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Historical Trauma and the Disability Community
No full textThe theory of historical trauma has emerged as an important perspective for understanding historically oppressed communities, especially communities racialized as black or brown. The theory has been given relatively little attention in disability studies and in practice with people with disabilities. People with disabilities have experienced historical marginalization, oppression, and genocide and continue to experience oppression today. This paper explores the elements of historical trauma and how they apply to the disability experience. Future research in disability studies and social work should consider the historical trauma perspective. An understanding of historical trauma would tie social work practice more closely with a social justice perspective on disability
Interview with TiAnna Harrison
Get PDFThis is an interview with the President of Kalamazoo Public School’s Board of Education TiAnna Harrison recorded on August 22, 2024. Ms. Harrison was interviewed by JB Brown as a part of SHARE\u27s “Standing on Her Shoulders” oral history project. During the interview Ms. Harrison discusses the following topics: Her childhood in Kalamazoo; Founding the Minority Student Awareness Organization at Loy Norrix High School; Being empowered through education; Formative women in her life; Finding her place in Kalamazoo as an adult; Her views on diverse representation; Working for Kalamazoo Community Homeworks; Her desire to help people love learning; How her lived experiences impact her service to the community; Being proud of her children; Being seen, heard, and taking up space; Wanting to be righteous rather than a Strong Black Woman; Advice to her younger self; Fun facts about herself; Supporting Black Women and Girls in leadership positions; Standing on the shoulders of educated and virtuous Black Women, and; Challenging herself and others to do more good.https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/standing-on-her-shoulders/1003/thumbnail.jp
Editorial Remarks: Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary!
Get PDFWe are pleased to announce GrandFamilies is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2024! It has been ten years since the first issue was published in 2014. We are very proud of the journal’s success due to the many researchers, service practitioners and policy reviewers who, over this decade, consider GrandFamilies a preferred publication outlet to disseminate new and original knowledge on grandparent-headed families.
We thank our readership for their loyalty to the journal, which to date spans 165 countries, clearly demonstrating the journal’s global impact! Our readers are primarily from academic institutions, government agencies, public service organizations, and commercial groups.
Certainly, this journal could not exist without our editorial board members, manuscript reviewers, and editorial staff. Their efforts reflect their commitment to the journal, its values and mission.
What’s next?...
Over the next decade, we will continue to focus on the remarkable research, practice initiatives and policy reviews that provide such a wealth of new knowledge and important insight to support grandparent-headed families, both nationally and internationally. We welcome and encourage our supporters to submit articles for our Fall, 2024 special anniversary issue. If you just discovered GrandFamilies, we invite you to consider submitting your work to the journal, becoming a manuscript reviewer or serving on the editorial board. The journal continues to grow, and as we move into our second decade, we hope you will continue the journey with us.
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Sibling Involvement: Highlighting the Influential Role of Siblings in Supporting Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Get PDFSocial impairments experienced by children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can limit participation in meaningful occupations. Incorporating typically developing siblings of children with ASD in occupational therapy-based community settings is an emerging practice approach that aims to support children with ASD during social challenges to enhance their participation in daily activities. The inclusion of siblings in occupational therapy practice presents a unique opportunity to address social skill development while facilitating positive sibling relationships. In this Opinions in the Profession paper, the influential role siblings play as social models for their siblings with ASD will be examined. The purpose of this paper is to describe sibling-mediated interventions and the distinct role of occupational therapists in facilitating positive sibling interactions and relationships through a coaching approach to promote the achievement of positive social and emotional outcomes
A ‘Friendly Visitor’ Volunteer Intervention for Hoarding Disorder: Participants’ Perceptions
Get PDFBackground: Determining and delivering effective interventions for Hoarding Disorder remains challenging, and appropriate resources are often unavailable. To address the need, the Friendly Visitor Program was designed in Portland, Maine, to pair people living with hoarding disorder with a trained volunteer to help with decluttering the living environment. The majority of the trained volunteers were occupational therapy students.
Method: This qualitative research study explored participants’ perceptions in a volunteer program that addresses hoarding behaviors. The study was conducted through an interpretivist, constructivist lens, examining the Friendly Visitor hoarding intervention program through individual, in-depth, semi-structured interviews with nine participants, including three clients with hoarding disorder and six volunteers.
Results: Three strong themes emerged from the data: importance of the client-volunteer relationship; physical, emotional, and cognitive demands of decluttering; and intervention strategies used for effective decluttering.
Conclusion: These findings reveal both practical and emotional elements to be considered when offering intervention for hoarding disorder. The Friendly Visitor Program can serve as a model for the design of volunteer programs to fill gaps in hoarding intervention services