Free advocacy workshop at Spalding University on Saturday, 6/18/16, from 8a-12:30p worth 3.5 CCUs (students absolutely welcome); it will include some updates about the current legislative happenings in Frankfort as well as nationally.

Title: Making a Difference: Evidence-Based and Everyday Advocacy Solutions for Today’s Occupational Therapy Professional

Description: This 3 ½ hour workshop targets those who are interested in learning how to advocate for their clients, their profession, and for health care reform from the individual- and systems-level approaches. Attendees will be provided with ideas and resources for effective advocacy strategies that front-line clinicians, fieldwork students, academicians, and health care leaders will be able to utilize.

Workshop Objectives: Participants will be able to…

·        Define and discuss advocacy and what it means to the participant 

·        Conceptualize health policy processes and implications for advocacy

·        Identify and discuss advocacy strategies at the level of personal and professional ability

·        Locate and utilize resources for advocacy in their communities

 Participants: This workshop is designed for all professionals and students of occupational therapy, as well as professionals of other disciplines. All guests are encouraged to review the following articles in preparation for this workshop:

·        Kirsh, B. H. (2015). Transforming values into action: Advocacy as a professional imperative. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 82(4), 212-223. doi: 10.1177/0008417415601395 (see attached) 

·        Sarnoff, S. K. (1999). “Sanctified Snake Oil”: Ideology, junk science, and social work practice. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 80(4), 396-408. (will be provided at course if not before…) 

Workshop Agenda

8:00-8:30             Registration

8:30-9:00             Objectives and defining advocacy 

9:00-9:40             Navigating health policy from conceptualization to law

9:40-9:50             BREAK

9:50-10:45          Strategies to advocate for change 

10:45-11:30        A conversation with Congressman Yarmuth!!!

11:30-11:40        BREAK 

11:40-12:15        Putting these strategies to work

12:15-12:30        Report out, Q/A, and Wrap-Up

     *Agenda Revised on 6/11/16

Registration: Click Here

Feel free to call/email Angela Cecil, Office: 502-992-2431 Email: [email protected] with questions, and please contact Joe McCombs for registration at [email protected] or 502-588-7196.