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Psychiatric and Mental Health

Duquesne University

2018

Inpatient pyschiatric unit

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Sensory-Based Programming In Mental Health: Sense Of Self, Nikki Yeckel Dec 2018

Sensory-Based Programming In Mental Health: Sense Of Self, Nikki Yeckel

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The doctoral experiential component (DEC) for this Capstone was completed at the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (VA) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The program, called Sense of Self, was implemented with the Veteran mental health (MH) population in an inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation unit at the VA. Sense of Self was a three-day educational program that educated Veterans on the sensory systems and sensory processing, provided calming or alerting strategies with use of sensory materials, and assisted the Veterans in creating sensory home programs based on personal goals. The goals of this Capstone were to inform the staff of the Veteran demographic population …