Occupational Therapy Life Skills Program in a Co-operative Home Study

1978 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara S. MacKinnon
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Community Psychiatry ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Home Study ◽  
Effective Form ◽  
Occupational Life ◽  
Living Group ◽  
Life Skills Program

The purpose of the study reported here, was to determine that the Occupational Therapy Life Program, instituted in a community home for five psychiatric patients during a three month period, was an effective mode of treatment, and as a result, whether Occupational Therapy has a role in community psychiatry. The study was instituted in a co-operative home established by the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital on September 15, 1976. The study was based on the life skills performance of five psychiatric patients, discharged from the hospital directly to the co-operative home. The Occupational Life Skills Training Program was evaluated during four test periods using three assessments: activities of daily living, group functions and leadership acts. The results of the analysis of the data showed an increase in all life skills throughout the treatment period. The study revealed that the Occupational Therapy Life Skills Program discussed is an effective form of treatment for the community co-operative home members. Therefore, the assumption could be made that Occupational Therapy has a role in community psychiatry.

Life-skills Training with Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients

1988 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mildred Powell ◽  
Michael Illovsky ◽  
William O'Leary ◽  
George M. Gazda
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Life Skills Training

Social Skills Training with Chronic Psychiatric Patients

1981 ◽  
Vol 44 (9) ◽  
pp. 284-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Hewitt ◽  
Clare Wishart ◽  
Rod Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Training Groups ◽  
Training Package ◽  
Chronic Psychiatric Patients

The article presents a social skills package for use by occupational therapy staff working with chronic psychiatric patients, The training package is evaluated and results indicate its effectiveness. Difficulties encountered in running social skills training groups in a hospital setting are discussed. The importance of generalization training for social skills is stressed.

Occupational Therapy Life Skills Training for Juvenile Offenders in Foster Care

2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (Suppl. 1) ◽  
pp. 6911515236p1
Author(s):  
Julie Kramper ◽  
Andrea Hullman ◽  
Naomi Allmayer ◽  
Mary Kate Phillips ◽  
Mary Walterbach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Life Skills Training

The Distinct Value of Occupational Therapy in Corrections: Implementation of a Life Skills Program in a County Jail

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 185-193
Author(s):  
Mary Beth Dillon ◽  
Thomas H. Dillon ◽  
Tara Griffiths ◽  
Lori Prusnek ◽  
Miranda Tippie
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
County Jail ◽  
Life Skills Program

scholarly journals Life skills program for improving adolescent mental health in the af-termath Mount Merapi eruption, Yogyakarta-Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Fransiska Kaligis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Disaster ◽  
Life Skills Program

The ability of adolescents to cope with stressful life events has not been well developed. Facing stressful situ-ations might trigger them to engage in many dangerous and self-destructive behaviors. Life skills program in improving mental health of adolescents has been proven in many countries, as it has in Indonesia. In post-disaster situation, there is rarely any community program which focuses on adolescent mental health. Life skills program is a psychological intervention to teach adolescents to improve their skill to cope with stress, develop self-esteem, deal with peer pressure, think critically, communicate appropriately and act assertively. Teachers and local health professionals who have already been trained about life skills program apply this program in adolescents experiencing a stressful event, a natural disaster from the eruption of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta-Indonesia. This study attempts to apply and evaluate the effectiveness of the program for adolescents who had survived a natural disaster in Yogyakarta-Indonesia. Three-weeks life skills training was conducted in 2012 on 40 junior and senior high school students, post Mount Merapi eruption in Yogyakarta and Magelang. Subjects were assessed for their self-image using Rosenberg self-image questionnaire, and their emotional-behavioral problems and mental strength using Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), before and after the train-ing. SPSS was used for the statistical analysis. The average age of the subjects was 14.48 + 1.21 years old. There were significant differences on the self-esteem and mental strength aspects of the subjects before and after intervention. Score on low self-esteem was improved (p=0.005), negative self perception also became better (p<0.001), and prosocial behavior was increased (p=0.001). There were also decreasing difficulties and emo-tional-behavioral problem score after intervention, and other aspects of self-esteem such as instability and self-consciousness. Life skills training has several positive effects in improving mental strength and self-image and decreasing emotional and behavioral problems of adolescents post-disaster.

scholarly journals Life skills program for improving adolescent mental health in the af-termath Mount Merapi eruption, Yogyakarta-Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Fransiska Kaligis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Disaster ◽  
Life Skills Program

The ability of adolescents to cope with stressful life events has not been well developed. Facing stressful situ-ations might trigger them to engage in many dangerous and self-destructive behaviors. Life skills program in improving mental health of adolescents has been proven in many countries, as it has in Indonesia. In post-disaster situation, there is rarely any community program which focuses on adolescent mental health. Life skills program is a psychological intervention to teach adolescents to improve their skill to cope with stress, develop self-esteem, deal with peer pressure, think critically, communicate appropriately and act assertively. Teachers and local health professionals who have already been trained about life skills program apply this program in adolescents experiencing a stressful event, a natural disaster from the eruption of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta-Indonesia. This study attempts to apply and evaluate the effectiveness of the program for adolescents who had survived a natural disaster in Yogyakarta-Indonesia. Three-weeks life skills training was conducted in 2012 on 40 junior and senior high school students, post Mount Merapi eruption in Yogyakarta and Magelang. Subjects were assessed for their self-image using Rosenberg self-image questionnaire, and their emotional-behavioral problems and mental strength using Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), before and after the train-ing. SPSS was used for the statistical analysis. The average age of the subjects was 14.48 + 1.21 years old. There were significant differences on the self-esteem and mental strength aspects of the subjects before and after intervention. Score on low self-esteem was improved (p=0.005), negative self perception also became better (p<0.001), and prosocial behavior was increased (p=0.001). There were also decreasing difficulties and emo-tional-behavioral problem score after intervention, and other aspects of self-esteem such as instability and self-consciousness. Life skills training has several positive effects in improving mental strength and self-image and decreasing emotional and behavioral problems of adolescents post-disaster.

Life Skills Training

1988 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-163
Author(s):  
Richard I. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Life Skills Training
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