Occupational Therapy Assistant Mental Health Case-Based Learning Activities

Occupational Therapy Assistants (OTA) need to be skilled in clinical reasoning and able to apply principles, theories and approaches to functional problems (Neistadt, 1998; Royeen,1995; VanLeit, Crowe and Waterman, 2001). Occupational therapy assistant educational standards require that students be able to apply models of occupational performance and theories of occupation (Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education, 2008). Research has shown that learners actively engaged in the learning process have increased satisfaction with their education (Robinson, 1994) and perform better on exams (Lord, 1997; Wilden, Crowther, Gubanich and Cannon, 2002). Scaffa and Wooster (2004) found self directed learning can significantly facilitate the development of students\u27 clinical reasoning skills. Case-based learning methods of instruction can be used to help meet the challenges that are experienced in occupational therapy assistant education while meeting the needs of adult learners. Fink\u27s taxonomy of significant learning provides a framework for developing questions that correspond with the various dimensions of clinical reasoning as described by Neistadt (1998) and Lysaght and Bent (2005). Case-based resources that address mental health topics across the lifespan and link knowledge of theory to practice have not been developed for occupational therapy assistant students. This product employs case-based learning which includes adult and active learning principles as an instructional strategy for OTA. Through the use of this product, students are able to apply knowledge of occupational behavior models and frames of references to mental health clinical conditions across the lifespan

From Taxonomy to Typology: The Features of Lexical Contact Phenomena in Atepec Zapotec-Spanish Linguistic Contact

In this paper, I begin with an examination of what constitutes a borrowing from one language to another with particular reference to lexical borrowing. I develop a set of three aspects of words/lexemes that can serve as features within the context of borrowing and as a model for their representation to be used to account for lexical contact phenomena, and compare them with characteristics used in previous descriptions of these phenomena. I then apply a featural analysis to the currently accepted taxonomy in order to demonstrate its lack of consistency in arbitrarily excluding a part of the lexical results of cultural contact and in failing to distinguish crucial differences in the agentivity of change. I argue that, by using these features, the full scope of lexical contact phenomena can be described. Using a derived and coherent terminology, I apply the features to the results of Atepec Zapotec (AZ)-Spanish (Sp) contact and conclude with a discussion of possible uses of this typology in terms of other areas of contact linguistics

Internet dependency, motivations for internet use and their effect on work productivity: the 21st century addiction

Past research has studied peoples’ addiction to the radio and television. Today some media scholars suggest that one can become addicted to or dependent on the Internet. The present study compares Internet use among college students and full-time employees to determine differences between those who are dependent and non-dependent Internet users, their motivations for Web sites visited and the effect of dependency on work productivity. The present study discovered that dependent Internet users are more likely to report that Internet use negatively affected their work productivity at both school and work and also reported higher levels of motivation for going online than non-dependents. No significant difference was found between students and full-time employees and their reported levels of Internet dependency. Keywords: Addiction, Internet, Dependency, Motivations, Productivit

The Increasing Use of the Power of Contempt

The Increasing Use of the Power of Contemp

The Doctrine of Last Clear Chance in Montana

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Mental Health, Substance Misuse, and Suicide: Shared Risk and Protective Factors

Mental illness, substance misuse, and suicide are complex conditions with serious public health implications. Evidence suggests that these disorders often co-occur and share many of the same risk and protective factors. Additionally, certain populations are at an increased risk of developing substance use disorders, mental illness, or engaging in suicidal behaviors. Nationally and in Indiana, several factors, including stigma, an undersized mental health workforce, and limited treatment options, inhibit the effective identification and treatment of these conditions.Funded by the State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW

Munchiez

Munchiez food truck began as a business plan done by three Southern New Hampshire University undergraduate students for Professor Susan Losapio during the 2014 spring semester. At the end of the semester when the class came to an end, Professor Losapio turned to one of the three students, Victoria Wiseman, in hopes to turn an assignment into a reality. She used that original business plan as the core concentration of her OL317 Small Business Management class. With many months of hard dedicated teamwork, President Leblanc gave the class the go ahead to buy and start the Munchiez food truck. The class broke into five teams: management, finance, sales, marketing and partnerships. This allowed for the class to operate as a small business and for tasks to be completed faster and more accurately. Before the 2014 fall semester came to an end, the truck was purchased. With many thinking that the hardest part was over and done with, the journey was just beginning. When the 2015 spring semester began many students had agreed to take an independent study to continue working on the truck but the size of the “original” Munchiez team was now nearly half of that. With nothing but positive energy and continuous work both in and out of the classroom from the students, Munchiez was no longer a distant dream but a reality. (Author abstract)Hilts, G., & Valdez, L. (2015). SNHU Munchiez food truck. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.ed

Experience of a Backwoods Preacher, or, Facts and Incidents Culled from Thirty Years of Ministerial Life

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