Motor Learning in Occupational Therapy Even though the motor learning process is commonly over looked in day to day life‚ without motor learning we would not have reasoning for the things we do. Research on motor learning makes it possible to figure out how to learn an action in the most effective way. Naturally‚ we learn to utilize our motor skills in our occupations. Whether sitting at a desk typing up charts in a dentist office‚ preparing food for fellow hungry college kids in a cafeteria
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FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY Why study families? • Traditional psychology - problem an individual one - Externalise distress - act out - Internalise distress - withdraw Theorists - Psychoanalytic - e.g Freud - fixated at a phase due to trauma and regress to this level - Behaviourists - e.g learn inappropriate response - Attachment - insecure primary attachment • Sociological perspective Bronfenbrenner’s model - ecological approach a) Life cycle stresses
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Occupational therapy was born in 1917 with the founding of The National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy. The five founders held a belief that occupation was a valuable therapeutic tool‚ but also knew scientific evidence would push occupational therapy (OT) to be a respected field (Schwartz‚ 2003). Much has changed in OT in the last hundred years‚ but OT still stands strong on two points‚ occupation based interventions and evidence based practice. With the high demand for evidence
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Psychology in Respiratory Therapy When I decided I wanted to be a respiratory therapist‚ I never imagined that I would be dealing with any psychological aspects. As I have learned more about the respiratory system and the patients that I will treat‚ I can see that I will deal with some psychological factors quite often. In respiratory therapy there are psychological factors that can affect a person’s ability to breath and their quality of breathing. A range of emotional factors including
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individualized nature. Moulton and Olsen (2004) gathered “a convenience sample of 51 pediatric occupational therapists at the 1999 Annual Conference of the American Occupational Therapy Association” (p. 54). While this is a small sample‚ the individual participants can be considered experts in the pediatric side of occupational therapy‚ making them reputable. They asked each therapist about their particular patients‚ breaking them down by diagnosis and by how many
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Family Systems Theory: Family Cohesion When growing up families are and have been considered systems because they are made up of interrelated elements or objectives. Families are examples to show that they have regular behaviors‚ they have regular interactions‚ and they are interdependent on one another. It is believed the family can be defined as a set of interacting individuals who are related by blood‚ marriage‚ cohabitation‚ or adoption. Although they are numerous in number some functions
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typical or traditional American family‚ which is the center of social structure consisting of father‚ mother‚ children and family life has been vanished and withering away. In this vision‚ the social ties of kinship‚ family and marriage are weakened .But how it happens? And what does it means that twentieth century American family is vanished? What are the symptoms of vanishing and withering inside American family in American society in general? The vanishing family means breakdown‚ disintegration
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Music therapy in care for dementia Dementia is an extremely common disease among the elderly‚ with 4 million Americans currently suffering from the Alzheimer’s type alone. Figures show that 3% of people between the ages of 65-74 suffer from the disease‚ rapidly increasing to 19% for the 75-84 age bracket‚ and as high as 47% for the over 85s. Therefore‚ it is easy to see why Dementia is such a large part of many people’s lives‚ whether they are suffering from the condition themselves‚ or have
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Buckman Family Subsystem Genogram Gil‚ Karen‚ Kevin‚ Taylor and Justin Buckman analysis The family chose is Gil‚ Karen‚ and their children Kevin‚ Taylor‚ and Justin they are a pretty normal down to earth family‚ with minor issues. The main issue is Gil and his neuroticism; he seems to have obsessive compulsive disorder‚ because what is happening is that it is affecting their oldest child Kevin the most‚ the other two are affected but not to the extent that Kevin
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Music Therapy for Cancer Patients Looking back into history‚ the origin of music is unknown‚ however during ancient times‚ music was originally used as a part of rituals and healing ceremonies. Music was thought to have divine worth that brought balance to the human soul‚ therefore has had significant importance to healing of the body. Music is a part of our everyday lives‚ it is used in expressing our feelings and emotions‚ worship‚ during happy times such as weddings‚ sad times such as funerals
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