About the Author
Neurological Occupational therapist
I am Laila and I’m a clinical specialist qualified Occupational Therapist and the founder of HT Neuro Rehab in, London, a very reputable Occupational Therapy service. I am genuinely passionate about what I do; to me, it is a vocation and as well as my clinical work, I organise training for private occupational therapists in London. The student support includes helping those that want to learn more about the profession or if the profession is a career match. Additionally, I train students on clinical placement annually.
I constantly strive to stay up-to-date with new innovations in the field and I’m registered with the Health & Care Professional Council (HCPC) and the Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT). To find out more about what I do, please visit my website here or get in touch here.
My work is very much about helping people to regain their independence and I’ve had many different patients over my years as an OT. I help those with orthopaedic conditions, brain injuries, major trauma, accident and emergency cases and I also help retrain upper limbs as well as general rehabilitation. Additionally, I am highly trained in PDoC (Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness) and Functional Neurological Disorders (FND). This blog is for people looking for Occupational Therapy and for those wanting to know more about the role of an Occupational Therapist. I hope you find it useful.
My training, Professional Certifications and Teaching Experience
Teaching experience | |
Burnout management for clinical staff | PDoC study day for Multidisciplinary teams (MDT) |
New Care Act and implications in healthcare provision Therapeutic Moving and Handling | Preceptorship and mentoring for clinical staff |
Upper limb retraining Posture management and 24/7 hour positioning Future of OT at South Bank University | Wheelchair assessments Splinting Practice Educators’ Courses Clinical supervision for students, assistants and trained therapists |
24 hour postural management for complex neurological conditions for RCOT neuro groupm at Queen Square Hospital. | IDT implementation of MT whitin a Neuro rehab setting, Stockholm, Sweden. |
University, specialization training and professional registrations | |
Bsc Hons Occupational Therapy at Brunel University, London | MOCA – Montreal cognitive assessment. certified assessor |
Complex posture management for neurological conditions PostGrad at Oxford Brookes, Oxford. | Hand Therapy B.A.H.T. Level 1 at NES training |
Pulmonary rehabilitation for complex patients – “If you can’t breathe, you can’t function. Pulmonary rehabilitation for complex neurological patients” | Sensory training – “Function from the Bottom Up: Addressing the Sensorimotor components of Daily Occupations” |
Certified in Equality and Diversity CIEHF DSE Assessor | Wheelchair assessor – Hybrid Wheelchair Service Provision at International Society of Wheelchair Professionals (ISWP) |
Neurological Rehabilitation and Specialisations | |
Facial Oral Tract Therapy (FOTT) | Bobath at Queen’s Square Hospital |
Functional Neurological Disorders at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery | Cognitive Rehabilitation at Braintree Training (braintreetraining.co.uk) |
Fugl Meyer, The Wessex Head Injury Matrix (WHIM) | Nottingham Sensory Assessment |
Rivermead Behavioural Memory (RBMT), | Cognitive Assessment of Minnesota (CAM) |
Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness (PDoC)- Specialisation | |
PDoC training at Regional Hyper-Acute Rehabilitation Unit
| An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to the Management of Patients in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness at The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability |
Spasticity Management – A Multidisciplinary Approach at Queen’s Square | Posture Management for People with Complex Disabilities – at The Oxford Centre for Management |
The JFK Coma Recovery Scale Revised: Clinical and Research Applications training by Jo Giancino at Holy Cross Hospital | Recent advances in the assessment, diagnosis and MDT management of people with Disorders of Consciousness (DOC) |
Evidence base theory for Upper Limb interventions at Royal London | Saebo Certification – Royal Leamington Spa Hospital |
Bioness for Upper Limb H200 | Constraint Induced Movement Therapy |
Technology for upper limb retaining such as Bioness H200, ARMEO, E-Link and FES (including Microstim) | K-Taping |
Splinting | |
Orthopaedic and Rheumatology thermoplastic splinting | Neoprene splinting |
Plaster and fiberglass hand cast splinting | Neurological thermoplastic splinting |
Other clinical skills | |
Mental Capacity and DoLs Assessment Falls Assessment and Prevention | Diabetes Management Dementia Awareness |
Mobility Assessment for Blue Badge Makaton stages 1-4 Pain Management | |
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