Course Description: This session will describe the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) framework and how it can inform occupational therapy practice and curriculum development. The session will also describe how the ABCD framework shaped community partnership opportunities within an occupational therapy curriculum and how it is embedded within the curriculum. Examples of specific courses and learning objectives associated with the community partnership experiences will be provided.

Presenter(s): Molly Bathje, PhD, OTR/L; Kate Barrett, OTD, MPH, OTR/L; HIlary Napier, OTD, OTR/L; Brad Egan, OTD, PhD, CADC, OTR/L