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Occupational Therapy Based Resource Designed For Caregivers Of Children In The Foster Care System, Courtney Haugen, Brianna Mcnelly

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Abstract: In 2018, 687,345 foster care children were placed into the foster care system (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2019). The foster care system is a complex, diverse system that continues to witness an increasing need for foster parents to support and provide for children placed in foster care. Foster parents present as an underserved population that requires education to navigate the child welfare system and develop and utilize skills to appropriately address the barriers and stressors encountered daily in their role as a foster parent. A literature review was conducted and found multiple resources for assisting foster …

Occupational Therapy: Addressing Mental Health Needs In Permanent Supportive Housing, Jessica Drady, Drew Mapes

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Title: Occupational Therapy: Addressing Mental Health Needs in Permanent Supportive Housing

Introduction: The availability and implementation of occupational therapy services in supportive housing are limited. According to Schultheis (2018), out of the 550,000 people in America who experienced homelessness on a given night in 2017, 1 in 5 had a mental illness. Choy-Brown, Padgett, Smith, and Tiderington (2016) found that 92% of individuals with mental illness stated that secure housing was the foundation of their recovery. When housing acts as a cornerstone to recovery, it is important, as occupational therapists, to capitalize on the opportunity and resources stable housing provides …

Exploring A Best-Practice Approach For Preventing Challenging Behavior In Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Mckenzie Ramsey Gehring, Kimberly Harmelink

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Purpose This scholarly project was created to provide pediatric occupational therapists with a best-practice approach to address challenging behavior by focusing on its prevention while establishing consistency throughout the clinic.

Methodology An extensive literature review was performed using eight search databases and combinations of six primary search terms as well as original works by key scholars and researchers. The results of this literature review suggested the need for a best-practice approach to both protect occupational therapists and their clients during interventions related to challenging behavior and to provide guidance as to how to format a consistent approach toward challenging behavior …

Home: Home Occupations For Mainstay Elders, Marissa Jahnke, Alyana Marie Louisse Simpron

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Purpose: According to the National Resource Center on Native American Aging (NRCNAA), at least one-fourth of Native American Elders experienced a fall at least once in the past year (Adamsen, 2018). Based on a consult review of the NRCNAA’s fall prevention program, the participants demonstrated limited follow through with the physical exercises because the recommendations were not culturally meaningful. The purpose of this scholarly project was to develop a safe mobility program for Elders.

Methods: A literature review was conducted using the PEOP model and the Native American medicine wheel to identify fall risk factors, outline current fall risk assessments …

Filling The Gap: A Caregiver Guide For Children Transitioning Out Of Early Intervention, Parker Hoey, Marissa Rahlf

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Achievement of developmental milestones are a key part of a child’s continuous development throughout childhood. There is a gap in developmental intervention during the transition period that takes place as a child is exiting early intervention. This gap may be extended if the child is exiting into no further services. Currently there are minimal resources for caregivers of children exiting early intervention to implement at home with their child in order to keep them on track developmentally. Based on an in-depth literature review, it has been found that caregivers would benefit from a resource to address the gap between services …

Hand Therapy Outcomes: Therapists’ Perceptions Of Occupation-Based Interventions In Practice, Cheyenne Hanson, Molly Maudal

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Purpose: It is well known that hand therapists frequently use biomechanical-based interventions in their treatment of upper extremity injuries and pathologies. There is a push to return to the occupational therapy profession’s roots of occupation-based practice, which has recently been further reinforced with the introduction of the American Occupational Therapy’s (AOTA) Choosing WiselyⓇ Initiative (Gillen et al., 2019). Hand therapy is one area in which occupation-based practice could become more prevalent. This study will enhance the existing research on occupation-based hand therapy through the use of focus group interviews with occupational therapists who have a majority of their caseload classified …

Occupational Therapy Best Practice Addressing Anxiety-Related Behaviors: Extending Strategies Into The Classroom, Hannah Burks, Kristen Kilian-Weides

Occupational Therapy Capstones

The purpose of this project was to develop a product, created by occupational therapists, for teachers and support staff that offers behavioral management strategies for students demonstrating anxiety related behaviors in the classroom. Research conducted by Nash, Schlösser, and Scarr (2016) revealed that teachers reported feeling underprepared to not only identify anxiety presenting in the classroom, but also to manage these disruptive behaviors resulting from anxiety. Thus, the product, titled Tips for Teachers, was developed to address this need and to increase collaboration between occupational therapists, teachers, and support staff.

The hierarchical approach utilized in the current behavioral management system …

Home In Place: An Activities Of Daily Living Resource Guide For Informal Caregivers Caring For Their Loved One With Dementia, Justine Flattum, Nora Stevenson

Occupational Therapy Capstones

There are over 70 million people in the Baby-Boomer generation that are progressing in age (Dupuis-Blanchard et al., 2015). It is imperative that healthcare providers consider the needs of this growing population. Home in Place is a resource guide that has been created for occupational therapists to distribute to informal caregivers of older adults with dementia. This original guide is intended to be introduced by occupational therapists working in hospitals or outpatient clinics where an individual with dementia is being discharged home and caregiver education is necessary. Although this guide is intended to promote aging in place, it can also …

Addressing The Occupational Needs Of Children With Post Traumatic Brain Injury In The School Setting, Reghan Boldt, Madisyn Rick

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Introduction: The purpose of this project was to develop a guide for occupational therapy practitioners to use in the school setting for elementary-age children with mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), to increase services for these children, and to improve their back to school transition process.

Methodology: A literature review was conducted to understand the needs and barriers of elementary-age children who transition back to the school setting after experiencing a mTBI. Sources used in the process include online databases, textbooks, and government websites. The Person, Occupation, and Environment (PEO) model by Law and colleagues (1996) was selected to direct the …

Looking Beyond The User: An Occupationally Supportive Training For Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren In The Opioid Crisis, Jenna Marton, Kaitlyn Stewart

Occupational Therapy Capstones

The U.S. opioid crisis impacts families everywhere, cutting across all racial, urban and rural lines (Chan & Trant, 2018). Parental opioid-related overdose was attributed as one of the primary causes for the rise of children entering state custody and foster care from 1999 to 2016 (Haffajee & Frank, 2018). Therefore, more relatives are raising these children due to the unforeseen circumstances associated with opioid misuse, and it is often the grandparents who assume the primary caregiving role. According to Ellis and Simmons (2014), there are approximately 2.7 million grandparent caregivers or those who have primary responsibility for grandchildren under 18 …

Critically Appraised Topic: Evidence For Mindfulness Therapies For Veterans With Ptsd, Hayley Blom, Julie Juracich, Sydnie Merriman

Critically Appraised Topics

The purpose of this critically appraised topic (CAT) is to explore the effectiveness of mindfulness therapies to assist veterans who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with symptom management. Assisting veterans to purposely engage in rest, health management and social participation are areas of occupation that will increase overall quality of life, as these occupations are negatively impacted by PTSD symptoms (American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), 2010; Barr, Davis, Diguiseppi, Keeling & Castro, 2019; Beck et al., 2017; Bormann et al., 2018; Cole et al., 2015; Cuellar, 2008; Cushing, Braun, Alden, Katz & Alden, 2018; Marchand, Yabko, Herrmann, Curtis, & Lackner, …

Use Of Marijuana In Those With Anxiety And Depression, Heather Flaa

Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters

The purpose of this research and literature review was to compare the use of marijuana to SSRIs in reducing anxiety and depression symptoms.

• This literature review searched databases Cochrane, PubMed, Clinical Key, PsycINFO, and DynaMed Plus from the year 1990 and on. Keywords: cannabis, marijuana, anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, depression, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

• Many meta-analyses show SSRIs continue to be first line treatment in those with anxiety and depression in reducing symptoms.

• Patients with marijuana use showed an increased odds ratio of developing anxiety and depression or increasing symptoms in several studies.

• No studies …

Military Sexual Trauma Survivor Preferences For Provider Gender And Associations With Mental Health Evaluation Attendance, Minden B. Sexton, Raeann E. Anderson, Diana C. Bennett, Edward J. Thomas, Rachel B. Broman, Sarah K. H. Richards

Psychology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

One Hundred Voices: Harrisburg’S Historic African American Community, 1850-1920, Calobe Jackson Jr., Katie Wingert Mcardle, David Pettegrew, Lenwood Sloan

Digital Press Books

In 2020, a coalition of citizens, organizers, legislators, and educators came together to commemorate the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments by establishing a new monument in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This would be a memorial dedicated to the capital city’s significant African American community and its historic struggle for the vote. The Commonwealth Monument, located on the Irvis Equality Circle on the South Lawn of Pennsylvania’s State Capitol Grounds, features a bronze pedestal inscribed with one hundred names of change agents who pursued the power of suffrage and citizenship between 1850 and 1920.

This book is a companion to this monument and tells …

Vulnerability When Fecundity Fails: Infertility And Assisted Reproductive Technologies In The Bridge, Melissa Gjellstad

Languages & Global Studies Faculty Publications

Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) transformed the treatment of infertility in the Scandinavian welfare state. In the course of a forty-year history, Denmark has become an international leader in the proportion of babies born via ART. The third season of the Danish/Swedish television serial The Bridge (2015) includes a subplot of infertility and state responsiveness to the involuntarily childless, fertile donors and donor-conceived children. This chapter outlines milestones in medically assisted reproduction in Denmark and Sweden, including current policy differences around surrogacy, and considers those states and the consequences for their citizens in a literary vulnerability analysis of The Bridge informed …

The Safety, Accuracy, And Cost-Effectiveness Of Confirmatory Penicillin Allergy Testing In The Outpatient Setting As A Means Of Reducing Patient Morbidity And Mortality, Mitchell Mimbach

Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters

The purpose of this review is to investigate the prevalence of documented penicillin (PCN) allergies in health care and any negative outcomes associated with being labeled as such. Additional topics researched included the safety and accuracy of PCN allergy testing, the cost-effectiveness of PCN allergy testing versus using non-PCN related antibiotics, and barriers to confirmatory PCN allergy testing implementation. A complete review of the aforementioned topics included meta-analysis’, systematic reviews, cohorts, clinical trials, and cross-sectional studies from the last five years. Databases utilized for this research included PubMed, Cochrane Review, Embase, Dynamed Plus, and ClinicalKey. Sources that were excluded from …

An Analysis Of The Incidence And Severity Of Drug-Drug Interactions Between Prescribed Pharmaceuticals And Cannabinoids, Jennifer Mcrae

Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters

Identify the incidence and severity of drug-drug interactions between commonly prescribed medications and cannabinoids • Medications that are substrates for CYP2C19, CYP2C9 and CYP1A2 are at the greatest risk of interaction with concomitant use of phytocannabinoids or synthetic cannabinoids • Caution is recommended with medications metabolized via UGT or CES1, however information is currently limited and further research is necessary • Lack of universal standards for laboratory testing of cannabinoid products call into question the legitimacy of reported results in currently reported research as the contents of many cannabinoid products are inaccurately labeled

The Effect Of Proton Pump Inhibitors On Normal Gastrointestinal Flora Leading To Weight Change, Emi L. Binstock

Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters

The goal of this literature review was to determine what effects proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have on the normal gastrointestinal (GI) flora and how that may lead to weight loss or weight gain. A literature search was performed using the database PubMed. Only articles from the last ten years (2009-2019) were included in this review. Keywords used in the search are listed below. After exclusion criteria was applied, 30 articles were relevant and used in this review. Five themes were identified in the literature review. An investigation of normal GI flora associated with weight loss and weight gain identified a …

Assistive Technology For Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Group Protocol For Improving Occupational Performance Of College Students, Jacob Horn, Kyler Peterson

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to develop a group protocol to improve the occupational performance of college students who have had a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). This will be done by using iPad apps that address three specific areas of cognitive functioning impacted by mTBI in college student seeking to return to school: psychosocial support needs, task support needs, and memory support needs.

Methods: An extensive literature review was completed on mTBI to determine its impact on occupational performance of college students, the role of occupational therapy (OT) interventions for managing cognition post-mTBI, and the use of …

Critically Appraised Topic: Impact Of Occupation-Based Interventions On Older Adults In Skilled Nursing Facilities Experiencing Occupational Deprivation, Kassandra Severson, Kaitlynn Stearns, Tyler Stecher

Critically Appraised Topics

Occupational therapy (OT) is “the only profession that helps people across the lifespan to do the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of daily activities (occupations). OT practitioners enable people of all ages to live life to its fullest by helping them promote health, and prevent—or live better with—injury, illness, or disability” (AOTA, 2020 p. S1) OT practitioners use meaningful occupations to promote health and a better lifestyle for people with injury, illness, or disability in all stages of life. OT practitioners use evidence-based practice, look at the environment and the task and make the …

Scavenger Hunt: Zombie Tag, Karlene T. Clark

Librarian Publications

Zombie Tag was put together by the author with assistance from the Library’s outreach / activity committee, Zeineb Yousif (Digital Initiatives Librarian), and Kristen Borysewicz (Information Literacy Coordinator). This is an event that can be run after hours or later in the evening with a soft close, letting others know the building will be noisy. It indirectly introduces information literacy by having students find physical “resources” (cards such as housing, food, weapons, etc.) given to them by a librarian. The students need to avoid “zombies” while they seek out computers throughout the building designated at Centers for Disease Control (CDC) …

Digging For Roots In All The Wrong Places: Rethinking The Use Of Secret Drafting Documents In Interpreting The North Dakota Constitution, Nicholas S. Samuelson

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Privacy Law Invasion From The West Coast Or Nothing To Worry About? The Impact Of The California Consumer Privacy Act In North Dakota, Jeremy Straub, Joseph Vacek

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Establishment Clause Forbids Coercion, Not Cooperation, Between Church And State: How The Direct Coercion Test Should Replace The Lemon Test, Charles Adside Iii

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Can I Get Your Name Please? Not Unless You Want To Go To Jail, Jeremy Straub, Joseph Vacek

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Federal Jury Service: North Dakota Should Amend Its Federal Jury Plan To Supplement The Source Of Names Of Potential Jurors, Katie Winbauer

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

North Dakota Supreme Court Review, North Dakota Law Review Associate Editors

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Proceedings Of The One Hundred Twenty First Annual Meeting Of The North Dakota State Bar Association, North Dakota Law Review Associate Editors

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

To Object Or Not Object, That Is The Question: A Criminal Law Practitioner's Guide To The "Five W'S" Of Evidentiary Objections, Jonathan J. O'Konek

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Mayflower Compact: Celebrating Four Hundred Years Of Influence On U.S. Democracy, Julia L. Ernst

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.