Rebecca Haythorne
PhD Student
Profile
Biography
Rebecca is a Clinical Academic Senior Occupational Therapist working at The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust three days a week in a Community Learning Disabilities Team. Rebecca is with the University of York two days a week in the Health Sciences Department working towards her PhD. Rebecca is interested in supporting adults with learning disabilities improve their physical and mental health through increasing engagement in meaningful activity.
Qualifications
- MSc Occupational Therapist
- MSc Forensic Psychology
- BSc Psychology and Criminology
Research
Overview
Rebecca is interested in supporting adults with learning disabilities improve their physical and mental health through increasing engagement in meaningful activity.
Projects
- Clinical Audit of referrals received for Occupational Therapy input to support with weight management and increasing physical activity
Research group(s)
Publications
Selected publications
- Sensory stories to promote meaningful occupation, Journal of Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities, Summer Issue (2020)
- Environmental control systems: meaningful ways to promote functional independence, OT News (2020)
- Is Pokémon Go an effective tool for health promotion: a systematic review of the literature (registration number CRD42019126914)
- Utilising Intensive Interaction Approach’s in Occupational Therapy to Facilitate Engagement, OT News (2019)
- Putting Occupation back into Occupational Therapy, Journal of Nursing and Residential Care (2016)
- Rampton Hospital: a student’s work experience in women’s services, Positive (2016)
- Are we educating the wrong people (opinion piece), Journal of Learning Disability Practice (2016)
- Promoting Personhood and Citizenship, OT News (2016)
External activities
Memberships
- Member of the British Association of Occupational Therapists
- Registered with the Health Care and Professions Council
Invited talks and conferences
- NHS AHP’s Digital event, presentation (2019)
- LYPFT annual research forum, presentation (2018)
- Royal college of Occupational Therapy annual conference, poster presentation (2016)