Joy Adam, Victoria Hawkins, Dale Lumley, Shelbi Mullins, and Farah Ulysse
October 20, 2014
PSY 490
Stephanie Towns
Psychological Issue Summary
Introduction
A psychosocial rehabilitation specialist’s job is to find effective ways to correctly treat patients with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) as well as to find ways to assist the people close to the affected ADHD patient. Coping with the disorder is not only a task made for the patient – the patient’s support system, i.e. parents, siblings, friends also have a part in the healing process. A rehabilitation specialist would use several strategies to help ADHD patients to cope with their family friends and coworkers. They will also learn …show more content…
Abraham Maslow contributed to psychology with the “hierarchy of needs.” According to Bergen, Noltemeyer, and Patton (2012), the “hierarchy of needs” theory was originally based on five basic needs that are crucial to living the best life. A step ladder (hierarchy) places the needs from lowest to highest order. Physiological, safety, and love/belonging needs are on the lower level of the hierarchy whereas, esteem and self-actualization are on a higher level of needs (Bergen, Noltemeyer, & Patton, …show more content…
Maslow further claimed that although one need may be of present importance, a person can also find motivation by more than one need at a time. Only when an individual has satisfied his or her basic as well as higher needs, would Maslow substantiate that they have attained the highest degree of functioning (Bergen, Noltemeyer, & Patton, 2012). By building a program around the cognitive theory of Maslow the self-esteem of maladaptive children would be boosted. Using Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to meet the needs of students who have been either ignored or in severe domestic situations can bring them to a place of trust when their needs begin to be met. Making sure they are getting the proper nutrition, sleep, and exercise, helping to ensure they are safe and experience love and concern will then lead to a desire to learn and grow. Children who feel unsafe, unloved and are not getting the proper nutrition and rest will not perform well in school. Getting them to at least a level where there needs are being met will help them to have a desire for education and personal