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Meet our staff: Cody Pritchard Role: Learning Communities Manager Hobbies: Time with my family, church activities, and spending time outdoors What do you do? I oversee the four learning communities, which includes working with the student leadership, community activities, faculty co-directors, and student organizations and interest groups. I also co-direct the Carver Rural Iowa Scholars Program (CRISP) and help manage the Community Health Outreach electives. Tip for succeeding in med school? Academics is only one part of the student experience. Find ways to focus on your holistic well-being. There are so many opportunities to find community, build relationships, and connect with people that truly care about your success.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT This week's member spotlight is Phillip Salvador, M.Ed. OTR/L! Philip has worked in non-clinical school systems for 15+ years. Get to know more about Philip in the questions below and check out his bio on our new OTAC Directory: https://lnkd.in/g-fMeXJy 1. How did you choose this profession? In 2003 I attended community college and quickly found out that I wasn't very good at computer science math. So I told my work study boss who was the Director of Career and Student Services and she encouraged me to take a career test. The results came out between PT, ST, or OT. I never heard of OT but as I read more about the profession it stood out to me as the one which my creativity could be maximized the most. Plus it was a four year degree at the time which I was very fortunate to have been in the last BSOT class at Eastern Washington University. 2. What do you love about OT? I love the passion and the creativity our field radiates. OT can adapt and maximize client's goals in so many places. We see the world differently which I believe enriches the the world around us. I love how many new OT colleagues in the field are utilizing OT to tackle some of the most pressing issues our society faces such as climate change, homelessness, and occupational justice. It gives me great hope that our profession is making an impact. 3. Why did you become an OTAC member? I became a member because advocacy and representation is important to driving change beginning at the state level. As a OT working in Colorado for the past decade, I have had the privilege to support so many students and families who need our services. So when access to care or funding is impacted, our clients are the most impacted by these changes. I believe if we can collectively raise our voices and enact change in our spheres of influence, our client's lives will drastically improve and elevate our profession to the next level. 4. What's your favorite thing to do in Colorado? I love finding a local craft coffee shop in a mountain town and drinking a hot mocha while looking out at the beautiful Colorado scenery.  

“What was the best bit about today?” In life, there will always be hardships. Rather than shielding children from these hardships, we want to ensure that we, as a school, have educated children with strategies so that they feel stronger when they inevitably have to face them. Focusing on gratitude can help build resilience. For adults, keeping a gratitude diary has gained a lot of good press in recent years in supporting us through hardships. For Nursery children, we achieve the same aims by phrasing questions that focus on finding the positives in a day such as, “what was the best bit of today?” For the full article included in the March edition of the Early Years Educator, please see the link below. https://lnkd.in/e4xg2GGq

Workforce development is stronger because of real relationships with people. Partnerships are about mutual benefit and respect. The workforce program makes a real impact in overlooked people’s lives, because of the many people backing it up. #cityfields #partnerships #workforcedevelopment

Since our world is not optimized for neurodiverse people, our role at CLE is to help young adults open doors and create new opportunities. All educators know an essential skill to help them in adulthood is the ability to self-advocate. However, every year students arrive to CLE and do not know when and why they need to advocate and lack the skills to generalize it across settings such as higher education or the workplace. My colleague Karlie Driscoll nailed it describing the gaps in teaching advocacy.  “Self -advocacy is a term that is seen in all IEPs for every transitioning student, and for good reason. With my adult students I often see that they know they should advocate but they don’t always know how, why, or for what in their post-high school life. To truly advocate for themselves as adults, we encourage our students to explore their disability as they would and interesting hypothesis. In doing so, they gain a working knowledge and ownership of their disability and how it enriches and challenges different facets of their lives. Through this exploration, students can build a greater vocabulary to express what they are experiencing and need in a variety of situations”. Check out the whole article and a piece by our CLE Monterey student

Sharing the experiences of GCHM Cohort #2 Interested in joining the next Cohort of the GCHM or IMHL? Connect with McGill GCHM & IMHL - Healthcare Management Programs today! It will change your life!

Head Start challenge: the next time you are in an uber, doctor’s office, elevator, or any waiting situation with another adult, ask them if they have heard of Head Start! This handy graphic gives the elevator speech that can change someone’s life!! It did for me😍❤️📊 #livedexperience #headstart

➡ Newsletter 2 of FOSTER is already available on the website » https://lnkd.in/dEmDYpbY Read more about the Change Driven Initiatives (CDIs) and Expert Panel, get to know our project members and learn with the Summer School 2023! Subscribe and be always on top of news!

From one parent to another, I can personally speak to the balancing act of being present as a parent and building my career. HBR provides a refreshing reminder of 2 priorities to those who carry the role of stewarding our children's education -- independence and opportunity. 📰 Take a look: https://bit.ly/3RKLxJR

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙐𝙨: 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙮 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙮 Please welcome Stacey Finney as our new director of the Academic Success Center! Click below to learn why she's so passionate about her job, what she wants students to know, and more. #DeSalesUniversity #StaffSpotlight #TheFacesThatMakeUs