#31: The CORE Approach for Inclusive OT with Brock Cook (CE Course)

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Course Description

Released May 2, 2022 from Aurora, NE

How we understand our role as occupational therapy practitioners makes a huge difference in how we show up for our clients.

But, unfortunately, some theories of OT practice fail to aid us in practical clinical reasoning that focuses on occupation.

Luckily, the theories of OT practice that are emerging are getting closer to capturing the care we aspire to deliver—and provide more useful frameworks to guide our clinical reasoning.

Today we will dive into the CORE Approach. The approach is a mechanism for OTs to understand their practice from an inclusive, occupation-centric lens. It encourages OTs to ask reflexive questions related to the “core” areas of OT: capabilities, opportunities, resources and environments After reviewing an article on the CORE Approach, I am excited to explore this approach more fully, with Brock Cook—an OT from Australia, where this approach was born! Brock is a lecturer at James Cook University will help us understand how the approach can make a tangible difference in your OT practice.

Primary Journal Article Explored

When you log in, be sure to check out the OT Potential Club’s written breakdown of the following research article. Then, share your questions and thoughts with fellow practitioners.

Pereira, R. B., Whiteford, G., Hyett, N., Weekes, G., Di Tommaso, A., &; Naismith, J. (2020). Capabilities, opportunities, resources and environments (CORE): Using the core approach for inclusive, occupation‐centered practice. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 67(2), 162–171.

Supporting Research and Journal Articles

Pereira, R. B. (2017). Towards inclusive occupational therapy: Introducing the core approach for inclusive and occupation-focused practice. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 64(6), 429–435.

Hammell, K. R., &; Beagan, B. (2016). Occupational injustice: A Critique. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 84(1), 58–68.

Learning Objectives

  • You will be able to identify the four pillars of the CORE Approach.
  • You will be able to recognize questions from the CORE framework that can be used to guide your clinical reasoning.

Agenda

Intro (5 minutes)

Breakdown and analysis of journal article (5 minutes)

  • Why is a new occupation-centered, inclusive framework needed?
  • What is the CORE Approach?
  • What was the purpose of this study?
  • What were the authors’ methods?
  • What were the 3 narratives?
  • Conclusions and discussion
  • Takeaways for OT practitioners

Discussion on practical implications for OTs (with guest Brock Cook) (50 minutes)

  • Can you tell us the story of how you found OT?
  • How did you learn about the CORE Approach?
  • Why do you think another occupation-centered approach is needed?
  • What were your general impressions of the article?
  • How have you found the CORE approach to be helpful in clinical practice?
  • I love the theory behind “capabilities” but I don’t know if this word translates to the average OT or client. What do you think?
  • Do you think we should be discussing questions from the 4 pillars with clients, or using them primarily for therapist self-reflection?
  • How do you think occupation-centered practice and social inclusion go hand in hand?
  • How would you like to see the CORE Approach evolve in the future?

Contact Hours

1 hour (0.1 AOTA CEUs)

Target Audience/Educational Level

Our target audience is occupational therapy practitioners who are looking to learn about the CORE Approach for Inclusive OT. The educational level is introductory.

Instructional Methods/Registration/Special Needs Requests/Cancellation Policy

This course is an independent/self-study course delivered via podcast on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. Explore your listening options on the OT Potential Podcast page.

If you need accommodations to take this course, please contact us and we will address your needs on an individual basis.

If this course were to be canceled, please see our cancellation policy on our terms page.

Course Completion Requirements

In order to receive a certificate for this course, you must first listen to the podcast in its entirety. Then, you will need to take the test (found at the top of this page) and earn 75% or higher. If you pass, a certificate will be automatically generated and sent to your email.

Financial and Non-financial Disclosures

It is the policy of OT Potential to disclose any financial and non-financial interest the provider or instructor may have in a product or service mentioned during an activity. This is to ensure that the audience is made aware of any bias of the speaker.

We here at OT Potential have no financial stake in this topic. Our guest, Brock Cook, also has no financial stake in the CORE Approach.

Speakers

Brock Cook, OT:

Brock has been an Occupational Therapist for 10+ years. He has experience working in acute mental health inpatient and with community mental health rehabilitation services. He has extensive experience delivering education on mental health using innovative approaches including podcasts and webinars.

He currently works as an Associate Lecturer for James Cook University in Townsville and is the host of the Occupied podcast.

Sarah Lyon, OTR/L:

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Sarah’s passion is helping fellow OT practitioners translate evidence into daily practice. Sarah earned her BA in religion from St. Olaf College, then earned her master’s degree in occupational therapy from New York University in 2011. Since then, she’s worked in numerous facilities, including a critical access hospital, an acute trauma hospital, and a state inpatient psychiatric hospital.

In 2011, Sarah launched OT Potential because she realized we needed a reliable source of quality occupational therapy-related content and resources. She has also had the opportunity to create content for brands like WebPT, MedBridge, Saebo, and NeuroLutions.

She launched the OT Potential Club in 2019 to marry her love of simplifying complex topics with her desire to help therapists access the most important OT-related research released each year.

Sarah is a prairie girl at heart, which is why she returned to her hometown to raise her children in Aurora, Nebraska (home of the strobe light).

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Excellent podcast! Very informative!

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Well done to yo all, so interesting.

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I really enjoyed the podcast. Although it was quite theoretical it really was so applicable to OT practice. Brock is so right I have found so many helpful journal articles thanks to you Sarah.

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I really enjoyed this episode. Brock got my wheels turning on how I need to take more of a listening posture and provide feedback that rephrases what I heard to ensure my parent’s of my clients feel heard. This approach also got me thinking of how to use in my pediatric, outpatient setting. I feel we are treating/helping not only the child by the entire family. When it comes to values, what should we do if the values of the child conflict with the values of the parent that sought out OT? I don’t have an example, just a thought that popped into my head after listening and wanted to share. :slight_smile: Thanks again Sarah for a great platform!

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I really appreciated listening to the Podcast after reading the article and discussion the week before. The framework and Brock’s interview can remind us to include consideration of resources and the environment and the client’s capabilities to create or enhance client opportunities through our OT approach and to include doing, being, becoming, and belonging in our occupational thought process.

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It’s an interesting thought experiment Kate! Ive never worked with kids but my first thought would be to take a strengths approach and see if there’s any way you could incorporate both sets of goals into the intervention plan. You may find that differing values create resources that you can tap into to increase capabilities :slight_smile: