The College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section – Children, Young People & Families
- Promotes development of high standards of professional practice; and
- Acts as a consultant and advisory body on issues of national significance.
For the development of Occupational Therapy for children, young people and their families with physical, mental health and lerning needs.
We have members working across a wide range of areas:
- Acute Hospitals
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- Children's Centres
- Learning Disability Teams
- Community Services
- Independent Practice
- Local Authority Social Services
- Wheelchair Services
- The Voluntary Sector
- Education
- Higher Education
- Integrataed services
The Children, Young People & Families Specialist Section is one of the largest Specialist Section of the College of Occupational Therapists and currently has in excess of 800 members.
Children, Young People & Families Leaflet (78KB 
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NEC
‘The NEC next meets on 26th September 2008 at the College of Occupational Therapy.
Specialist Section Clinical Forum -
Currently attended by Eve Hutton and Jacqui Casey; this group meets 3 times a year and is made up of representatives of each specialist section.This group deals with issues relating to clincial issues such as research, practice and education. A quaterly report is submitted to this group.
Monday 4 February 2008
Wednesday 9 July 2008
Monday 3 November 2008
Specialist Section Business Forum -
Currently attended by Louise Nicholl. This group meets twice a year and is also made up of representatives from each specialst section. This group deals with business issues such as finance, publicity and conference.
Monday 10 March 2008
Wednesday 15th October 2008
Our Business Plan 2007 (60KB PDF*)
The Specialist Section is also pleased to be able to attract members from other professional backgrounds and warmly welcomes these associate members and thanks them for supporting our organisation's aims.
We hope that you will enjoy your visit to our website.
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Minutes from the Children, Young People and Families AGM 2006 (44KB 
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Minutes from the Children, Young People and Families AGM 2007 (33KB )
Louise Nicholl - Chairperson - Louise.nicholl@awp.nhs.uk
Catriona Ogilvy - Website / Publicity Link - Publicity Link - Catriona.ogilvy@rmh.nhs.uk
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