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A Family Systems Approach to Disability and Chronic Illness
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Description
Professionals focus on the person identified as the patient, but disability and chronic illness (CID) affect the whole family. The family comes with its own ideas about illness, health and wellness. This training focuses on how to incorporate the family response to a CID in one or more of their members. Included is the language we use about CID, how to phrase questions, and how to use language to reflect the family’s model(s) of disability. Also included are management of cognitive issues within the family, and inclusion of family members (parents, partners, children, adults) in treatment planning and implementation. Included are four reasons assistive technology (AT) sent home with patients is never used and ways of introducing AT to families.
Speakers
Rhoda Olkin, PhD
Rhoda Olkin, PhD, is a distinguished professor at California School of Professional Psychology, the developer of disability-affirming therapy, and the author of four books on disability and psychotherapy including What Psychotherapists Should Know about Disability and Disability-Affirming Therapy: A Case Formulation Template for Your Clients with Disabilities. She has researched and taught about disability for over 35 years and serves as and expert witness related to disability. As a polio survivor, Dr. Olkin has used her lived experiences to illustrate various aspects of living well with a disability or chronic medical condition.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Rhoda Olkin has employment relationships with Alliant University and the Institute on Disability and Health Psychology. She receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Rhoda Olkin is a member of the American and California Associations for Marital and Family Therapy, the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers, the American Association of University Professors, the American Counseling Association, and others. For a complete list, please contact info@pesi.com. She is a board member for Polio Health International.
