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Perceptions of the Delivery of Group and Individual Writing Telehealth Interventions for Students 7 to 12 Years of Age using Two Virtual Platforms: A Pilot Study
Get PDFBackground: Existing evidence supports occupational therapy’s (OT) role in improving handwriting skills; however, evidence is limited regarding the delivery of virtual intervention.
Method: This pilot study reviewed the use of a virtual interprofessional writing program for five children 7 to 12 years of age that addressed both handwriting (OT) and spelling (speech-language pathology) skills. The program included eight weekly sessions using Microsoft Teams (first four sessions) and Cisco WebEx (last four sessions). A parent survey consisting of 14 questions was conducted to gauge overall satisfaction with the program as well as learn about platform preferences. In addition, the occupational therapists provided insights from using the features of the two platforms.
Results: Overall, the families were satisfied with the virtual program, the primary strengths being the engagement of their child, the materials used in the program, and skill development. The occupational therapists identified various features of the virtual platforms that impacted their use for individual and group interventions.
Conclusion: Information from this pilot study can be used to help clinicians when preparing for the virtual delivery of OT services. It also provided feedback from parents that is consistent with previous literature about strengths and weaknesses of virtual services
Performing Widowhood on the Early Modern English Stage
Get PDFThe deaths of husbands radically changed women\u27s lives in the early modern period. While losing male protection, widows acquired rare opportunities for social and economic independence. Placed between death and life, female submissiveness and male audacity, chastity and sexual awareness, or tragedy and comedy, widows were highly problematic in early modern patriarchal society. They were also popular figures in the theater, arousing both male desire and anxiety. How did Shakespeare and his contemporaries represent them on the stage? What kind of costume, props, and gestures were employed? What influence did actors, spectators, and play-space have? This book offers a fresh and incisive examination of the theatrical representation of widows by discussing the material conditions of the early modern stage. It is also the only comprehensive study of this topic covering all three phases of Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Caroline drama.https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/mip_ltsd/1009/thumbnail.jp
Review: “We fight for roses too”: The 2022 Lincoln Mystery Plays
No full textLike so many of us, the 2022 Lincoln Mystery Plays struggled to rediscover their place in the world in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic—and it is exactly this challenge that helped the production speak truths sorely needed in our world today.
This review considers a variety of elements of the 2022 Lincoln plays, including props, casting, scripts, and music, and argues that these elements worked effectively together to remind audiences of the importance of community and of loving one’s neighbor as oneself
Bishop Godfrey of St. Asaph
No full textGodfrey was appointed bishop of St Asaph in 1160. The exact date is unknown, although his profession of obedience to Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury has survived. The son of a nobleman with English origins and a former monk of Coventry cathedral priory, he seems to have been an archiepiscopal appointee like his predecessors at St Asaph, and he had no previous links to the bishopric. Forced out of Wales, he was then appointed commendatory abbot of Abingdon Abbey in 1165; and supported King Henry II in his dispute with Thomas Becket. He resigned as bishop in 1175 and died soon afterwards
Creating Communities of Practice Focused on Writing Instruction
Get PDFThis article will share the literacy coaches\u27 experiences of engaging in a literacy community of practice (Lave and Wenger, 1991). It will share the writing cohort process, topics discussed, books read, professional developments enacted, and materials generated during their time of study. The writing cohort enacted meaning and identity to the community to create learning and growth. Effective communities of practice promote innovation, spread knowledge, develop social capital, and facilitate existing knowledge (Lave and Wenger, 1991). These communities learn and grow through requesting information, problem solving, and reusing available assets. After a thorough description of the writing community and its practices, we offer insights into how others can create, maintain, and foster similar communities within their schools and school districts. This examination of writing practices profoundly impacted students as well as the cohort participants
Making Play Scripts Accessible to Students in the Library: A Lightning Talk
Get PDFThis talk presents a guide to Award Winning Plays in Waldo Library. The guide, constructed and hosted on the LibGuides platform, presents links to bibliographic records or digital versions for play scripts, libretti, or vocal selections either in the library\u27s collection or freely available online. The awards featured currently include the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (including finalists), Tony Awards for Play, New York Drama Critics\u27 Circle awards, and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. The guide was developed after a conversation with a theatre professor who wanted his students to read more plays, and wanted them to have a list of recommended literature. It also came from my desire to bring plays in our collection together, at least intellectually, from many different locations in the stacks. This highlights a major difference in the way LC Classification treats play scripts compared to music scores. The Learning Objective for this talk is that attendees will be able to articulate one librarian\u27s solution to the problem of play scripts scattered treatment in library stacks. Attendees may wish to create a similar guide in their own libraries. (Talk is sponsored by the MLA Resource Sharing and Collection Development Committee)
The Parents\u27 Perspective: Experiences in Parent-Mediated Pediatric Occupational Therapy for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Get PDFBackground: Parent-mediated occupational therapy (OT) is a family-centered method of providing care for children and their families. This study aimed to understand and describe the parents’ perspectives of whether parent-mediated OT services improve child participation and parent-child social interactions in the home and community.
Method: This study was performed with a qualitative, phenomenological research design using focus groups. Eight participants were included in the study who were parents of children with at least one NDD, such as autism spectrum disorder or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Results: Four major themes were developed: It’s a Family Affair, Sometimes it Just Takes a Bit of Training, Using [OT Strategies] to the Full Extent, and It’s Definitely Better to be in the Session. One-hundred percent of the participants experienced the phenomenon described in two themes and 87.5% of the participants experienced the phenomenon described in two themes.
Conclusion: Parent-mediated OT services may lead to substantial learning among parents, facilitate parents’ use of OT strategies in their home and community environments, improve child participation in daily activities, and improve parent-child communication and engagement
Mixed-Method Study of the Experiences and Routines of Caregivers of Children with Type 1 Diabetes
Get PDFBackground: Type 1 diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic childhood conditions that affects family roles, routines, and the ability to participate in meaningful occupations after a child’s diagnosis. Because of the complex health management routines required to ensure the safety and well-being of a child with type 1 diabetes, caregivers may experience decreased overall health and well-being.
Method: This sequential mixed-method study used a cross-sectional survey (n = 37) and phenomenological interviews (n = 6) to explore burden (the Burden Scale for Family Caregivers), quality of life (the WHO Quality of Life-BREF), and role engagement (a questionnaire) for caregivers of children living with type 1 diabetes.
Results: The findings suggest that as caregiver burden increased, quality of life decreased (r = -.73, p \u3c 0.05). The caregivers described how caring for their children affected relationship maintenance with spouses, family, and friends; impacted their productive occupations involving work, home responsibilities, self-care, and finances; and revealed a pressing need for education and advocacy.
Conclusions: The findings highlight the importance of supporting caregivers in their roles in providing diabetes management care to children with type 1 diabetes. Future research is needed to develop and test novel occupational therapy interventions aimed to simultaneously improve family-centered participation goals that support the medical management of diabetes care and the caregiver’s psychosocial well-being