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An Occupational Therapy Guidebook For Individuals With Substance Use Disorder, Cassidy B. Ardoin
An Occupational Therapy Guidebook For Individuals With Substance Use Disorder, Cassidy B. Ardoin
Student Capstone Papers
Individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) experience barriers and challenges that impact their daily occupational performance, engagement, well-being, and quality of life. In addition to disrupting and distorting an individual’s unique occupational outcomes, SUDs can limit, replace, and dictate an individual’s daily meaningful activities, habits, routines, and skills that support healthy occupational engagement. Occupational therapy (OT) practitioners have a unique and valuable role in SUDs treatment as they are equipped to identify these barriers and implement strategies for supportive skill development or restoration. Based on the literature review conducted, OT practitioners do not have an OT practice guideline, protocol, or …
Effective Mental Health Accommodations For Occupational Therapy Students And Practitioners, Allison Jo Naber
Effective Mental Health Accommodations For Occupational Therapy Students And Practitioners, Allison Jo Naber
Dissertations and Theses
The process of transitioning from high school to higher education and from academic programs outside of the health sciences to the workplace is documented; however, the transitional experiences of those in the health professions and occupational therapy specifically are less understood. This dissertation research aimed to identify the formal accommodations and informal adaptations occupational therapy students and entry-level practitioners have employed to address their mental health needs as they transition from the classroom to fieldwork or capstone and entry-level practice. The link between empirical literature, theories surrounding transitions, and the Occupational Adaptation Model provided the foundation for this research. This …