Research at Leeds Beckett
Dr Rob Brooks
Dr Rob Brooks
Course Director
School of Clinical & Applied Sciences
0113 81 25636 R.B.Brooks@leedsbeckett.ac.ukAbout Dr Rob Brooks
Rob is the Course Director for Occupational Therapy. His teaching focuses on occupational science, occupational therapy models and complex interventions. His research interests are in neurodisabilty and children and young people's mental health.
Rob has an extensive clinical background as an occupational therapists for children, young people and families. Working with children with physical and mental health difficulties Rob has specialist clinical skills in the assessment of occupation and delivering occupation-based and occupation-focused interventions. Before entering academia he provided professional leadership in child and adolescent mental health services.
Rob's PhD explored how occupational therapists use occupation when working with children and young people with mental health difficulties. The study developed an Occupational Practice Model to conceptualise the use of occupation in practice. Rob has spoken nationally and internationally about his research findings.
At Leeds Beckett University Rob is the School Research Ethics Coordinator. Rob is a member of the Strategic Research Group of the British Academy of Childhood Disability and the Research Lead for the Royal College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section for Children, Young People and Families.
Current Teaching
MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-registration) module leader:- Humans as Occupational Beings
- Contributing to Professional Knowledge
- Transition into Practice
Research Interests
Rob is currently leading on two funded research projects:
- A Royal College of Occupational Therapists Elizabeth Casson Trust Postdoctoral Award: Identifying occupational therapy interventions in children and young people's mental health: A mixed methods systematic review.
- British Academy of Childhood Disability Castang Foundation: Promoting Social Participation to Prevent Mental Health Problems in Children and Young People with Neurodisability: An Interventions Development Study.
- SPaN Social Participation and Neurodisability
Selected Publications
Journal articles (5)
- McAnuff J; Brooks R; Duff C; Quinn M; Marshall J; Kolehmainen N (In press), Improving Participation Outcomes and Interventions in Neurodisability: Co-designing Future Research. Child: Care, Health and Development, vol. 43 (2), p. 298-306.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12414
View Repository Record - Roberts L; Jones G; Brooks R (2018), Why do you ride?: A characterization of mountain bikers, their engagement methods, and perceived links to mental health and wellbeing.. Frontiers in Psychology
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01642
View Repository Record - Brooks R; Bannigan K (2018), Occupational therapy interventions in child and adolescent mental health: a mixed methods systematic review protocol. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, vol. 16 (9), p. 1764-1771.
https://doi.org/10.11124/JBISRIR-2017-003612
View Repository Record - Brooks R; Parkinson S (2018), Occupational formulation: A three-part structure. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol. 81 (3), p. 177-179.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022617745015
View Repository Record - Peters R; Brooks R (2016), Parental Perspectives on the Transition to Secondary School for Students with Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism: A Pilot Survey Study. British Journal of Special Education, vol. 43 (1), p. 75-91.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8578.12125
View Repository Record
Conference contributions (3)
- Brooks R (2017) Occupational formulation in children and young people's mental health Leeds, UK 20171109. : .
- Brooks R (2016) Doing or talking about doing? Interventions strategies for children and young people with mental health difficulties. Coventry University, UK 20161111. : .
- Brooks R; Kolehmainen N; McAnuff J; Duff C (2016) Improving participation outcomes for children with neurodisability Plymouth University 20160406. : .
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