Hi all,
I was wondering if any therapists out there had worked much with people from
an indiginous background ("First People" I believe is also a correct term).Here in Australia, much of the health provision is done by regional Aboriginal Health Services and the predominant model used ,as I understand it, of Community Development. There are many positive things happening (there are some wonderful Woman's Councils working in innovative ways with communities suffering terrible stresses). I KNOW that the last thing I would want if I was a person from an indiginous heritage would be a city born and bred health professional coming in and telling me what I already know..but it just seems to me that SO many of the problems faced by First Peoples all over the world are essentially "occupational" , does anyone else think that culturally sensitive use of occupation has a role to play? or am i being naive (again!) David *********��*********** Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ** List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] *********��***********
