The Association was founded by six occupational therapists who have
been practising both in Trinidad and Tobago and internationally.
2004 was an auspicious year in that we had not only 4 Occupational
Therapy practitioners return to Trinidad, but 2 visiting Occupational
Therapists from England volunteer amongst us for some months.
The founding
executive members are
Lesley
Garcia M.Sc, OTR/L
Founding Chairperson
lesleygarcia@yahoo.com
Neela Ojar B.Sc.
Founding Secretary and Treasurer
nojar@hotmail.com
Mrs.
Rosemary Green
Founding ACOT Representative
Ms.
Margaret Hussain OTA
Founding Associate Representative
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TTOTA Executive Biograpghy
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Lesley
Garcia M.Sc, OTR/L
Founding Chairperson
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Mrs.
Lesley Garcia received a M.Sc degree in Occupational Therapy
from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a B.A.
degree from The American University, Washington, DC. She has
been practicing occupational therapy primarily with the adult
population in trauma hospitals, skilled nursing facilities
and adult day centres in the USA. In the past year, on returning
to Trinidad, she has consulted with the Ministry of Community
Development, Culture and Gender Affairs on programme development
and maintained a home health adult private practice. Her clinical
interests are community-based intervention, and wellness and
health promotion among the working age adult and older adult
populations. She has ten years experience in international
education in Japan, and the USA. She hopes to re-vitalize
the field of occupational therapy in Trinidad and Tobago and
attract young people to it.
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Neela
Ojar B.Sc.
Founding Secretary and Treasurer
Ms. Ojar received her degree in Occupational Therapy from
Brunel University, West London in 2004 and has returned to
Trinidad to develop her practice. Her clinical areas of interest
are mental health, particularly forensic psychiatry, as well
as neurorehab. She is pleased to be able to contribute to
the development of TTOTA and its members. Ms. Ojar hopes to
eventually do research and lecture in Occupational Therapy.
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Mrs.
Rosemary Green
Founding ACOT Representative
Mrs. Rosemary Green is a Trinidadian born therapist who trained
in the UK and obtained her Diploma from Botley's Park School
of Occupational Therapy in 1967. She worked initially in the
field of Psychiatry, moving into community work and then into
physical medicine with a special interest in Oncology and Terminal
Care. She took a lengthy break from work to have a family and
returned to manage a small unit of therapists in a Rehabilitation
hospital. From there she moved to manage the Occupational Therapy
service for Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, the largest non teaching
hospital in the UK., where she stayed until taking early retirement
and accepting the challenge of starting an Occupational Therapy
service for the hospital and community of Tobago. Alongside
her clinical work, Mrs. Green was involved with the British
Association and College of Occupational Therapists working over
the years at local, regional and national level when she was
elected a Vice Chairman of the College and Association; a position
which she held for a number of years. Mrs. Green started work
in Tobago two years ago and is now expecting the TRHA to employ
a second therapist in order to expand the developing service.
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Margaret Hussain OTA
Founding Associate Representative
Ms. Hussain
worked for 16 years as an occupational therapy assistant in
the Social Services Department in the Borough of Wonsworth,
London. She worked in the community mainly with people with
long term chronic disabling conditions. During Ms. Hussain’s
career she was a part of the growth of Wonsworth from a 1
OT service to one with 30 OT’s and renowned as the best
community service in the London area. Ms. Hussain hopes to
continue applying her experience in communities here in Trinidad.
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