christmas
Help yourself to some seasonal OT cheer! Our 12-day Krysalis Christmas countdown is stuffed with good spirits sharing their tales of joy to make others smile. 

The Krysalis OT80 (2020) Celebrating Occupational Therapy

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The Krysalis OT80 (2020) Celebrating Occupational Therapy
Eighty inspirational ways around the world in which occupational therapy (OT) has advanced or influenced brain injury rehabilitation.

World Patient Safety Day and 10 Questions a Neuro OT Should be Asking Themselves

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World Patient Safety Day and 10 Questions a Neuro OT Should be Asking Themselves
What are the 10 safeguarding checks neuro occupational therapists should be making on World Patient Safety Day today?

The value of reflections

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The value of reflections
Reflection is a continuing process that allows a person to consider, possibly alongside previous experience, both the potential or actual positive and negative outcomes relating to events, activities, or interactions.

Surviving Head Trauma: A Guide to Recovery - Book Review

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Surviving Head Trauma: A Guide to Recovery - Book Review
Stories of survival in the wake of brain injury can be a source of inspiration and hope. Krysalis Neuro OT Kelly Bristow casts her eye over one such “miracle” tale – while we round up some others. 

Animal-assisted therapy: is there OT beauty in the beast?

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Animal-assisted therapy: is there OT beauty in the beast?
If we could talk to the animals, it might not have taken over 200 years for us to start fully recognising their role in the neurological rehabilitation of humans.

The Krysalis OT80 (2019): Around the OT world in 80 ways!

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The Krysalis OT80 (2019): Around the OT world in 80 ways!
Join us as we look at 80 ways around the world that occupational therapy has advanced brain injury rehabilitation

Activity - an occupational therapist's key tool

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Activity - an occupational therapist's key tool
Activity is being tipped as the best means to overcome some of the challenges associated with acquired brain injury (ABI). 

RCOT Publish: Exploring an individual’s dynamic, ever-evolving experience of their day-to-day life following acquired brain injury

Written by Jo Throp Posted in Talking heads, Education

RCOT Publish: Exploring an individual’s dynamic, ever-evolving experience of their day-to-day life following acquired brain injury
The following article was published in the August edition of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists OT News.

Family Matters - Recognising the complex needs of families living with brain injury

Written by Jo Throp Posted in Talking heads, Education

Family Matters - Recognising the complex needs of families living with brain injury
Having and belonging to a family is something we all share, the word itself will conjure up a vast array of emotions. The meaning of family, the ‘form and shape’ of our families and the experience of being part of our own family unit is unique to each of

Backing up - Its more than data, its memories

Written by Matt Gibson Posted in Talking heads, Education

Backing up - Its more than data, its memories
Our brains ability to recall memories from the past is called episodic memory. Visual prompts in the form of photographs help with recalling the finer details
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