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Social Inclusion Program on Occupational Functioning for Forensic Service Users

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Forensic service users are far more likely to be socially excluded as compared to other populations. The experience of stigma, occupational loss, and low self-esteem can have an overwhelmingly negative impact on a service user’s occupational performance. Two emerging areas of practice, recovery and vocational rehabilitation offer potential promise in improving the social inclusion opportunities for this population. Recovery has its origins in the consumer movement of the 1970s, focusing on hope and personal discovery. Recovery provides an alternative explanation of illness to that of the medical model. Vocational rehabilitation involves a range of functional activities that promote social inclusion. However, barriers to implementation have impeded its realization in forensic services. This chapter presents and discusses key concepts and examples regarding the implementation of vocational rehabilitation for the promotion of social inclusion of forensic service users. Examples from the literature of where vocational rehabilitation programs have been successfully implemented are discussed. A theoretical, occupational model to support the delivery of vocational rehabilitation is described and illustrated with a case study from forensic practice.

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Fitzgerald, M. (2022). Social Inclusion Program on Occupational Functioning for Forensic Service Users. In: Liamputtong, P. (eds) Handbook of Social Inclusion. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89594-5_98

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