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While over one-third of the U.S. economy and much of our national security infrastructure directly depends on precision timing, there has been to date no educational workforce development program in the US dedicated to training young talent in the timekeeping technologies that underpin our society. The Alabama Collaborative for Contemporary Education in Precision Timing (ACCEPT) Program is a new, 5-year National Research Traineeship program funded by the National Science Foundation, designed to train the next generation of graduate (MS and PhD) degree holders in a field of critical important to our nation. ACCEPT will provide a comprehensive training and educational opportunity for trainees from physics, mathematics, and engineering. Trainees will combine coursework across these three departments with professional development in critical areas identified by precision timing experts (teamwork, leadership, ethics, communication), and put their training into practice via research experiences with ACCEPT partners, student-led initiatives, and networking at conferences and workshops. In this paper, we present the current objectives, vision, and methodology of our new program, initial steps toward building a comprehensive training facility, and initial research and demonstration projects.
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Finding Our Strengths: Recognizing Professional Bias and Interrogating Systems
Abstract No one builds their lives on remediated weaknesses. No one. Who does a deficits-based approach benefit? Those we serve, or the professional community? Do our current models of practice support flourishing? Our professional biases make it hard for us to see not only how our practice may be getting it wrong today but is also perpetuating systems that prevent us from getting it right tomorrow. A paradigm shift to a strengths-based model that interrogates the educational, research, and practice systems we work in is proposed. It is a shift that we must see, speak, and act on. Our vulnerability and willingness to rethink is our strength, which will meet the changing needs of society. This lecture will draw on literature from positive psychology, disability justice, well-being, and research that centers the voice of self-advocates.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1850289
- PAR ID:
- 10426193
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The American Journal of Occupational Therapy
- Volume:
- 76
- Issue:
- 6
- ISSN:
- 0272-9490
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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