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    SUPPORTING OCCUPATIONAL ENGAGEMENT IN FORENSIC SETTINGS: AN EVIDENCE-BASED REVIEW
    (2026-04-16) Stengel, Victoria; Brogno, Kailey; Davis, Kimberly
    Background: Forensic occupational therapy is a small yet expanding practice area focused on helping individuals in the criminal justice system build skills, regain independence, and successfully re-engage in meaningful daily life. Occupations treated most consistently include education, employment, and housing. Financial management, family/parenting, and social skills were addressed however, less often. Basic needs (food and clothing), transportation, physical health (including sexual health/HIV risk), obtaining identification (driver’s license/social security card), and religion or spirituality are rarely explored (Moore et al., 2020). The purpose of this review is to determine if occupation based interventions will reduce recidivism and the potential impact of having occupational therapy services available for individuals who are currently incarcerated. Determine the outcome when services are provided and if that impacts the ability to remain in the community after release. Using the scoping review methodology framework from Arksey & O’Malley, 2005, we completed the six stages to answer the research question. The stages include identifying the research question; identifying relevant studies; study selection; charting the data; collating, summarizing, and reporting results. Reporting will be guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR).