Contemporary Issues in Occupational Therapy

Jennifer Creek has been an occupational therapist since1970, when she qualified from the London School of OccupationalTherapy. She has worked in the fi elds of adult mental health,adult learning disabilities, mental health promotion andoccupational therapy education. She is the editor of a textbookOccupational Therapy and Mental Health, which is about to gointo its fourth edition. This is her second edited collection ofessays. She is currently working with the European Network ofOccupational Therapists in Higher Education terminology projectgroup to produce a conceptual framework for occupational therapy inEurope.
Anne Lawson-Porter qualifi ed as an occupationaltherapist in 1974 and worked in the fi eld of physical dysfunctionfor the fi rst ten years of her career in both health and socialcare settings. Her next move was into occupational therapyeducation; she has taught occupational therapists at bothundergraduate and post-graduate levels. Her passion foroccupational therapy was renewed in the move to her current post asHead of Education for the College of Occupational Therapists whereshe continues to work hard to infl uence and develop learningopportunities for all members of the profession.