Clare McShane

Buddhist; Occupational Therapist; MSc completer; Former lawyer; Sports Welfare Officer; Runner; Volunteer; she/her

Views are my own

[Moving Occupational Therapists @MovingOTs]

Join us on Tues, 7th October for our next Community of Practice event featuring guest speaker, @McMeTheOT ! This is a brilliant opportunity to learn, connect, and be inspired. Don’t miss it! 💫
Book your free space here - https://t.co/FRyKNhVZtN

#FreeCPD @theRCOT @sportforconf

[Clare McShane @McMeTheOT]

Looking forward to presenting in a couple of weeks' time 🤩

[Moving Occupational Therapists @MovingOTs]

Our next Moving OTs Community of Practice is Tue 7 Oct, 12:30pm! Guest speaker Clare McShane @McMeTheOT shares how she built a physical activity group in complex care.
Don’t miss it – it's free to join! 👉https://t.co/FRyKNhVZtN
#OT #PhysicalActivity #MovingOTs #FreeCPD

[Clare McShane @McMeTheOT]

Pleased to be presenting for Sport for Confidence again 🤩

[Moving Occupational Therapists @MovingOTs]

Great news! Our next Community of Practice event is on 7th Oct at 12:30pm🎉 Our special guest this time will be @McMeTheOT who will be talking about designing and delivering inclusive physical activity in complex care.
📝Register your free place today! https://t.co/FRyKNhVZtN

[Jacqui Holmes @Jacquih0lmes]

Enable rather than do for. Get to know what matters to people, what’s meaningful and what you can help them to achieve. People fear the risk of losing their independence - if only we, as health care professionals, were as scared of that risk as we are of falls.

[Clare McShane @McMeTheOT]

@theRCOT @MovingOTs @sportforconf Ahh, I don't get notifications from X so I missed this :( Hope the event went well! 👏

[Clare McShane @McMeTheOT]

Yes! Work is not a health outcome. Let's repeat this ad infinitum until the message lands

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

My Twitter feed for the next five years:

Work is not a health outcome.
Work is not a health outcome.
Work is not a health outcome.
Work is not a health outcome.
Work is not a health outcome.

[SpinningPlates_CarerMH @SpinPlatesCare]

We are inviting family carers of adults with learning disabilities to take part in the Tired of Spinning Plates project. Please see our poster for more information and follow this link if you would like to sign up: https://t.co/bkR8UuK8Rs

[Moving Occupational Therapists @MovingOTs]

📢Our next free #CPD evening is coming up on 17th July with an exciting guest speaker, #OccupationalTherapist & #TaiChi instructor Helen Parsons, who will be exploring the synergy between #OccupationalTherapy & tai chi/qigong!

Book your free space here! https://t.co/iu8wYZY7FD

[Clare McShane @McMeTheOT]

Thank you @theRCOT for providing an email template for contacting our local candidates for this week's election - emails sent asking them to make #occupationaltherapy a priority 👊💥

[Deborah Murphy @Murphlemurph]

Thanks to those who have responded. Still looking for 3 #ForensicOTs to participate in my research project. It’s an area with paucity of research so help to start to build on this would be appreciated 🙏🏻 please retweet or let any forensic friends know ☺️

[Deborah Murphy @Murphlemurph]

Calling Forensic OT’s B6 & above with 2+ years’ experience to participate in my research project for MSc advanced OT.
In the absence of current guidance, I'm interested in your perceptions of your role in community integration. Do ask any questions &/or retweet #ForensicOT

[Sport for Confidence @sportforconf]

Over the next 2 years our #PrimaryCare team are aiming to reduce health inequalities for people with learning disabilities &/or autism. We want to create a working group of stakeholders to support us on this mission & we'd love to hear from you if you would like to get involved!

[Clare McShane @McMeTheOT]

Every year in my school reports I wrote "I'm not very good at PE & Games" "I would like to be better at PE & Games". Not a single person picked this up and I was 36 before I found a love for physical activity. So many lost/wasted years #physicalactivity

[Sport England @Sport_England]

Building positive attitudes to sport and physical activity in children from an early age can help them to feel more motivated, confident and able to get active throughout their life.

Learn more about the work we’re doing to support this: https://t.co/q3FutiQ3Or

[Clare McShane @McMeTheOT]

Yes! 👏 Learning disabled people want to engage in sport - it is a source of community and belonging. Creating and supporting opportunities for participation is a matter of #occupationaljustice

[Disability Sports Coach @DSC_13]

@McMeTheOT Your research findings echo are own. There is no lack of interest in sport, just a lack of opportunities to participate. It's time to level the playing field.

[Clare McShane @McMeTheOT]

There is often a perception that people with learning disabilities aren't interested or motivated to play sport. My MSc research in this area suggested the contrary - people wanted to participate but faced barriers in the systems around them which prevented them from doing so

[Disability Sports Coach @DSC_13]

People with a learning disability belong in sport.
We make sport accessible, so people with a learning disability can play.
@mencap_charity's #LearningDisabilityWeek2024 theme is Do you see me?
We want to see a world that includes people with a learning disability in sport.

[Clare McShane @McMeTheOT]

LOVE this! #occupationaltherapy

[Clare McShane @McMeTheOT]

Great to see @mencap_charity and @BigIssue having a conversation about the fear that so often lies behind prejudice and stigma. If we want people to challenge their prejudices we have to create a space where they can identify and acknowledge them first.

[Big Issue @BigIssue]

Research by @mencap_charity has revealed a gulf of understanding around learning disabilities in the UK.

Around 1.5 million people in the UK have a learning disability, yet a large proportion of the country can't even define what it is. 🤷‍♀���

Read more. ⬇️
https://t.co/YuC69HfJC5

[Clare McShane @McMeTheOT]

Occupational participation is fundamental to physical and mental health and yet the prison environment is designed to create occupational deprivation. Improving the health of those in prison must include improving #occupationaljustice

[The Howard League @TheHowardLeague]

Many people spend most of the day ‘banged up’, which means movement out of cells to exercise, socialise, or attend work and education – all critical factors in sustaining a healthy mind – is all too often compromised.

https://t.co/Xr61lmpCg1

#LiftTheLidOnPrisons

[Clare McShane @McMeTheOT]

Restricting the right vote - yet another way in which people within the prison system are dehumanised and disempowered

[Prison Reform Trust @PRTuk]

Ahead of the UK general election, PRT has published updated guidance to help people in prison understand their entitlements to vote under the current law and how they can exercise it.

Find out more in the link below
https://t.co/dYXA0nEec3