Tuesday 19 July, 12.15-13.45
Online, free to attend
Delivered by Rebecca Swenson (she/her) and Hannah Spencer (they/them)
EDB Insights: Trans and non-binary awareness
On Tuesday 19 July 2022 we’re welcoming Rebecca Swenson (she/her) and Hannah Spencer (they/them), NHS Occupational Therapist, and Co-founders of LGBTQIA+ OTUK network to speak to us and the occupational therapy community.
Rebecca is a PhD Researcher and Senior Lecturer, Occupational Therapy, London Southbank. Hannah is an NHS Occupational Therapist and recently completed their MSc research project entitled 'A Gender Agenda' exploring pre-registration students' understandings of gender diversity and relevance to occupational therapy practice. Both are among founding members of the recently formed LGBTQIA+ OTUK network and synthesise lived experiences with professional and research interest in LGBTQIA+ communities.
Trans and non-binary people access both general and specialist health, social care and voluntary sector services across a range of provision; reasons for doing so may be related or unrelated to gender identity. This insight is relevant in terms of ethical, professional and legal duty to undertake best practice in consideration not only of those who access our services across the diversity of practice settings, but of our peers, our multi-disciplinary colleagues and our future workforce, worldwide.
In the session Rebecca and Hannah will draw on personal, professional and research experience and consider:
- Context and importance of insight session around trans and non-binary awareness in occupational therapy.
- Discussion around ethical, professional and legal duty to undertake best practice with reference to key legislation and professional standards.
- Reiterated evidence of how occupational therapy is ideally placed to support this population.
- Practical suggestions around personal, environmental and occupational aspects of support for trans and non-binary people, and simple cues towards understanding.
There will be a short time for questions. This event is part of our EDB Insights series, where we’ve invited people to talk about the topics of equity, diversity and belonging, so we can all reflect and use the lessons learned in our practices.
We’re looking forward to hearing from Rebecca and Hannah and would love for you to join us.
Find out more about the event.
Bookings are open until 9am Tuesday 19 July 2022. A recording will be available to members after the event.
*This is a rescheduled session from December 2021. We were unable to transfer bookings from the original event. If you were booked on to attend, you’ll need to book again.
If you’re like us and would like to plan ahead, see our other upcoming EDB Insights events.