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Library at the Concert Hall: an Interdisciplinary Library Outreach Strategy for Unexpected Spaces
Get PDFThis poster highlights strategies for staging pop-up libraries aligned with campus events. The presenters share perspectives on connecting with campus affiliates and community members at performing arts venues at two separate institutions, and share longitudinal data that illustrates the value of this outreach strategy for engaging a range of potential library users. Attendees will explore ideas for highlighting connections between potential visitors’ interests and library collections, and discover strategies for collaborating with library colleagues across disciplines to meet these needs. Participants will learn methods for leveraging this flexible approach to fit their own capacity and collection parameters. Objective 1: Explore innovative approaches to sharing library resources with event attendees from the campus and wider communities with the goal of connecting with an expanded base of potential library users. Objective 2: Identify strategies to collaborate with library colleagues across disciplines in order to incorporate broad and diverse perspectives, experience, and expertise into outreach work. Objective 3: Discover free and low-cost ways to leverage existing collections materials and outreach workflows in order to spark user interest in engaging with the library
D.A.D.S. Club: Pilot Study Outcomes of a 5-Week Parenting Program for Fathers in Recovery from Substance Use Disorder
Get PDFBackground: Over 44 million adults have a substance use disorder, with approximately two million children living with a parent with this disorder. Approximately 40% to 60% of men who receive treatment have a child under 18 years of age. However, most parenting programs are developed and implemented for mothers with addiction, leaving fathers without this fundamental knowledge and skills.
Method: A pilot study using a longitudinal interventional study was conducted to explore the feasibility and effectiveness of an occupational therapy-developed program for fathers in recovery. Pre and post surveys, including the Parenting Sense of Competence, were collected from the participants to measure D.A.D.S Club, a 5-week parenting program.
Results: D.A.D.S Club was offered three times, and 43 participated in the program, with 13 completing it in its entirety. On completion, the participants’ overall parental self-efficacy showed a statistically significant improvement, and the mean for parental knowledge, skills, self-efficacy in each session, and overall parental satisfaction stayed the same or improved.
Conclusion: Further study of D.A.D.S Club with a larger sample and long-term follow-up with study participants is important to understand its true impact on fathers in recovery. Addressing the intersection of substance use disorder and fatherhood through occupational therapy like the D.A.D.S Club can contribute to improved outcomes for fathers in recovery
Empathy in Occupational Therapy: A Call for Reflection
Get PDFEmpathy is a building block in health care professions and it has been studied for decades in social and medical sciences given its significant role in health care outcomes and client satisfaction. In a climate where societies are congested with ideological conflicts, sociopolitical issues, racism, microaggressions, and bias, we must reflect on how we are preparing our students and future occupational therapists to be empathetic communicators and clinicians. We must also capture the evolution of empathy in new generations of occupational therapy students in the era of sociopolitical change, telehealth practices, and remote learning. Empathy decline is a documented trend in health care, especially in stigmatized groups, marginalized communities, refugees, non-English speaking patients, and stigmatized patient populations. With the revived urge to embrace anti-racist education, diversity, equity, and inclusion across health care professions, it is time to reflect on empathy in occupational therapy. In this paper, we discuss the construct of empathy and its role in building rapport in therapeutic relationships. We reflect on how we address empathy in occupational therapy education, practice, and research. We briefly discuss the growing trend of empathy decline in health care and its relationship to occupational therapy education and practice. We end by offering a few practical suggestions to bolster the construct of empathy in occupational therapy areas of education, clinical practice, and research
