Psy 270 Week 5 Intervention Plan

SC placed call to Pa’s CG and friend Teresa Lim and for monitoring phone call because none of the numbers on file for Pa was in working order. She reported that the Pa is doing well and is taking a break from radiation and chemo. She Provided the SC with Pa’s new phone numbers. SC asked about Pa’s service and Teresa reported that the Pa is receiving her PAS service specified in her care plan. Teresa reported that the Pa is happy with her current service and do wish to make any changes right now. The Pa is satisfied with her services and feels they are meeting her needs. No falls, hospitalizations, changes in health status or medications were reported. The SC end call with Teresa and place call to Pa via language line interpreter Michelle. The

The Homeless are a vulnerable population. Homelessness is a social issue that anyone can almost be subjected to despite his or her age, race, ethnicity or geographical background. Kornblum (2012) defined homelessness as… “as a social condition in which people do not have regular housing and are forced to sleep in public places, public shelters, or facilities designed for homeless individuals and families” (p.280). The homeless population faces several adversaries in their lifetime of being homeless. Their adversaries are a lack physical and emotional disabilities, and possibly drug abuse. Grant some are homeless by choice, whereas most are homeless by mishaps, but nevertheless, they are humans deserving to be treated with fairness, dignity,

In appointments, I usually helped her with her taxes, provided emotional support, helped with benefit applications, and sometimes helped her with technology. She has a fairly short attention span because of her pain, medications, and depression and needed help with critical thinking in regards to filing her years of tax paperwork. When I was first passed this client, it seemed to come with an attitude of "I am sorry I have to pass this client off to you, she is kind of a pain." After I met with her the first time I was really shocked because I saw her situation from a completely differently. I recognized that she needed help, and even though her concerns were a bit unconventional, we had the resources available to help her. We had months of productive work together, and towards the end of the placement, our receptionist was very forward in telling me that I needed to discontinue working with her because "we did not provide the services she needed help with" and that she was essentially draining our resources. The first time it happened I explained to the receptionist that we have students and volunteers sitting

Interventions are activities that are used in a program to make the program more exciting and to help get the information across to the participants in an engaging way (McKenzie et al., 2013). There are many different types of strategies that planners can use as part of an intervention (McKenzie et al., 2013). Some strategies a planner can use are health communication, health education, health policy/enforcement, environmental change, health-related community services, and community mobilization strategies. The planning committee had to pick three interventions based on the multiple intelligences wheel, strategies, and intervention activities. (See appendix I for multiple intelligences wheels and intervention activities)

Canton et. al. (2005) used a longitudinal study to determine the risk factors of homelessness. This study included four hundred and forty-four men and women (18-65 years old) who volunteered to be a part of the interview study. The participants were interviewed every six months for a total of eighteen months. During this time psychiatric assessments were performed, as well as analysis of coping skills, family and social history. Two methods, the Cox Regression and Kaplan–Meier survival analysis were used to examine homelessness duration and baseline

The proposed experiment would be a 2x2x5 factorial design with pre-testing that would be conducted to investigate each participant’s previous medical history and how it may affect their results. The experiment would use 120 adult participants who have been diagnosed with ADHD. For the purposes of the proposed experiment, an adult is an individual who is at least age 18 or older. There would be eleven groups with ten patients in each group, treated over a ten week period: a modafinil group with medication, modafinil group without medication, dexmethylphenidate group with CBT, dexmethylphenidate without CBT, methylphenidate group with CBT, methylphenidate group without CBT, an atomoxetine group with CBT, a CBT group, and a placebo-control group. The experiment will measure the reduction of ADHD symptoms in adults 18 years or older.

- The assessments that you had completed are now scored and interpreted, this session will focus on your assessment results and what the best treatment plan is.

Denver’s homeless population runs in the thousands. Homelessness may be caused or exacerbated by an individual’s chronic mental or physical illness, all issues that the Mental Health Center of Denver (MHCD), a member of the National Council for Behavioral Health, addresses. Integrated housing and recognizing the effects of trauma have already been a part of the services offered by MHCD. After participating in a National Council Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) Learning Community, MHCD created a workgroup to discuss integrating more TIC principles into the organization. From this, the concept of integrating these trauma-informed care principles into the center’s housing and residential services emerged.

The problems of homelessness and mental illness are inextricably intertwined. One way that mental illness impacts people's lives is that it oftentimes renders them unable to carry out the functions of daily life, such as keeping a job, paying their bills, and managing a household. In addition to disrupting the events of daily life, mental illness "may also prevent people from forming and maintaining stable relationships or cause people to misinterpret others' guidance and react irrationally" (National Coalition for the Homeless, 2009). What this means is that a population that is already vulnerable because of an inability to consistently manage self-care lacks the same safety net as much of the rest of society.

However, “it is the responsibility of the social worker to enter into the case file the gist, as some type of documentation is needed to verify services. In addition, a verbal contract does not lock a client into specific time frames and goals, as there tends to be more flexibility regarding the nature of the work together” (Cummins et al., 2012, p.229). However, there could be barriers that could impede client progress such as the social worker is working harder than the client, the client is mandated to see a social worker, and clients may be manipulative. It is important for the social worker to be supportive and understanding with clients and allow them the choice if they want to continue with services or not. However, for clients that do not participate they need to understand the consequences if they are court-ordered to participate and for clients that are manipulative a social worker needs to beware of a client’s nonverbal facial expressions and pauses that can be an indication of

Understanding how both individual and structural factors contribute to and sustain homelessness is a critical factor in successfully addressing homelessness. All to often service providers blame homeless individuals for the circumstances they are in, making assumptions that substance abuse or other irresponsible behaviors have caused the problems leading to the individual to become homeless. Hoffman and Coffey (2008) suggest, “the perpetuation of homelessness is not internal to the homeless individual as many claim, but rather may be embedded in the service industry itself, which subjects both clients and providers to bureaucratic forms of authority and experiences of disrespect.” While not all homeless people suffer from mental illness or substance abuse, all of

“Termination is the final phase of the helping process, and how the social worker concludes the client-social worker relationship will influence the extent to which clients may be able to maintain the progress they have achieved. Ending the client-social worker relationship in a planned and sensitive manner can empower clients to continue to grow long after they have left the services of the agency and the social worker” (Cummins et al., 2012, p.268).

Secondary prevention focuses on screening, early detection, and treatment of stressors that unfavorably affect a target population (). At this level of prevention, we have decided to build a local coalition/program that will utilize community and/or state programs that assist persons that are at risk for homelessness or that are currently experiencing homelessness. This intervention represents the Coalition Building wedge of the Case Management Wheel This coalition/program will: screen populations at risk for homelessness; strengthen outreach and engagement activities for homeless populations; improve eligibility review processes for programs directed at homeless populations; explore ways to maintain program eligibility to this population;

My goal with U.GL.Y is always to help the individuals we serve learn through a situation and discussions. In the book Pathways to homelessness it suggests that anybody is susceptible the imperfections of life. At any moment we as human beings are but a decision away from losing everything including life as we know it. With the addition of drugs and alcohol and the addiction factor, down to a small child that needs some motivation to believe that things can change for the better. Mallett, S., Rosenthal, D., & Keys, D. (2005). Young People, Drug Use and Family Conflict: Pathways into Homelessness. Journal Of Adolescence, 28(2), 185-199.

There are a plethora of psychosocial and mental health concerns for women’s shelters populations. These identified general areas of occupational impairment include: daily life activities, work performance, home management, parenting, and leisure participation; cognitive functioning including decision-making, judgment, problem-solving, and following directions; money management, task initiation, self-confidence, coping skills, stress management, and interpersonal relationships (AOTA, 2011) as well as the effects of traumatic experiences on mental health and independent living skills (Davis & Kutter, 1998).