Caribbean Perspectives on Occupational Therapy in the United Kingdom: An Essential Practice Guide and Study Manual

About the editors
Our contributors
Reviewers
Acknowledgements
Preface
Blaine Robin and Lesley Garcia
Forewords
Dave S. P. Thomas and Nick Pollard


1. Introduction to Occupational Therapy Practice for Caribbean Communities
Leah Berry and Blaine Robin


PART 1: Children and Young People 
2. Perinatal mental health and occupational therapy
Jamila Charles-Lewis
3. Primary school based occupational therapy for children with disabilities (age 6 – 12 years)
Natasha May Powell and Ash Davies
4. Adolescent themes: debunking the trends of the school-to-prison pipeline
Emma Da Silva, Rachel Stonall, Stephen Delsol, and Joseph Robin
5. Children in the care system: family estrangement viewed through an occupational therapy lens
Sarah Selina Macmillean
6. Local government paediatric occupational therapy services
Gwen Joseph and Jennifer Gordon
7. Children in the youth justice system
Ricardo Pascal, Regan Reid, and Blaine Robin


PART 2: Adult Populations
8. Occupational therapy in brain injury rehabilitation
Angela Gordon and Luis Palmer
9. Substance use
Carolyn Connage
10. The role of occupational therapy in cancer care
Odeth Richardson
11. Adult acute care: systemic lupus erythematosus
Anneka Bond and Blaine Robin
12. ‘Faith moves mountains’: meaning-making and reconnection to an ever present past, following a heart attack – in honour of Maxi Priest
Lily Owens-Atkins, Maxi Priest, and Blaine Robin
13. Stroke rehabilitation and strategies for the prevention of stroke
Simone Welch and Blaine Robin
14. A personal narrative highlighting loss of occupation and the impact on the individual and their worker role
Jennie Alexander and Jermaine Beckford
15. Adult acute care: inpatient mental health
Peter Smith
16. Disproportionate representation within the prison system
Kalimah Ibrahiim and Israa Elmousa


PART 3: Later Life and Adult Mental Health
17. Older people diagnosed with dementia and the role of assistive technology in the community
Lesley Garcia and Blaine Robin
18. Occupational therapy within adult care services
Sherlyn Melody Graham, Yvonne Olasunkanmi, Soyini Haynes, and Blaine Robin
19. Social services safeguarding and mental capacity
Melissa Henry, Natasha Hepburn, and Blaine Robin
20. Community mental health
Patricia Willock, Roxanne Nembhard, and Blaine Robin


PART 4: Special Topic
21. Sickle cell disease
Bev Elie, Miya Stewart, Angela Gordon, and Glaston Burgess-Anthony
22. An assessment of the coverage of Black British Caribbean populations in published occupational therapy research
Blaine Robin

Published in the 75th anniversary year of the Windrush generation, this collection reminds us of the ongoing need for cultural humility and awareness.


“Foregrounded in the professional experiences of Occupational Therapists of Caribbean heritage. A key strength of the volume is linking research and practice. Each chapter is well-referenced and serves as a valuable starting point for further research and scholarly inquiry.”
Aldrin E. Sweeney, PhD, Professor, Medical Education, Ross University School of Medicine, Barbados.


“Inspiring is an understatement; the writing is insightful, grounded in case studies, lived experiences, and cultural wisdom. Centring justice, it contributes to liberating occupational therapy practice and deserves reading by every educator, student, practitioner, leader and policy maker.”
Musharrat J Ahmed-Landeryou, PhD, Editor of Antiracist Occupational Therapy: Unsettling the Status Quo and Antiracism nursing: From Praxis to Action. 


Caribbean Perspectives on Occupational Therapy in the United Kingdom is a groundbreaking resource offering occupational therapists practical tools and guidance for delivering culturally informed care to Caribbean communities. This edited collection celebrates the contributions of occupational therapists of Caribbean heritage and the rich, longstanding tradition of community-led care they provide across the UK.


Led by a team of eight editors, this collection brings together occupational therapists of Caribbean heritage working across the profession. Through lived narratives, case studies and practice-based insights, contributors explore health inequalities, cultural humility, social inclusion and anti-racist practice.


This collection:


Provides practical advice for culturally responsive and anti-racist practice


Draws on the lived experiences of occupational therapists of Caribbean heritage practising across the UK


Uses case studies to address social injustices and challenge longstanding structural inequalities within occupational therapy


Offers tools to support meaningful engagement with Caribbean communities


Includes an ‘Occupational Gift’ within each chapter, celebrating and sharing aspects of Caribbean culture


An essential companion for students, newly qualified therapists and experienced practitioners alike, Caribbean Perspectives offers a rich, vibrant and community-driven approach to inclusive and responsive occupational therapy practice in the UK.


Led by Dr Blaine Robin this collection has been edited by Odeth Richardson, Jennie Alexander, Kalimah Ibrahiim, Lily Owens-Atkins, Sherlyn Melody Graham, Leah Berry, and Lesley Garcia who have actively taught in the UK and beyond.

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