Ahead of 2025, we're officially launching CPD Rewards. We know OT professionals must engage in career-long continuing professional development (CPD). The Hub Team believes that collaboration is key to us all achieving this; shared learning grows resources for everyone - and adds to your CPD. So how do CPD Rewards work? Get involved in a selection of activities on the Hub and receive a Hub Badge for each. Collect 4 badges to earn a reward: One year's free Membership Plus+! Learn more and participate via the button below.

"The article essentially highlights the potential negative consequences of engaging in the state of 'flow', if not kept in-check. It outlines how to 'spot when passion turns into obsession and how to maintain personal balance before burnout sets in.' The arguments made me reflect very personally..." This is a new discussion theme within the Independent Practitioners OT Circle - one of our inclusive communities, to foster global connections! Access it free online, or on-the-go, via The OT Hub app.

People with disabilities face raised mental health (MH) concerns and are more likely to use MH services, vs non-disabled counterparts. A 2024 study of US adults with disabilities identified six experience themes: 'Misplaced assumptions about impact of disability on MH, medical trauma and gaslighting, interpersonal ableism, lack of disability knowledge, accessibility challenges and systematic ableism.' Plus+ Members can read this paper within the Mental Health / Wellbeing theme of the Research Portal.

Attachment is a lasting psychological connectedness between human beings, starting in early life (Bowlby). Occupational therapy supports a wide age demographic, so learning here can aid understanding of behaviour observed in sessions. Created by Indonesian OT Ainun Meutia, this new PDF document covers definitions, patterns, components and styles of attachment. Don't have a Plus+ Membership? Purchase this e-document via the Hub Store.

Not only do children need way more movement than our sedentary society allows them (OT Angela Hanscom suggests), but they need precisely the kinds of movements that make adults gasp, if they are going to thrive. This resource signposting can be found within the Paediatrics OT Circle - one of our free learning and development networks! Join it here, or on-the-go, via The OT Hub app.

One of the first non-invasive trials of its kind, using transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation to damaged areas of the brain. It is led by Bill Tahtis, Consultant OT at King's College Hospital in the UK: "The fact it can be delivered in the comfort of patients' own homes - and without the need for a surgical implant under anaesthetic - means it is accessible to even more." Access this latest news and other stories from the profession worldwide, as part of Membership Plus+.