ICAMHS
Jess Bacchus
Occupational Therapy Student 2014
Agenda
Health Professionals and their roles
Interventions I observed
Occupational Therapy fit
Key Learnings Parental involvement
Readiness to learn
Link between their birth experience to now
Health Professionals and their roles
Psychologist...
Psychiatrist...
Drug and Alcohol...
Reception...
Nurse
Social Worker
Occupational therapy
Interventions I observed
Sensory Room
Graded Exposure
FRIENDS
Problem Solving
Relaxation
Anxiety Management
RDA programme
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
A little bit about OTNZ
Occupational Therapy New Zealand
Vision
OTNZ: Empowering individuals, whānau, organisations and communities to achieve health and wellbeing through occupation.
Values
The values that underpin OTNZ are:
Occupational justice:
- Fair access to resources to enable occupation.
- Biculturalism: Equity between the tangata whenua(Maori) and the tangata tiriti(non Maori).
- Integrity: The quality of being honest and following our principles.
- Professionalism: High standards that characterize behaviour.
- Collaboration: Work together in mutual effort and partnership towards goals.
- Transparency: Visibility or accessibility of information.
Occupational Therapy Theory
CMOPE
Developed by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists in 1997
Person, Occupation, Environment
POE
Developed by Mary Law, Susan Strong, Debra Stewart, Barbara Cooper, Patricia Rigby &Lori Letts
Model of Human Occupation
MOHO
Developed by Gary Kielhofner
Sensory Integration
Dunn’s Sensory Quadrant
Results have shown success in use for prevention, maintenance, crisis intervention, safety, stability and overall health and well-being for clients.
Sensory Interventions
Provide a sense of security, safety, or self-management strategies that enable a person to reintegrate into society and participate in meaningful or necessary occupations.
The sensory room enables the ability to slowly integrate selected stimuli such as sound, light and touch.
The therapist can adjust certain senses to observe reactions of a client i.e. calming or alerting.
Learning about how a child reacts to senses enables the parent to better understand their child and how they can help them develop to their full potential
FRIENDS Programme
Feelings, Relaxation, I can try, Explore solutions, Now reward yourself, Don’t forget to practice, Smile & stay calm
Problem Solving- Coping Step Plan
- Problem solving Plan
Sharing stories- Support
- Finding solutions
Making friends- Conversation starters
- Fill my bucket
Understanding themselves- Personal feelings and other's feelings
Key Learnings
Parental Involvement
Readiness to Learn
Secure Attachment Bond
Parental Involvement
o Consistent message across all environments- Less confusion for child and more likely to behave when they know what to expect.
Readiness to learn
o Is the child/parent ready to accept change?
o Are they ready to listen to ideas and intervention strategies?
o Will they take the message home?
o When neither party(child/adolescent or parent) is not ready progress of improving their lives is slowed down or stunted
Secure Attachment Bond
Understanding your baby's unique cues
Identifying their needs and adhering to them
Difficulties in this area due to: anxiety, depression, unwanted pregnancy
Dependency, separation anxiety, difficulty forming & maintaining friendships.
Forming a secure attachment is not just about love –
Can formulate an attachment by using something as simple as eye contact, coping faces your baby does and talking to them.
Thank You
Thank you for the opportunity to speak today
Thank you for listening (and reading)
Thank you all for coming… Was very kind of you to take time out of your busy schedule to listen to me. I really appreciate it.