Do you worry about either the present or future parenting children, as someone who has been through childhood trauma themselves? This episode with Rachel is for you! She is an occupational therapist who runs parenting groups & specializes in trauma research! And my personal hero / the reason my career trajectory changed!! Rachel Ashcraft (she/her) is a licensed and registered occupational therapist and TBRI® Practitioner. Rachel is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB). She is currently working on new programming at UAB related to building trauma responsive healthcare and education systems. Rachel provides consultative services and training to schools and pediatric therapy clinics regarding trauma. She founded and directs a non-profit, Foster the Future Alabama, with the mission of reducing inequality in access to health and wellness services for children in foster care. The topic of trauma is close to Rachel’s heart as she and her spouse have been foster parents to over 20 kids and have one son who they adopted. She currently serves as President for the Alabama Occupational Therapy Association. She has been at the forefront of the national OT movement towards more trauma informed care across the profession. She has received recognition from both State and National Occupational Therapy Associations for her work with vulnerable children, including receiving the 2018 Emerging & Innovative Practice Award from The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. for her work with vulnerable children and the 2017 OTR of excellence award from the Alabama Occupational Therapy Association. Her scholarly work includes presentations, articles, textbook chapters on the topic of trauma informed services in various settings. Most recently, she co-edited the AOTA published textbook Trauma, Occupation, and Participation. To continue the connection & conversation around all things healing, growth, & Overcoming, be sure to follow along our podcast page @OvercomingPod https://www.instagram.com/overcomingpod . Also, feel free to check out http://bio.site/soswithdrtaelor for up-to-date to social media, collaborations, and services, including our self-paced growing course library, “The Overcoming Academy,” bringing you more depth, accessibility, and autonomy within various trauma education topics. Thank you, again, for your continued support, shares, & feedback. We’re honored you choose to include us within your Overcoming & self-healing journey.

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