Rayya Ghul

• External Consultant at University of Edinburgh

During the autumn of 2020, a group of solution-focused (SF) practitioners from around the globe gathered virtually for two months to discuss possibilities for applying solution-focused practice to antiracism work. We collected articles, blog posts, podcasts and other media relevant to racism in therapeutic contexts, first person accounts and theore...

Understanding and counteracting microaggressions against students from working-class or low socio-economic backgrounds. Provides insight into the lived experience of students at an elite Scottish university and provides practical suggestions for supporting them.

Background: This narrative review aims to describe the experiences of transgender people transitioning in their place of work. There are over 10,000 transgender individuals living and working in the UK. Currently there is limited research investigating the experience of changing gender in the workplace from an occupational perspective; considering...

Introduction This article describes the development of a first year occupational therapy module, ‘Participation in Occupations’, and the design and development of a mediating tool, Contexts of Participation: the Critical Thinking Tool, in a British university. Method Using an action research process, the module content, learning and teaching strat...

The Forum will consist of a short presentation on Contexts of Participation, a critical thinking tool designed to promote analysis of the barriers and enablers to participation. It is an attractive interactive tool consisting of 5 concentric movable rings; participation is at the centre with personal, local, social and national factors radiating ou...