TY - JOUR
T1 - Finding Our Strengths
T2 - Recognizing Professional Bias and Interrogating Systems
AU - Patten, Kristie K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - No one builds their lives on remediated weaknesses. No one. Who does a deficits-based approach benefit? Those we serve, or the professional community? Do our current models of practice support flourishing? Our professional biases make it hard for us to see not only how our practice may be getting it wrong today but is also perpetuating systems that prevent us from getting it right tomorrow. A paradigm shift to a strengths-based model that interrogates the educational, research, and practice systems we work in is proposed. It is a shift that we must see, speak, and act on. Our vulnerability and willingness to rethink is our strength, which will meet the changing needs of society. This lecture will draw on literature from positive psychology, disability justice, well-being, and research that centers the voice of self-advocates.
AB - No one builds their lives on remediated weaknesses. No one. Who does a deficits-based approach benefit? Those we serve, or the professional community? Do our current models of practice support flourishing? Our professional biases make it hard for us to see not only how our practice may be getting it wrong today but is also perpetuating systems that prevent us from getting it right tomorrow. A paradigm shift to a strengths-based model that interrogates the educational, research, and practice systems we work in is proposed. It is a shift that we must see, speak, and act on. Our vulnerability and willingness to rethink is our strength, which will meet the changing needs of society. This lecture will draw on literature from positive psychology, disability justice, well-being, and research that centers the voice of self-advocates.
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U2 - 10.5014/ajot.2022.076603
DO - 10.5014/ajot.2022.076603
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85148733438
SN - 0272-9490
VL - 76
JO - American Journal of Occupational Therapy
JF - American Journal of Occupational Therapy
IS - 6
M1 - 7606150010
ER -