Building Resilience to Treat Trauma and Improve Social Participation with Youth in Foster Care

Childhood trauma is classified by adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that caused the trauma. An ACE is a traumatic event that an individual has observed from birth to 18 years old (Atchison & Suarez, 2021). ACEs include but are not limited to physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, and neglect. ACEs also include household dysfunctions such as domestic violence, divorce, incarceration of family, substance abuse, food scarcity, poverty, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Building resilience promotes healthy coping skills, the ability to trust and engage with support systems, and the prevention of retraumatization (Bethell et al., 2017). Trauma and resiliency are invertedly related, as resilience increases, the impacts of trauma decrease. Youth in foster care who engage in resiliency programs will build resiliency programs will build resiliency together to increase outcomes, create support systems, and improve social participation. Purpose: An occupational therapy group program for youth can work to build resiliency in a client-centered manner to prevent retraumatization and increase occupational performance.https://soar.usa.edu/otdcapstonesfall2023/1014/thumbnail.jp

Discussant\u27s response to Expert systems and AI-based decision support in auditing: Progress and perspectives

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Exploring Healthy Occupations for Adolescents at Risk for the Juvenile Justice System

Many youth who are at risk for the juvenile justice system are likely to have spent some time in the foster care system or child welfare system. This population is often found lacking in social skills and/or life skills that contribute to the difficulties with independent living. Occupational therapy practitioners can provide independent life skills training, such as cooking/meal prepping, budgeting, and job exploration as well as providing healthy leisure outlets to promote a successful transition into adulthood. This program aims to promote the development of skills this population requires for successful independent living as an adult such as basic living skills as well as fostering healthy habits and routines. Many of those in this population have been in foster care long-term and are likely to age out of the foster care system; so, those who do find themselves aging out of this system have been shown to feel unprepared for life and face challenges financially, socially, and psychologically throughout their transition into adulthood. By determining the needs of this population, while factoring in environment, upbringing, and mental health concerns, this project will help facilitate a more seamless transition into adulthood and foster healthy habits.https://soar.usa.edu/otdcapstonesspring2024/1064/thumbnail.jp