The Impact of OT in the Prison System with Kwaku Agyemang
Mon, 29 Jun 2020 07:00:06 +0000 · 01:08:48
Episode notes
Kwaku and Sarah discuss:
- Normalization of violence
- Assumptions of people in prison
- Historical views on wrong doing and punishment
- Working with young offenders (18-21 years old)
- Reflections on how they got there and where they can go in the future
- Influence of occupations both positive and negative
- Social context of occupations
- The opportunity of choice
- Impact on environment for people in prison
- What it looks like to work as an OT in prison
- The framework of occupational therapy
- How he started working with in the prisons
- His biggest realization working in this setting
- OT & Chill
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- Email: otandchill@gmail.com
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- Twitter: @OT_Chill