Measuring Privileged Identity in Educational Environments: Development and Validation of the Privileged Identify Exploration Scale

The present study describes the development and validation of an instrument to measure defensive reactions individuals display in difficult dialogues while exploring privileged identities and interacting across difference. The increased focus on difficult dialogues when exploring privileged social identities in educational environments points to a need for the Privileged Identity Exploration Scale (PIE-S). The Privileged Identity Exploration Model (PIE) (Watt, College Student Affairs Journal., 2007, 26, 114–126; Watt et al., Counselor Education and Supervision., 2009, 49, 86–105) identifies eight defensive reactions. Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, we identified and confirmed four constructs of privileged identity exploration that students exhibit when interacting across social differences, the PIE Scale (PIE-S). We provide a brief overview of the development of the PIE-S, as well as future directions for research and applications to training and facilitation in various educational settings.

Re-orienting occupational therapy: Embracing generative disruption and revisiting a posture that acknowledges human dignity

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Amidst the Covid-19 lockdown that commenced in March 2020, while the profession and service-users were coming to terms with its vast implications, the Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa initiated a Webinar series that stimulated provocative discussions and difficult dialogues. The authors of this paper deliver a commentary, critically engaging with the challenges of cogently articulating the contribution of occupational therapy services across various sectors of service delivery during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa. The challenges of on the one hand, negotiating the abrupt cessation of rehabilitation services, especially in the public sector and, on the other, advancing the reasoning for accessible, community-based services, are considered AIM: The commentary draws from presentations at and reflections on the webinar hosted on 24 June 2020 titled 'Ethical and Moral Challenges for Occupational Therapy'. In this paper, the competing ethical and moral issues arising from being urged to adopt different ways of thinking and doing occupational therapy during the Covid-19 lockdown are outlined PROPOSITION: It is suggested that experiences emerging from this pandemic are urging the profession to rethink its positionality in the health sector. Two main considerations deserve attention: The first is rethinking how we use occupational therapy knowledge to act from and in relation to local contexts, viewing people who are marginalised as knowledge and action partners through generative disruption. The second is to revisit what it entails to foster a posture that acknowledges human dignity CONCLUSION: Generative disruption includes a continuous and unabashed critical reflection of and on the limits of our practice and knowledge at hand. It means that we need to include service users and community partners in taking necessary steps to render services in local contexts most needed in recalibration toward social and occupational justice. In our knowledge-making partnerships, it is also imperative to revisit the posture of acknowledging human dignity Keywords: Covid-19; occupational therapy; occupational justice; human dignity; generative disruption

Advancing Social Justice Training through a Difficult Dialogue Initiative: Reflections From Facilitators and Participants

Our society continues to be plagued with rampant acts of racism, sexism, xenophobia, transphobia, misogyny, and hate crimes. More so than ever before, engaging in difficult dialogues across differences is imperative. Counseling psychologists are equipped with a multitude of skills that make them uniquely suited to be leaders in effective dialogue engagement. This article provides an overview of a time-limited social justice training opportunity for emerging counseling psychologists called Community Conversations. Community Conversations are designated brave spaces where small groups of college students from varying backgrounds are invited to engage in facilitated interactive and experiential dialogues that explore difficult topics related to power, privilege, and marginalization. The current study examined the multi-tiered impact of the Community Conversations Initiative on both graduate student facilitators and undergraduate participants. We discuss results and practical implications.

The Difficult Dialogues of Reforming Issues in Yemen’s Drama, A Case Study of TV Series Hami Hamak, And Foursa Akhirah: الحوارات الصعبة لقضايا الإصلاح في الدراما اليمنية، دراسة حالة لمسلسلي همي همك، وفرصة أخيرة

This study aimed to identify the reality of Yemeni TV drama, through the drama’s lens as an art form of reform issues via a difficult dialogue perspective, in order to monitor the hubs of difficult dialogues through reforming issues, qualitative approach of case study through the analytical observation of a total of eighty-seven episodes were used, the study has reached a number of results, most important of which were: the occupation of political reform issues had a prominent position in the dramatic presentation among the native drama production compared to other reforming issues such as economic or social reform issues, at the other hand self-empowerment of the other were the main expression between the dramatic characters axis of the main dialogues in both cases, while diversity has been noted in addressing verity of reform issues despite the genera differences, the major dialogues were reflected in the form of "What Happened?" in both cases. The study has concluded that; the Yemeni TV drama has reflected a multiple reforming issues in Yemen’s society, especially the political reform issues, by presenting difficult dialogues in a similar environment to the reality despite the differs of a reformist issues importance. the researcher has envisioned the future of Yemeni drama to remain presence locally before it gets the importunity to cross geographical boundaries at a significant level due to many factors, perhaps the most important one is the diversity of local dialects in Yemen.

Importance of the Sacrament of Baptism for the Contemporary World

Baptism has been a focus of significant discussion in the ecumenical movement, as the different churches seek a common understanding of Baptism, with the goal of mutual recognition. The Orthodox Church has been involved in these conversations from the beginning. The present article is an attempt to trace the participation of the Orthodox representatives in these dialogues on Baptism, both at the level of the World Council of Churches and in bilateral dialogues. It explains the Orthodox understanding of Baptism as a Sacrament, how this understanding is reflected (or not) in ecumenical agreements on Baptism. It will also review official Orthodox responses to some of these agreements. The author attempts to demonstrate that the Orthodox Church’s contributions to these sometimes-difficult dialogues have shown a commitment to seeking a common understanding of Baptism. Finally, this paper will examine the present state of ecumenical dialogue on Baptism, and evaluate its prospects for the future.