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Discovery Through Activity builds upon its well- received predecessor and is the product of
extensive investigation and collaboration. Its success, at least in part, lies in the fact that it draws
on the ideas and experiences of a wide range of occupational therapists and healthcare workers, to
further demonstrate what can be achieved in practice.
The important and essential contents of this handbook, and their impeccable delivery, render
it of immense worth to those who are involved (or prospectively involved) in the provision and
management – and the receipt – of occupational therapy. It will also be of great value to other
therapists and their service users. Accordingly, its wide readership is very strongly urged.
Philip Allen
Discovery Through Activity
Discovery Through Activity provides a compendium of ideas, resources and practice evaluations that will
inspire practitioners to be even more imaginative and to customise their own Recovery Through Activity
programmes to meet the specific needs of participants.
The original Recovery Through Activity handbook offers a flexible programme that is widely used in adult
mental health settings. This accompanying and complementary resource shows how the intervention
has been extended, adapted and applied service-wide. The resource showcases the work of a growing
community of practitioners who have successfully facilitated Recovery Through Activity programmes to
provide a forum for people to reflect on their occupational lives and discuss and practise lifestyle choices
that will enable them to improve their health and wellbeing.
It includes:
• an extended range of flexible ideas and resources to meet the needs of participants in Recovery
Through Activity sessions
• examples of how to apply Recovery Through Activity in one-t o- one sessions and virtual groups
• encouragement to adopt Recovery Through Activity across your services with confidence.
With contributions illustrating the effective application of Recovery Through Activity in a range of
settings and situations, this is a valuable resource for occupational therapists and other practitioners in
mental health settings.
Sue Parkinson is known in the Occupational Therapy profession for her contributions to the Model of
Human Occupation (MOHO), most notably in relation to the assessment manual for the Model of Human
Occupation Screening Tool (MOHOST), the handbook for the Recovery Through Activity programme and
the textbook A Guide to the Formulation of Plans and Goals in Occupational Therapy.
The Recovery Through Activity programme was informed by her experiences as a Practice Development
Adviser, supporting occupational therapists in mental health settings to consolidate their occupation-
centred practice. In more recent years, her work has focused on providing MOHO training, primarily
in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In doing so, she has had the satisfaction of making innumerable
professional contacts and is delighted to share some of the work that has arisen from her exchanges in
Discovery Through Activity.
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Ideas and Resources for
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Contributors x
Foreword Dxvi iscovery Through
Philip Allen
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Sue Parkinson
Acknowledgements Txxi hrough Activity
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Introduction 1
Sue Parkinson
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Part 1: Adopting Recovery Through Activity
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across services 11
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1. Adopting Recovery Through Activity across adult community and
inpatient mental health services 13
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Amy Mitchell
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2. Embedding Recovery Through Activity service- wide 19
Amy Mitchell and Sarah Morecroft
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Part 2: Applying Recovery Through Activity in a
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variety of settings 25
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3. Applying Recovery Through Activity in community and
inpatient services for older adults 27
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Gemma Perrin and Hannah Hazelwood
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4. Continuing Recovery Through Activity opportunities for
older adults in a peer support group 33
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Joan Holland and Alison Butters
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5. Applying Recovery Through Activity in an inpatient
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) 39
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Carly Watson, Isla Garrick and Hazel Watkiss
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A ctiv6. Aiptplyiyng R eAcovcery tThroiuvgh Aicttivityy in a prison service 45
Xenia Denson and Charlotte Wise
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7. Applying Recovery Through Activity in a secure learning
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Deborah Haworth
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Kimberley Connell, Nataliya Williams and Jess Powell
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Part 3: Adapting Recovery Through Activity
for virtual delivery 59
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9. Adapting Recovery Through Activity for one- to- one sessions 61
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Rachael Kirtley and Ashley Lister
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10. Adapting Recovery Through Activity for virtual groups 67
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1. Leisure activities 81
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2. Creative activities 93
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3. Technological activities 107
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