intake and assessment information. 6. Evaluate the appropriateness of a referral. 7. Identify the effects of medical and psychotropic drugs. 8. Review and select music therapy assessment instruments and procedures. 9. Adapt existing music therapy assessment instruments and procedures. 10. Develop new music therapy assessment instruments and procedures. 11. Create an assessment environment or space conducive to the assessment protocol and/or client’s needs. 12. Engage
Words: 1868 - Pages: 8
rented as needed for patients. Supplies for this contracted equipment may also be obtained on an as needed basis. Staffing is based on respiratory therapy hours per patient day (HPPD) and the acuity level of the respiratory patients in house. Must days there are two respiratory therapists per twelve hour shift and the Director of Respiratory Therapy is counted in staff for day shift. Occasional on weekends an extra respiratory therapist maybe added for an eight hour shift in place of the Director
Words: 484 - Pages: 2
Galloway, Karisa ECS 101 Community Binder For the Community Resource Binder project I chose to interview Tri-Counties Regional Center about their speech therapy program. Tri-Counties has many different programs that branch off of their business. They help families in need that have children with disabilities. These disabilities can go from speech delay to a child with a mental disability. They have many professionals in the field that go out of their way to help families as best as they can
Words: 682 - Pages: 3
When a child is diagnosed with autism, one thing that is noted is the lack of eye contact. Music therapy works to help this in numerous ways. When the therapist starts at the child’s level, according to the British Colombian Music therapy association, they can base what needs to be done and how to do it off of where the child is and after many sessions, where they are now (M-7). According to a report in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, “Eye contact – this refers to an event where
Words: 924 - Pages: 4
surgery, ankle sprains, and strokes (360 Physical Therapy). The pool puts less stress on the muscles, joints, and ligaments that therapists would be working on improving. The buoyancy of the water helps enhance exercise and functional training for the patient with musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiovascular, and integumentary diseases, disorders, or conditions (“Aquatic
Words: 1322 - Pages: 6
I have one plan in which I join a traveling Occupational Therapy Corp. I have two routes that I may take once a graduate. Plan A, is to go back to school and earn my Doctorate in Occupational Therapy. If I decide to go back to school I will get a job at a local hospital or clinic. Plan B is to become a traveling OT (Occupational Therapist). Becoming a travel OT will allow me the
Words: 628 - Pages: 3
According to the American Physical Therapy Association, physical therapists are licensed health care professionals who diagnose and treat individuals of all ages, who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their abilities to move and/or perform functional activities in their daily lives. This is done through completion of an examination and the development of a plan using treatment techniques. The examination process includes taking the patient’s history, conducting a
Words: 976 - Pages: 4
Physical Therapist There are many types of therapy in this world. Physical therapy however is the rehabilitation process after surgery and/or major injuries. Physical therapy has been around professionally since 1921. When it was first established it was for women only and was led by Mary McMillan. One year later the American Physiotherapy Association opened its doors to men. Physical therapy became very popular during World War II and has continued to escalate ever since then. “APTA represents
Words: 942 - Pages: 4
While individual therapy provides the client with privacy and, to a degree, anonymity, it may not provide the therapist with accurate information. As the fictional doctor in the television series “House” would say, “everybody lies.” There is an old axiom that states that the truth generally lies somewhere in the middle and if you are seeing the client individually, you are only receiving part of the information and that part may not be enough to make an accurate treatment plan. By seeing the family
Words: 404 - Pages: 2
Music therapy has been known to help change lives. Just listening to music and focusing on the beat, lyrics, or melody can help calm oneself or even help lift their spirit. Music therapy alleviates stress, anxiety, disorders, and illnesses because music is a core function of the brain. Music therapy alleviates stress and anxiety because it helps regulate people’s bodily systems. For example, a nonclinical trial was used that included 40 children from ages 7-12 years old with leukemia undergoing lumbar
Words: 656 - Pages: 3
