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Trauma is an emotional or physical response to one or more physically harmful or life-threatening event with lasting effects on your mental and physical well-being. Stress is a physical and emotional reactions that people experience when they encounter a challenging situation or threat is present.
Intervention: Family Centered Care
Audience: Families who are going through trauma and/or stress.
Diagnosis & Population: Member in a family who is diagnosed with a trauma disorder or Stressor disorder.
Purpose: Promotes partnership between the occupational therapist practitioner and the family.
Instructions: Provide client with self-help tools and help them increase their knowledge on the condition using a client-centered approach. Leave it open to ask questions and listen to what the clients have to say instead of preparing a response right away while they are talking to you.
Rationale & Impact on Function: Social-emotional learning for children and parents to engage in together, support groups, self-care groups etc. will help families function as a unit and understand each other better. Families will feel very involved and included as this type of therapy lets the family be in control for the most part.
Transitional Care Unit: University Hospital Nursing: SUNY Upstate. University Hospital Nursing | SUNY Upstate. (n.d.). https://www.upstate.edu/nursing/units/service_area/tcu/index.php
Bartlett, C. (2022, April 11). What is family-centred practice?. Gen Physio. https://www.genphysio.com.au/our-news/family-centred-practice/
Brown, C., Stoffel, V. C., & Munoz, J. (2019). Occupational therapy in mental health: A vision for participation
(2nd ed.). F.A. Davis.
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