Building Capacity with Parents and Occupational Therapists

This article explores the need to identify how capacity-building rehabilitation services can be offered to families to optimize positive outcomes and minimize harms.

Educational Objectives

Educational Aim:

This study aims to describe the perspectives of parents with a child with special needs and of occupational therapists regarding promising strategies to achieve this goal of building families’ capacity.

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

1.The need for Occupational therapists to be aware of the possible negative impacts of their services on children and their families, even when the therapist is trying to help.
2.The importance to focus on families’ most pressing needs and to offer flexible conditions as no one-size-fits-all services can build all families’ capacities without overloading them.
3.Awareness of the conditions in which capacity-building services should be offered to help families support their child without overloading them.

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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