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Social Justice and Occupational Therapy

September 28, 2020 Barbara A. Smith, MS, OTR/L Leave a comment

A Group Home in A Small Town  I had never heard of the profession  called “occupational therapy” when I applied…

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Posted in: Developmental disabilities, occupational therapy, Social Justice Filed under: developmental disabilities, occupational therapy, social justice, vulnerable populations

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