Developing Client Self-Advocacy in Occupational Therapy

This article explores how therapists learn about self-advocacy intervention approaches. The article identifies if and how therapists implement self-advocacy into their work with clients.

Keywords: Self-advocacy, Disability, Rights and Responsibilities

Educational Objectives

Educational Aim:

The aim of this article is to provide the reader with an understanding of self-advocacy and its role in occupational therapy practice.

Educational Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module practitioners should have a clear understanding of:

1. The need for self-advocacy skills to target issues of exclusion and discrimination that prohibit full participation in society 
2. The need for occupational therapists to address self-advocacy skills with clients. 
3. The barriers that continue to prohibit full inclusion of people with disabilities in society 
4. Effective interventions to support clients’ capacity to self-advocate.
   

Instructions for this Module

• Read the supplied reading material and complete the quiz that follows;
• You have three attempts to pass the quiz;
• The pass grade is 70%;
• You need to pass the quiz to claim your CPD certificate;
• Please click on the CPD certificate link below to claim your CPD certificate and to update your CPD Manager.

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