...This summer I had the opportunity to gain a great amount of knowledge and understanding into the career of a physical therapist. Physical therapy is a field which inspires me. My fascination with physical therapy began around 4 years ago, as I began my first session of physical therapy for a shoulder injury. I was exposed to the importance of a strong posterior chain, how to train specifically for your activity, as well as how to provide artificial support through the use of tape. Later, I was forced to have shoulder surgery. My post-surgery therapy and the rehabilitation strategy fueled my passion and respect for physical therapy. These lessons have motivated me to help people achieve not only their physical goals and capabilities, but also to break through their personal mental barriers....
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...Our day typically consisted of a strict daily plan that included caring for her personal and hygienic needs (diaper change, bathing, etc), administering her medications, and making critical decisions about the actions needed as a result of her inability to fully communicate along with her predisposition to seizures. It was imperative that I drove her to all her appointments with her therapists, initiate twenty hours of physical therapy, engage in five hours of swim therapy, while monitoring her every fluid intake, bowel movement, and nutrient take in, followed by restless nights that consisted of regular readjustments and transfers. Most people think that caregiving for kids with special needs is extremely strenuous and requires vast amounts of patience with the tolerance of a saint, but when I work with her and make her days better with a smile or a laugh I don't think about any struggles or difficulties. Working with her has been a rewarding experience and even while there have been difficult times, I see it more...
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...the news that I had torn my ACL and lateral meniscus, a soccer player’s worst nightmare. I had become completely discouraged. Thankfully, following my surgery I received treatment from the most amazing man. My physical therapist changed my life, he not only helped heel my knee, but also heeled my morale. He inspired my decision to become a physical therapist. Devoting my life to a sport I loved solidified my decision to specialize in athletic injuries, or so I thought. As previously mentioned in discussions I have been very exposed to disabilities. My high school had an inclusionary program that allowed me to meet many individuals with disabilities and learn to accept and understand their situations. This is where I first grew interested in disabilities. Immediately after my surgery I attended therapy regularly. I began to notice that a sweet girl with cerebral palsy also consistently went to physical therapy. It just so happened that she had appointments the same time as mine. Her...
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...When I think about my life goals, I remember when I first started thinking about a career and what I wanted to do when I was older. For as long as I can remember, I knew that I wanted to be a doctor in order to help people physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I was not sure what type of doctor at that time, but eventually I found that I wanted to become a physical therapist. There reason why I want to become a physical therapist is because of my time in physical therapy during high school. My senior year of high school during my last soccer game I tore my ACL. After surgery, I was exposed to the whole world of physical therapy. I fell in love with the idea of it being so close with the patients and having a direct impact on their lives....
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...As the blades of the hospital wing whirled around with increasing speed, thousands of emotions flooded my mind. Just then, the helicopter took flight, and the reality of my grandmother's hemorrhagic stroke began to sink in. While I knew her road to recovery would be extensive- full of therapy and relearning simple tasks of daily living- I had no idea it would solidify my professional aspiration to pursue a career in physical therapy. Visiting my grandmother daily at Baptist's rehabilitation clinic opened my eyes to the rewarding career of physical therapy that would enable me to fulfill my desire to encourage and serve others. The opportunity to invest in patients while improving their quality of life made choosing physical therapy easy. Curious...
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...Studies (M.M.S.) Master of Occupational Therapy (M.O.T.) Master (M.B.S.) of Biomedical Science Master of Arts in in Biomedical Science (M.A.) Master of Science in Cardiovascular Science (M.S.) Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.) Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia (M.S.) Master of Arts (M.A.) in Clinical Psychology and Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (M.S.) AWARENESS • • • • • Obtain brochures from professional programs you are interested in. Learn about the career you are interested in by visiting the professions’ websites. Visit with or speak to an academic advisor from the professional program to have questions answered. Be smart about taking advice from other students. Confirm all information before making any decisions. When requesting information from a program, speak clearly so the proper information can be sent to you. RESEARCH • • • • • • Research prospective colleges and request brochures and catalog. Visit each college’s website. Be familiar with the curriculum and history of each institution you apply to. Take the time to visit the campus, take a tour and meet with current students and faculty. Review books for the various entrance exams are available at library, bookstores, and career centers. If you are an international...
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...condition. Existential counselling considers human living to take place within four dimensions: physical, social, psychological and spiritual. It shows each of these dimensions to be constituted like a force field, within which predictable paradoxes, tensions and dilemmas play out. Human beings can learn to deal with these tensions and conflicts more effectively by facing up to the negatives as well as the positives of their lives, including the tensions of life and death, love and hate, strength and weakness and meaning and absurdity. Best known authors on existential counselling are Irvin Yalom in the USA through his book Existential Psychotherapy (1981) New York: Basic Books and Emmy van Deurzen, who created the British School and who published her bookExistential Counselling and Psychotherapy in 1988 (London: Sage Publications; second edition 2002, third edition 2011). Existential therapy essentially helps deal with the problems of everyday living, such as relationship difficulties (both with Individuals & in Couple Therapy), anxiety/fear, food/body-image issues, addictions, mood disorders, social anxiety, panic, trauma, low self-esteem, unresolved childhood issues, sexual issues and others. It is a clear, direct and honest approach helping clients work on their particular, unique, experiences, problems, dilemmas and issues. It is appropriate for both short and long term therapy. It ideally suits those who wish to examine themselves and their relationship with others and...
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...out, socialize and participate in many different experiences on a Friday night, in order to try to keep them from choosing activities that would be poor choices and possibly getting in trouble. Although this activity is open to any junior high and high school student in the area, I realized very quickly that most of the teens that attended could easily be labeled as “high risk” teens. Many of them have very stressful/negative settings at home. For some of the teens this was easily identifiable quickly. Others were very good at hiding their troubles. I enjoyed serving my service learning hours at Fort Boise, but, in a way, I wish I would have chosen an organization where I would have been able to get a little closer to the people, on a personal level. Teen Night was just more of group interaction (playing basketball, dodge ball, video games, etc.). There was one teen (Will) I was able to form a bond with that was, originally, very closed off. I later found out, from one of the other volunteers, there were concerns of suicide with Will. I will discuss this bond further into the paper, but I will say that connecting with Will was the highlight of my service learning. In an article from 1995 about the Adolescent Transition Project which was a study conducted in order to get specific numbers about teens and how their behaviors correlated with the connection of their home, school and social life relationships, it is stated that “deviant and risky behaviors such as drug use,...
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...Significant Lifespan Factors Impacting Personal Coping Skills Catherine Manning Liberty University Abstract Human beings develop throughout their lifespan, as they make good choices to meet their physical, spiritual and emotional needs. While development is not sequential, it is progressive as the story of life molds and shapes the beliefs and choices of the future. When humans are compared and evaluated, what is it that influences one person to make good choices and another to make bad choices? The ability to adapt and handle times of crisis is a good indicator of a healthy, well-balanced life. It is an indicator that affects almost everyone. It takes skills that mature and develop over time. Are there life experiences that contribute to the positive handling of the stressors of a crisis? Personal experience and pertinent research points to three themes offering positive influence upon crisis adapting skills. First, a religious and spiritual foundation provides the context through which the crisis can be understood, analyzed and managed. Second, a positive, stable family situation allows for the development of the positive self-esteem necessary through which the impact of the crisis upon the individual can be managed. Finally, the satisfaction found in a career or a job can determine perspective and motivation in dealing with problems outside the workplace. Significant Lifespan Factors Impacting Personal Coping Skills Lifespan developmental psychology...
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...Abstract Human beings develop throughout their lifespan, as they make good choices to meet their physical, spiritual and emotional needs. While development is not sequential, it is progressive as the story of life molds and shapes the beliefs and choices of the future. When humans are compared and evaluated, what is it that influences one person to make good choices and another to make bad choices? The ability to adapt and handle times of crisis is a good indicator of a healthy, well-balanced life. It is an indicator that affects almost everyone. It takes skills that mature and develop over time. Are there life experiences that contribute to the positive handling of the stressors of a crisis? Personal experience and pertinent research points to three themes offering positive influence upon crisis adapting skills. First, a religious and spiritual foundation provides the context through which the crisis can be understood, analyzed and managed. Second, a positive, stable family situation allows for the development of the positive self-esteem necessary through which the impact of the crisis upon the individual can be managed. Finally, the satisfaction found in a career or a job can determine perspective and motivation in dealing with problems outside the workplace. Significant Lifespan Factors Impacting Personal Coping Skills Lifespan developmental psychology (LP) is involved in the study of the individual’s development from conception or birth into old age. One of...
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...clean/sober living Adoption/Foster Care Placement Goal: Explore and resolve issues related to adoption/out-of-home placement ▪ Discuss ongoing concerns and issues related to adoptive and/or biological parents during weekly sessions ▪ Talk about his/her wishes with regard to permanency planning Anger Goal: Increase and practice ability to manage anger ▪ Walk away from situations that trigger strong emotions (100%) ▪ Be free of tantrums/explosive episodes ▪ Learn two positive anger management skills ▪ Learn three ways to communicate verbally when angry ▪ Be able to express anger in a productive manner without destroying property or personal belongings ▪ Be able to express anger without yelling and using foul language ▪ Explore and resolve conflict...
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...The Qualitative Report Volume 14 Number 1 March 2009 61-80 http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR14-1/blanchard.pdf Lived Experiences of Adult Children Who Have a Parent Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease Amy Blanchard, Jennifer Hodgson, Angela Lamson, and David Dosser East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina Little is known about the experience among adult children who have a parent with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). The purpose of this study was to explore, appreciate, and describe their experiences using a phenomenological methodology. Narratives were collected from seven participants who have a parent diagnosed with PD and analyzed according to Colaizzi’s (1978) phenomenological data analysis method. Seven thematic clusters were identified and an exhaustive description is presented to summarize the essence of their lived experience. The study indicates a strong sense of essential positivism from the participants’ stories, and overall, it seems PD has brought some degree of biological, psychological, socially, and/or spiritual meaning to their lives that they may not have otherwise noticed or experienced. Key Words: Parkinson’s Disease, Phenomenology, Biopsychosocial-spiritual, Adult, Children and Illness Introduction “The bond between mother and child is so deeply rooted in our emotions that we fear to discuss openly anything that threatens the bond” – Glenna Atwood (1991) Establishing links between chronic illnesses and family impact are not novel (e.g., Cooke, McNally...
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...when a couple comes in for treatment: Look for; 1) strengths in the marriage as well as 2) areas that need improvement. Assessment takes three sessions- a conjoint session that lasts an hour and a half, and two individual sessions, one with each spouse, each a half-hour long. Investigate 7 different questions; - Overall, where is each in the marriage? - Martial satisfaction - Divorce potential - Each person’s commitment to the marriage - Their hopes and expectations for the marriage (including potentially getting out of their marriage) - Their hopes, expectations and theory of the therapy - Their big cost/benefit analysis of the marriage. Discrepancies between spouses? - Pattern of emotional abuse? Therapist to confront this. - Marital Therapy Contraindicated? - An ongoing extramarital or disengagement? - Ongoing physical abuse? - Other betrayals? - What is the nature of their marital friendship? - Is there emotional engagement or disengagement? - Lifestyle needs similar or different? - Passion and romance in the marriage? - Sexual satisfaction and intimacy? - Fun? - Spiritual connection? - Loneliness - Parallel lives? - Other salient areas? (eg. Finances) - Positive affect? - The Fondness and Admiration System? - Phsycial affection - We-ness versus me-ness? - Cognitive room (Love Maps)? - How do they talk to each other in a nonconflict context? - What do they see as the strengths of this marriage...
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...Promiscuity- A Self-Destructive Behavior in Correlation with a Lack of Paternal Authority: A Single Case Study Rebecca M Bauman 2015 MAR LIB-495-GS001 Abstract Paternal authority, according to the existing literature, is of upmost importance to the healthy psychosexual development of a child. Women who were raised with a lack of paternal authority can often face significant setbacks when dealing with everyday life issues. Promiscuity as a self-destructive behavior has substantial consequences often resulting in mental and physical suffering. This qualitative single case study was designed to explore the correlation of promiscuity- as a self-destructive behavior with women who were raised in single-mother households where there was a lack of paternal authority. A single intrinsic case study was used to explore one woman’s battle with promiscuity. The data obtained formed a narrative generated by the triangulation of psychoanalytical therapy sessions, a client intake form and the woman’s journal. A case analysis was performed and later reviewed by an attending mental health clinician. The results indicated the woman manifests the self-destructive behavior of promiscuity at the expense of poor self-esteem which directly correlates with a lack of paternal authority. The disruption of the woman’s psychosexual development in childhood negatively altered her self-image. The woman uses transference in her intimate relationships as a desperate attempt to gain control of her...
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...Criminology & Criminal Justice © 2006 SAGE Publications (London, Thousand Oaks & New Delhi) and the British Society of Criminology. www.sagepublications.com ISSN 1748–8958; Vol: 6(1): 39–62 DOI: 10.1177/1748895806060666 A desistance paradigm for offender management FERGUS McNEILL Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, UK Abstract In an influential article published in the British Journal of Social Work in 1979, Anthony Bottoms and Bill McWilliams proposed the adoption of a ‘non-treatment paradigm’ for probation practice. Their argument rested on a careful and considered analysis not only of empirical evidence about the ineffectiveness of rehabilitative treatment but also of theoretical, moral and philosophical questions about such interventions. By 1994, emerging evidence about the potential effectiveness of some intervention programmes was sufficient to lead Peter Raynor and Maurice Vanstone to suggest significant revisions to the ‘non-treatment paradigm’. In this article, it is argued that a different but equally relevant form of empirical evidence—that derived from desistance studies—suggests a need to re-evaluate these earlier paradigms for probation practice. This reevaluation is also required by the way that such studies enable us to understand and theorize both desistance itself and the role that penal professionals might play in supporting it. Ultimately, these empirical and theoretical insights drive us back to the complex interfaces between technical and moral...
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