Full Description
This manual offers care providers a unique combination of evidence-based methods for adult learning and coping strategy development when training clients individually or in groups.
Coping strategies help clients to engage and thrive in meaningful self-care, as well as productive and leisure occupations. The coping strategies are divided into four categories: health and wellness routines, changing the body's response to stress, changing the situation, and changing attitudes. Each category contains four modules with client handouts for coping strategy training, including sleep hygiene, suicide safety planning, setting healthy boundaries, and cultivating gratitude. Every module contains a facilitator lesson plan, specific learning outcomes, and examples of expected client responses to ensure the learning is taking place.
Occupational therapists and other care providers, both novice and experienced, will find this manual useful to improve efficiencies in practice and provision of meaningful teachings.
Contents
Introduction; 1: Modules: Health and wellness routines; 1.1: Sleep hygiene to improve daily occupations; 1.2: Medication adherence as part of a healthy routine; 1.3: Forming health habits and balance in occupations; 1.4: Meal simplification to fuel occupation engagement; 1: Handouts: Health and wellness routines; 2: Modules: Change the situation; 2.1: Overcoming roadblocks to change occupation performance; 2.2: Building community networks to increase opportunities for occupation; 2.3: Defining healthy boundaries; 2.4: Setting healthy boundaries to support meaningful occupation; 2: Handouts: Change the situation; 3: Modules: Change body response to stress; 3.1: Behaviour activation to assist with initiating occupation; 3.2: Anger management strategies for constructive action; 3.3: Choosing occupations for distress tolerance and resilience; 3.4: Suicide safety plan for occupational engagement and recovery (SSP-OEAR); 3: Handouts: Change body response to stress; 4: Modules: Change Attitude; 4.1: Building on our strengths to aid with occupation engagement; 4.2: Problem solving to address challenges in occupations; 4.3: Intentional positive occupations to boost mental health; 4.4: Gratitude as part of daily occupations; 4: Handouts: Change Attitude.
