Helen West starting us off thinking about the importance of a trauma informed approach with healthcare students UoLiverpool Physiotherapy

Thank you so much Kat for being so open and sharing your experiences with us all. I’m sure you will be an inspiration to many

Check out this article in this month’s OT News by one of our MSc pre-reg students and their long arm educator reflecting on their experience of a role emerging placement 👇🏻

Congratulations to the first cohort of our MSc pre-reg who graduated today 🎉 And to Anne-Louise who led you through it as director of studies. Enjoy your celebrations!

And of course congratulations to our BSc students who also graduated today. Too many of you to capture in one picture! 🎉🥂

📢 New publication alert! 🌟 “Don’t talk to me like I am an illness” explores the use of communication passports in eating disorder services to address patients’ unique communication needs and preferences, especially for those with autistic traits 🔗bit.ly/3AiC6ul

Calling all university staff! Eating disorders can be hard to spot, but not uncommon. However, you can help with our Our Bridging the Gap training. If you want to sign up, contact our training team through [email protected] beateatingdisorders.org.uk/training-event…

📢Wanted: Autism Assessing Occupational Therapists Are you an occupational therapist who is sensory-trained and working in an autism diagnostic assessment team for a non-NHS company? Then this might be your opportunity to support with research. loom.ly/f8mAduI

Recruiting OTs working in paediatrics, CAMHS and adult mental health to take part in our study. If you work with individuals who have experienced childhood trauma and have knowledge of sensory processing and motor skills we would love to hear from you #trauma #sensory

Another day of less than £100 sales...if you are in town and buying coffee, please consider us instead of the big chains. Our coffee is delicious and we use local suppliers, roasted here in Liverpool.

Today we mark 58 years since the Aberfan disaster - one of the bleakest days in our history. We will never forget those who lost their lives, most of them children. The strength shown by the community who faced the unimaginable continues to be a shining example to us all.

Recruitment ongoing for this study. Please share to your networks if you know anyone who meets the criteria - we’d particularly like to hear from OTs in CAMHS & adult mental health

We are please to announce the call for abstracts for our annual Practice Education Conference 🙌

Now recruiting for this study - do you think you might have gravitational insecurity? Do any of the experiences below resonate for you? If so we’d love to hear from you - contact me at [email protected] for more information

We have made clear recommendations to improve oversight and treatment of people with serious mental health issues. We also called for national action to tackle systemic issues in community mental health... #StateOfCare #MentalHealth orlo.uk/UMScq

Getting closer to our recruitment target for this study but still in need of CAMHS OTs in particular. Please share with any relevant networks #CAMHS #trauma

Are you ACE-aware? We're inviting adults in Liverpool who want to learn about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to attend our FREE training. Book here > liverpoolcamhs.com/events/tags/ac…

Still recruiting for this study - if you think you might experience this please do get in touch and help us understand more about the experience of gravitational insecurity

CAMHS OTs we need you! If you think you have seen the connection between trauma, sensory processing and motor skills in practice please think about taking part. We’re also looking for one more OT working in adult mental health #trauma #sensoryprocessing

✨Research Project Alert ✨ Request for participants to take part in this research project which explores how adults experience #GravitationalInsecurity and the impact this has on their day to day lives. ✅ Approval granted by IPH-REC University of Liverpool Thank you!