Religious/spiritual coping can provide meaning and support well-being among individuals living with disability. This presentation explores how practicum students experience client religious/spiritual coping across various practicum settings. Additionally, practicum supervisor responses will be discussed alongside implications for supervisors and students.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
Participants will be able to identify ways that individuals engage in religious and/or spiritual coping to address mental or physical disability. Participants will also be able to describe the benefits and challenges of religious and/or spiritual coping.
Participants will be able to describe client religious and/or spiritual coping mechanisms as reported by practicum students. Participants will be able to describe supervisor responses that helped students engage clients with religious and/or spiritual coping.
Participants will be able to identify literature-based tools practicum students can use to engage individuals with disabilities who engage in religious and/or spiritual based coping.
