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An interview is an interaction between people that has a planned purpose, structure, and goal.
Human Service workers’ behaviors can encourage trust and sharing or create barriers to communication.
Workers must learn to encourage the expression of emotion in an atmosphere of respect and cultural sensitivity. |
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| Common Elements of Effective Interviews |
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Nonjudgmental attitude
Expression of feelings
Rapport building
Problem Solving
Confidentiality
Reassessment
Limited emotional involvement
Acceptance |
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Focusing on weaknesses rather than strengths
Feeling the need to “rescue”
Overly passive behavior
Discomfort with emotion
Anger
Condescension
(defined: to show feelings of superiority; patronize) |
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Open ended questions
Closed ended questions
Hypothetical questions
Follow-up Questions |
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| A Problem Solving Approach |
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Engagement
Defining the problem
Developing alternatives
Setting goals
Selecting the alternative
Taking action |
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| Occupational Therapy is the selective and purposeful therapeutic use of activities to aid in the treatment of physical and mental disorders. |
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| Employment Settings for OT |
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Hospitals
Mental Health Clinics
Nursing Homes
Rehabilitation Centers
Day Care Centers
Sheltered Workshops
Home Health Care Agencies
Public and Private Schools |
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| Uses of Occupational Therapy |
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OT has a wide range of uses for people with a wide spectrum of abilities.
It is especially useful in teaching Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
ADLs include eating, dressing, self-care
Treatment activities may be educational, recreational, or social
Some Occupational Therapists design devices to meet the needs of a given situation. |
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Physical therapy involves the physical rehabilitation of the musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems.
These conditions may include: sports injuries, fractures, chronic pain, strokes, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy and more
Chronic-persistent for a long time OR constantly recurring. |
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| Settings for Practice for PT |
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Private and hospital-based outpatient facilities
Acute care hospitals
Patients’ homes
Skilled-nursing facilities
Early Intervention agencies
Primary and secondary schools
Academic institutions
Rehabilitation Centers
Health and wellness centers
Research Centers |
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| Common Experiences Among Physical Therapists |
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One-to-one interaction with patients
Help patients to improve ability to move effectively in their environment
Improve range of motion of joints and strength of muscles
Decrease pain
Enhance functional abilities |
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Creative arts therapists use dance, music, or art in a therapeutic manner.
Helps to facilitate an individual’s insight, self-expression, and social awareness
Can provide a means of nonverbal communication |
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| Settings For Practice for Creative Arts Therapy |
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In addition to our “usual list”, creative arts therapy programs have also been established in:
Prisons
Facilities for the terminally ill |
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| Populations that Creative Arts Therapy Helps |
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Creative arts therapy can be included as part of an individual’s treatment plan.
It has been shown to be an effective therapy for a wide range of individuals with or without disabilities. |
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| Examples of Creative Arts Therapies |
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Dance therapy focuses on non-verbal aspects of personality and behavior as represented by an individual’s body movement.
Music therapy shown to increase self-confidence, attention, social awareness, and cognitive and fine-motor skill development |
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| Training and Education for Creative Arts Therapists |
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Dance and Art therapists require a Master’s Degree as a minimum for an entry-level position in the field from an accredited program.
Music therapists can practice with a four-year undergraduate degree. Many earn a Master’s degree as well
All include clinical practicum placements |
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| labs and golden retrievers |
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evaluation (2-4 weeks)
Formal Training (6m-2y)
Team Training |
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personality examined
basic obedience taught
test reactions in pulic |
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foster care
public socialization
3 months in training center
client selected and client's needs taught to dog
training equipment incorporated (wheelchairs) |
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| work with client for 2 weeks |
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guide dogs
hearing dogs
service dogs |
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| how many commands can be taught? |
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can: lead from A to B in straight line
stop for change in elevation
stop for overhead obstacles
avoid obstacles in path
can't: determine new route, read signals |
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alert to important sounds
recognize and respond to sounds (lead to the dryer buzzing and away from fire alarm)
can be any size or breed |
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| provide support for child (like an ace bandage) corrects posture |
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| body's awareness in space |
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| helps kids work through issues with books |
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| how many suicides in 2 hours? |
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| how many commit suicide annually? |
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| best way to decrease suicide |
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| early recognition and treatment of depression |
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| what is the most lethal of all psychiatric disorders? |
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| eating disorders (1 in 4 will die) |
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| state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma |
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highly addictive stimulant derived from coca leaves that directly effects brain
stimulant
typically snorted (powder)
may be smoked in concentrated form (crack)
known for drug of abuse |
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-discovered in 1855
-prominent in 1970s and 80s
-taken from coca plant
-has been used as a form of anesthesia
-native americans used to chew the coca leaves
- famous abusers: Freud, Abe Lincoln |
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immediate: dilates pupils
increases heart rate
surges blood pressure
longterm: weight loss, perforated septum, damage to nervous system |
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| Production/Criminalization |
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-3/4 from Columbia
-placed on US Controlled Substance Act in 1970
-jail time varies by amount possessed |
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1. inject: use needle to release directly into blood
2. smoke: inhaling coke vapor into lungs, where its absorbed as quickly as when injected
3. snort: inhaling through nose |
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| Cocaine Business and Trafficking |
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- Us is worlds #1 consumer
- large scale cocaine trade is dominated by organized gangs from S. America
- sold by weight and dramatically marked up
- shipments from S. America are typically transported through mexico by land or air to staging sights in northern mexico where its broken down and smuggled |
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| how can cocaine effect life? |
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| lying, stealing, can't admit addiction, skipping work or school |
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gram: approx 50-80
ounce: approx 750-1100 |
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| person lives at the facility where they are getting treated |
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| person lives at home and commutes to the facility where they are getting treatment |
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highly addictive
derived form morphine
obtained from asian opium poppy plant
injected through needles
can be smoked |
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| short term effects of heroin |
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| slurred speech, constricted pupils, droopy eyelids, impaired night vision, vomiting, constipation, "rush" |
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| long term effects of heroin |
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| addiction, collapsed veins, infected heart lining, cellulite, liver disease, Pneumonia, clogged blood vessels that lead to lungs |
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| drug craving, restlessness, muscle or bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, kicking movement |
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| can cost 150-200/day to maintain addiction |
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