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Ableism and Disability Prejudice

Ableism and Disability Prejudice

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Therapy operates within a broader culture shaped by ableism - 

And clinicians receive little guidance on how to help clients with disabilities and chronic conditions navigate the microaggressions they face -

Or on how to keep disability bias from entering the therapy room itself.

Too often, disability simply goes unaddressed in treatment.

In this session, Dr. Rhoda Olkin – developer of disability-affirmative therapy and author of What Psychotherapists Should Know about Disability – will give you a practical framework for supporting clients with disabilities and chronic conditions. You’ll learn how to:

  • Assess clients’ experience of microaggressions and understand how they are impacted
  • Use strengths-based reframing and values prioritization to help clients manage microaggressions
  • Decrease the chance that you perpetrate a microaggression – and how to repair if you do

Here's What You'll Learn

Ableism and Disability Prejudice

  • What is ableism
  • Denial of rights, patronization, and other microaggressions 
  • Assessment of clients’ responses to microaggressions
  • Clinical vignettes demonstration How different clients with disabilities or chronic medical conditions respond to microaggressions, with 
  • Prioritization of values 
  • Strengths-based reframing
  • Limitations of the research and potential risks

Everything You're Getting

  • More than 1 hour of video content
  • Up to 1.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

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Rhoda Olkin, PhD

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Rhoda Olkin, PhD, is a distinguished professor at California School of Professional Psychology, the developer of disability-affirming therapy, and the author of four books on disability and psychotherapy including What Psychotherapists Should Know about Disability and Disability-Affirming Therapy: A Case Formulation Template for Your Clients with Disabilities. She has researched and taught about disability for over 35 years and serves as and expert witness related to disability. As a polio survivor, Dr. Olkin has used her lived experiences to illustrate various aspects of living well with a disability or chronic medical condition.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Rhoda Olkin has employment relationships with Alliant University and the Institute on Disability and Health Psychology. She receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Rhoda Olkin is a member of the American and California Associations for Marital and Family Therapy, the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers, the American Association of University Professors, the American Counseling Association, and others. For a complete list, please contact info@pesi.com. She is a board member for Polio Health International.
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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS150875
Duration:
1 hour, 5 minutes
Copyright:
Jul 16, 2026
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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