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Becoming Anti-Racist Occupational Therapy Practitioners: A Scoping Study (2021)
Journal Article
Sterman, J., & Njelesani, J. (2021). Becoming Anti-Racist Occupational Therapy Practitioners: A Scoping Study. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 41(4), 232-242. https://doi.org/10.1177/15394492211019931

The ongoing racism pandemic in the United States negatively impacts the health, safety, and occupations of Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color. Although occupational therapy (OT) practitioners have a pressing obligation to actively address raci... Read More about Becoming Anti-Racist Occupational Therapy Practitioners: A Scoping Study.

Parents’ perspectives on managing risk in play for children with developmental disabilities (2021)
Journal Article
Stillianesis, S., Spencer, G., Villeneuve, M., Sterman, J., Bundy, A., Wyver, S., …Beetham, K. S. (2022). Parents’ perspectives on managing risk in play for children with developmental disabilities. Disability and Society, 37(8), 1272-1292. https://do

Parents are often concerned about managing risks for their children, particularly in the context of disability. This paper reports qualitative findings from an intervention study and examines how parents of children with developmental disabilities (m... Read More about Parents’ perspectives on managing risk in play for children with developmental disabilities.

Expectations and Assumptions: Examining the Influence of Staff Culture on a Novel School-Based Intervention to Enable Risky Play for Children with Disabilities (2021)
Journal Article
Grady-Dominguez, P., Ragen, J., Sterman, J., Spencer, G., Tranter, P., Villeneuve, M., & Bundy, A. (2021). Expectations and Assumptions: Examining the Influence of Staff Culture on a Novel School-Based Intervention to Enable Risky Play for Children with D

Risky play is challenging, exciting play with the possibility of physical, social, or emotional harm. Through risky play, children learn, develop, and experience wellbeing. Children with disabilities have fewer opportunities than their typically deve... Read More about Expectations and Assumptions: Examining the Influence of Staff Culture on a Novel School-Based Intervention to Enable Risky Play for Children with Disabilities.