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Investigating the status of " The Pledge and Creed for Occupational Therapists "

A little over a year ago I presented < a href= " http://abctherapeutics.blogspot.com/2014/05/emmanuelism-provided-core-values-to.html " target= " _blank " > an argument that the Emmanuel Movement provided important core values for the occupational therapy profession < /a > . & nbsp; This argument was constructed in context of a debate on whether or not Social Justice was a historical value of the profession. < br / > < br / > I was curious as to why we neglected to include the Emmanuel Movement when we discussed our values and beliefs. & nbsp; In the beginnings of the 20th century the Emmanuel Movement was based on the notion that a new method was required to address the social problems of disability and illness. & nbsp; That new method was a philosophy regarding responsibility and self reliance - and surrounded by Christian values of charity. < br / > < br / > Furthermore, that method was most certainly not based on a governmental model of redistribution or in a new age construct of oppression and liberation. & nbsp; That fact is what made some of the recent social justice debates so curious. < br / > < br / > < !--[if gte mso 9] > < xml > < w:WordDocument > < w:View > Normal < /w:View > < w:Zoom > 0 < /w:Zoom > < w:TrackMoves/ > < w:TrackFormatting/ > < w:PunctuationKerning/ > < w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/ > < w:SaveIfXMLInvalid > false < /w:SaveIfXMLInvalid > < w:IgnoreMixedContent > false < /w:IgnoreMixedContent > < w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText > false < /w:AlwaysShowPlace...
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