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The Experiences of Individuals With Autism and How to Support Them
Get PDFThis literature review focuses on individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The goal of this paper is to explore the experiences of individuals with ASD and effective ways for counsellors to help them. Using the Adaptive Behaviour Assessment System (ABAS-3) as a framework to explore the experiences of individuals with ASD, I examined three domains of skill: conceptual, social, and practical (Harrison & Oakland, 2015). I concluded that there is a need for more evidence-based research. There is a significant gap between the literature and practice in counselling sessions. Recommendations for counsellors are to continue to engage in the therapeutic alliance with clients and their families, allowing individualized treatments and goals to provide a better quality of life, and also to create community-based programs that will be more workable and effective
How Can Trauma Informed Care Be Used to Support High School Students with Intergenerational Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Get PDFApproximately 60% of Canadians will have experienced at least one traumatic event as a child (Joshi et al., 2021). A high prevalence of trauma among youth, combined with a large number of children with undiagnosed trauma symptoms (Scheeringa et al., 2011), indicates a need for a theoretical framework within the education system to support the health and well-being of students who have experienced a traumatic event. Trauma informed care utilizes a trauma-informed and strength-based approach which is beneficial to all students and staff within the education system. This paper reviews trauma informed care, intergenerational trauma, and posttraumatic stress disorder, and discusses the benefits of adopting trauma informed care within educational policies, procedures, and practices. Recommendations are provided to educators for support of youth with intergenerational trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder
Parenting Stress and Behaviours in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Get PDFThis paper is a review of research articles on the relationship between parenting stress and the behaviours of children with autism. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which is also known as autism, is characterised by challenges across various domains of functioning, including social, emotional, and behavioural. Parents of children with ASD often experience significant levels of stress. With the goal of contributing to knowledge on autism from the family-systems perspective, the author's aim was to answer the research question "How does parenting stress impact the behaviours of children with autism spectrum disorder?" The author discusses the bidirectional and unidirectional variables and their associations, in addition to parents' perspectives on their experiences of raising children with ASD. The findings in the literature inform the conclusions in this paper related to clinical practice and areas for future research. Overall, the researchers reported complex interactions between parenting stress and internalising and externalising behaviours in children, which highlights the need for clinical interventions to consider family factors and parents' well-being in treatment planning and promote changes in the behaviours of children with ASD
Getting a Grip: Utilizing Climbing to Address Generalized Anxiety Disorder
No full textIn 2015, the first quantitative research study was conducted on psychotherapeutic indoor rock climbing as an intervention for people with depression. Research has since continued, yet anxiety and specifically generalized anxiety disorder as well as outdoor rock climbing, have been remained unstudied within the field of therapeutic climbing. This in-depth literature review investigates the use of indoor and outdoor therapeutic rock climbing to address generalized anxiety disorder. A collection of qualitative, quantitative, theoretical, and historical resources and academic studies are reviewed to bring together elements of nature-based therapy, adventure therapy, mind-body therapy, and polyvagal theory as the theoretical backing to a therapeutic climbing program proposal to address generalized anxiety disorder. The major findings amongst the various theoretical approaches reviewed and combined are several common therapeutic factors: relationship and trust, play, presence and mindfulness, safety and risk, and scalability. Also discovered are the many implications for practitioners to move forward in the field of outdoor therapeutic climbing in an ethical way. Unsettling and decolonizing the field of adventure and nature-based therapy, making outdoor programs and communities more accessible to marginalized populations, and working within the present environmental crisis, addressing ecoanxiety are all necessary directives
The Developmental Trajectory of Young Women with Biological Absent Fathers Resulting from Abandonment
No full textThe detrimental impact on heterosexual women experiencing the repercussions of an absent biological father resulting from abandonment is a phenomenon that not only leads to mental health challenges, but directly affects the attachment style and development of adult romantic relationships. Historically, research has examined men and their experience with paternal abandonment, and researchers have seemed reluctant to explore this phenomenon with women. The literature that does exist has examined how women who have experienced paternal abandonment are developmentally negatively impacted. Previous literature suggests that paternal absence during infancy and childhood as the result of abandonment predisposes women to suffer from an insecure attachment. Furthermore, research has examined the link between paternal abandonment in women and resulting deleterious mental health outcomes. Many women who have been abandoned by their biological fathers develop anxiety, depression, and a negative sense of self. Consequently, women who have experienced paternal abandonment in turn may unconsciously seek out unhealthy and unstable romantic relationships with men where their needs are often unmet or ignored. Due to being denied the opportunity of establishing a secure attachment bond with their biological father during development, women may have a decreased ability to be trusting, romantically intimate, and committed to a male romantic partner in relationships and marriage. The current research paper aims to examine the literature on the negative impact that paternal abandonment in infancy and childhood has on development, attachment, mental health, intimacy, and romantic relationships in heterosexual women. Furthermore, a proposal to develop a workshop addressing effective therapeutic interventions for clinicians working with this unique demographic is discussed in the hope of enhancing a positive therapeutic alliance and encouraging and facilitating healing for women abandoned by their biological father
Science Data Sharing: Applying a Disruptive Technology Platform Business Model
No full textThis research investigated the potential to enhance global science data sharing through market-driven strategies utilizing technology platform-based business models compared to the existing fiat strategy characterized by government-funded programs and highly fragmented information systems. With less than 1% of science data shared globally, and some estimates of data collection time-cost valued at USD billions per year, there is significant social value to be released in addressing this issue. The purpose of this research is to identify whether a paradigm shift in business model is required to enable the release of excess value from science data gathering by facilitating data re-use; and incentivize increased market participation by currently marginalized groups that gather science data. A literature review was undertaken to understand (a) the characteristics of successful platform business models and (b) whether those lessons can be applied to science-data sharing to formulate a market-driven business model appropriate to satisfying the un-met needs of the global and frequently marginalized science community. Participation in international science industry discussions, review of science data gathering grant requirements from USA and European institutions, and extensive literature review formed the basis of a questionnaire that was distributed to CEO of citizen science (CS) organizations globally who were used as a proxy for the broader science community to undertake a survey of unmet needs in both developed and underdeveloped countries. Responses were analyzed to determine the pattern of unmet needs from both legacy business models for sharing data, and from a hypothetical platform business model that had the attributes of successful market-driven businesses. Evidence pointed towards a clear market failure to satisfy the unmet needs of a broad CS community particularly those residing in underdeveloped countries, and a significant opportunity to release excess value of global benefit. The research has recommended that a paradigm shift in business model towards that of an open platform-technology be established that rewards science data contributors based on free-market principles. i.e., centralized standards and data custodianship, but with distributed ownership, and rewards (both monetary and through recognition) based on the value that the market places on published contributions to the platform