One of the most powerful tools pediatric practitioners have available to them is reflection. It can go with you anywhere and be applied to any situation. Building habits and practice around reflection can amplify the positive effects of any formal training you have, and can help eliminate roadblocks to personal and professional development. In this course, instructor Andrew Klein teaches the foundations for reflective practice, why it is important to the therapeutic professions and provides opportunities to practice reflection through scenarios provided in the class.
Investment – $167.00
A course workbook, lifetime access to course materials, entirely self-paced and online, 3.5 AOTA-approved contact hours, plus access to a course “Community” where students can engage with the course instructor and one another (like a Facebook group, without Facebook).
Module One is your introduction to basic definitions and provides foundational knowledge that will carry you through the rest of the course. You will learn about Technical Rationality and how it fosters feelings of imposter syndrome, what makes a reflective practitioner, and how reflective practice applies specifically to OT, ST, and PT.
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Module Two is your permission slip to set productivity aside, at least temporarily. This module helps highlight when and how to exit productivity mode, what a reflective headspace looks like, and how to get there (think: regulation and mindfulness)
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Module Three identifies a wide range of barriers to reflection; including time, bias, ineffective boundaries, overwhelm, burnout, and trauma. The module finishes with reviewing how to set better boundaries.
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In Module Four you will learn several models of reflection and learning, from simple to more complex. You will gain an in-depth understanding of reflection IN and ON action, and when one type might be preferred over the other. You will see sample lists of questions, broken into 4 main categories that can be used to help guide your reflective practice. Lastly, you will learn about some frameworks that have reflective practice built into them as core components (one example being DIR/Floortime).
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In Module Five you will be walked through a wide range of possible scenarios to explore. Use questions from Module Four to practice reflection. After each lesson, you will be asked to pause and used the workbook to help guide you through problem-setting and reflection.
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In this Module, there is also a Problem Setting and Reflection Activity to submit.
In Module Six the course wraps up with talking about building better habits along with the importance of psychological safety and how to work it into your workplace culture.
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