Equine therapy is also popular in therapy programs for children with special needs. This therapy improves the patient’s fine motor skills because they must fasten buckles‚ brush the horse‚ hold the reins‚ hold on to a saddle‚ and tie ropes. Gross motor skills‚ which are the larger muscle skills such as arms and legs‚ are also improved through the patient mounting‚ dismounting‚ and placing their feet in stirrups (Burch). When special needs children first arrive to the arena where the horses are‚ they
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type of abuse is recognition. Once a domestic violence situation has been identified‚ it is important to offer support and encouragement to the victim. It is also essential that victims of domestic violence receive some type of counseling and/or therapy to ensure they do not return to the abuser once they have gotten away. Getting out of a domestic violence situation can be quite hard. That is why it is important that individuals are able to detect suspected cases of abuse. Once abuse has been detected
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I went to go to introduce myself and took her to the therapy room. Once we were in a private room‚ I told her that those conditions could possibly prevent her from having the therapy performed. I started to ask her more about her conditions. I discovered that she had appropriate medication for all of her diseases. She mentioned that she had been living with them for several years‚ even stating that she had asked her doctor about massage therapy. I then decided that since her conditions were under
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Narrative Therapy Caroline Dobay August 9‚ 2012 COUN601 Steve Figley PhD Movement of Influence Narrative Therapy came from the Poststructural and Deconstruction movement (Hoffman‚ 2002) and asserts that people need other stories to be able to view their lives and to recognize the negativity in their stories is dominating and defining their lives and who they are. This defines a self-defeating‚ negative and dead-ended story of their lives. This is through the knowledge of the reality told
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services to patients to help improve their mobility‚ restore physical function and help alleviate pain caused by disease‚ injury‚ illness or aging. They work with the patient towards restoring and maintaining their overall health and fitness through therapy. Some of the disabling medical conditions they deal with are accident victims and people suffering with arthritis‚ cerebral palsy‚ low back pain‚ head injuries‚ heart disease and fractures. They check the medical history of their patient and then
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Narrative Therapy Michael White and David Epston are the originators of what has come to be known as narrative therapy. Narrative therapy is a simple way‚ accentuating the main ideas A respectful‚ non-pathologizing and non-blaming approach in working with people‚ separating people from the problem. ’The person is never the problem; the problem is the problem’ and enables them to recognize their skills‚ resources‚ and Values that move it in life‚ to broaden and enrich the look on his / her history
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Title of Article: Effects of Occupational Therapy Services on Fine Motor and Functional Performance in Preschool Children Date of Article: July 2000 Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy Volume 54 July/August‚ http://ajot.aota.org/article.aspx?articleid=1868885&resultClick=3 Author: Jane Case-Smith Introduction: This study is based on a group of Occupational Therapists (OT) providing services to preschool students who have fine motor delays. OT services in preschools where
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Compression therapy is a reliable method of treatment used for a variety of venous disorders and diseases‚ including varicose veins‚ deep vein thrombosis‚ and edema. As these maladies almost always occur in the lower body‚ compression stockings are the most effective and most prescribed treatment. While it is not known precisely how compression therapy works so well‚ it evidently prevents the blood from pooling and/or clotting‚ which helps the blood to flow more quickly back to the heart. Additionally
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rehab centers have been instrumental in saving addicts and helping them rebuild their lives. These success stories can then be used to motivate other patients facing similar circumstances. Therapy Therapy can take on many forms. In addition to one to one sessions‚ individuals can participate in group therapy meetings. Cognitive Behavior and other models based on facing the cognitive issues that lead to addiction are also sometimes employed. Different methods work for different people‚ and there
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Assessment is a process of estimating or measuring the level of ability‚ characteristics‚ or the personal values of the client. There are two step process of assessment: the first step is gather estimates or measurement from the client. After the estimates or measurement have be gather‚ then second step is translation the outcome of the client action. Some of the client action that a recreation therapist look for is what they values‚ how good he or she performance in healthy and satisfied lifestyle
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