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Disability Advocates of Kent County (DAKC) Consumer follow-up for Aging in Place
Get PDFDisability Advocates of Kent County (DAKC) is a non-profit organization with an occupational therapy (OT) department that aims to keep primarily community-dwelling, low-income, older adults safe and independent in their home. The organization provides home assessments which identifies the barriers and supports for daily activities within the home. After the home assessment evaluation, adaptive equipment and/or home modification recommendations are provided. Literature supports the restorative approach DAKC uses to facilitate aging in place. There was a lack of quantitative and qualitative evidence on how consumers were aging in place post-intervention. This capstone project focused on creating a pilot follow-up program which was utilized with Senior Millage 405 consumers. Questions and use of the EQ-5D-3L covered five follow-up areas including equipment/home modification usage, recurring falls, general health and well-being, performance in ADLs/IADLs, and additional feedback of services. Results indicated consumers had less problems with self-care tasks and overall positive feedback of services provided. The follow-up program will expand to all consumers with the future addition of the EQ-5D-3L in evaluation for future pre-post intervention data analyses. This is the start of gathering more evidence on how consumers are aging in place successfully in Kent County and continuing barriers that need to be addressed
Addressing Sensory Processing and Mental Health Needs in the Middle School Setting
Get PDFRooted in policy and program development, this occupational therapy doctoral capstone experience focused on addressing sensory processing and mental health needs at Grand Rapids Christian Middle School (GRCMS). With a significant proportion of students suffering from sensory processing difficulties and mental health concerns, the field of occupational therapy is distinctly equipped to address both needs within the context of school (Nielsen at al., 2021, Mental health for adolescents, n.d.). Occupational therapy’s background and expert training in both sensory processing as well as mental health needs proved vital the completion of this capstone. An intensive literature review was conducted to guide decision making in the rehabilitation of two sensory rooms at GRCMS and provide evidence-based activities to support sensory processing and mental health needs. Education was provided to staff and students to increase the depth of knowledge and understanding on the topics from the perspective of the field of occupational therapy. This capstone also focused on grant writing to secure funding for sensory room equipment and staff training
Selecting Authority: the Compiler and Female Mystical Sources in Speculum devotorum
Get PDFThe fifteenth-century Speculum devotorum, or Mirror to Devout People, is best known for incorporating the texts of mystical women into its narrative of the life of Christ, likely because it has an explicitly stated female audience—a nun of Syon. Rather than considering how the female audience may have perceived the female sources in Speculum devotorum, this article investigates the compiler’s views of his female sources based on how he incorporates them into his work. I argue that the compiler treats his female sources as full auctores, but he only includes their works when he addresses what he considers female concerns
Review of Kathleen Bickford Berzock, ed. Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa.
No full textReading the Iconography of Saint Filippo Benizi in Fifteenth-Century Prints
No full textThe Servite Order, founded only a few years after the Dominicans and the Franciscans, was still lacking a saintly exemplar by the mid-fifteenth century. Over the century Servites repeatedly renewed their efforts to push for the canonization of beato Filippo Benizi, their most promising candidate. At least two traditions of his life (the Legenda Arcaiaca and Legenda Vulgata) were then in circulation, and his cult was being promoted both in paintings and prints. A woodcut from the Veneto and a Florentine engraving offers valuable evidence of the ways in which the Order was promoting beato Filippo. The iconographical programs of the prints discussed in this article draw on both Vite traditions. Some elements, however, are found only in painted artworks, texts that post-date the prints, or not at all, suggesting that elements of the oral tradition can also be detected in the prints
Swim Instructor Education for Adaptive and Inclusive Swimming
Get PDFMy doctoral capstone experience (DCE) focused on swim instructor education in order to promote adaptive and inclusive swimming. The mentors that I collaborated and worked with throughout the capstone experience were both certified aquatic instructors with extensive experience in instructing swim classes, adaptive classes, and one of my mentors has created and implemented an adaptive swim program in the past. The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) focus area that I completed my capstone experience and culminating project was on education. I identified several gaps and areas of need within my site and the population served there that I could contribute to and complete my capstone in. I created several resources for my site that include: a training manual for swim instructor’s regarding adaptive swimming, a PowerPoint presentation created for an in-service training for swim instructors on adaptive and inclusive swimming, a pre-survey assessing the swim instructor’s current knowledge, comfortability, and confidence regarding adaptive and inclusive swim lessons, and a post-survey regarding follow up questions to the in-service presentation and how beneficial the information shared was. The documents and resources that I have created throughout the capstone experience provide ample opportunities to be sustained in the future by my mentors, new swim instructors, current swim instructors, and the site itself
Ins and Outs of Running a Successful Non-Profit Organization at Northern Michigan Equine Therapy
Get PDFMy capstone experience took place at Northern Michigan Equine Therapy (NMET) and focused on leadership, administration, advocacy, education, and clinical practice skills. NMETs equine- assisted occupational therapy and HorseSense® self-development programs play an integral role in the northern Michigan community, yet insurance will not cover these services since they are flagged as “alternative” therapies due to utilizing a horse as a therapeutic tool. Because of this NMET relies on donations, grants, and fundraisers for program income. During a SWAT analysis NMET stated their biggest weakness and threat is not having enough program income to hire an additional part-time or full-time salaried occupational therapist (OT) due to the inability to bill insurance for therapy services. During my capstone at NMET I worked on increasing funds through applying for grants, asking for individual donor donations, and organizing fundraisers. Additionally I worked on increasing NMETs social media and community presence to bring awareness to the organization and increase our donor base. Results of my capstone are gaining over 20,000 to be gained from NMETs 10 Year Anniversary Kentucky Derby Party fundraiser in May that I planned during my capstone experience
Outdoor Community Based Rehabilitation Program Development
Get PDFThe purpose of this capstone paper is to promote Outdoor Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) as an adjunctive therapeutic approach to traditional treatment for rehabilitation professionals working in outpatient settings. The primary objective of this project was to create a comprehensive program proposal for an Outdoor CBR program for patients receiving outpatient services at Oroville Hospital. It included creating program activities, a patient referral process, identifying possible community partners, locating applicable grants, determining program staffing, as well as creating a workable budget, which included overall activity costs, staffing costs, equipment costs and reimbursement procedures. (See appendix A and B) The program proposal for the Outdoor CBR program at Oroville Hospital was modeled after the Craig Hospital Adventure Alumni Program and the Casa Colina Hospital Adventure Program, which have both been in operation for over 30 years. The goal of this project as it relates to the field of occupational therapy was to develop a plan for a non-traditional program that utilized occupation as both a means of intervention and as a goal for treatment; as an intervention strategy it embodies physical, social, and mental health benefits through community re-integration and provides patients opportunities to practice learned skills in uncontrived environments. Outdoor and Natural environments are underutilized settings for the rehabilitation of individuals with injuries and or disabilities, despite evidence indicating their therapeutic benefit when compared to traditional practice settings alone. Natural environments provide innate opportunities and challenges that cannot be achieved in contrived indoor settings, and they allow patients to practice learned skills in real world contexts