The Clubhouse/Drucker Brain Injury Center is a community-based program for individuals that have a disability due to a brain injury. The focus of the Clubhouse is to provide the members with a work-ordered day routine and daily life skills. The program promotes self-sufficient living, personal success, skill acquisition, social skill development, and role restoration. All those skills are crucial for the population that the clubhouse serves which is adults with developmental disabilities. There are four work units for the members which includes the communication unit, transportation unit, kitchen unit, and maintenance unit. Members can choose the unit that they want to participate in and the CTRS will assign the members’ jobs in that unit
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Before the members initiate the program, they must fill out an application and be interviewed. During the program, the members are mainly assessed based on observation. The CTRS observes the skills each member is building on or may need more help with. The last form of assessment the Clubhouse uses is a standardized assessment called the work readiness evaluation which is completed before a member is discharged. The Clubhouse planning method is an individualized program plan for each member. The IPP focuses on the members’ strengths by giving them a job and a work-order day plan. Also, the IPP builds on the members’ limitations by having them do tasks to gain the skills they need to reach their objectives. There is a predetermined plan for the members so that each member is placed with a job that would build the skills that they need. The Clubhouse has monthly individual meetings to discuss the members plan and progress of skills. Other planning tools they use are task analysis, activity analysis, activity planning, and activity modification. The Clubhouse implementation method is to brief, lead, and debrief each member about his or her goals/objectives. Their implementation method was effective because all the participants were fully aware of their objectives and how to reach those objectives when I asked them. The Clubhouse …show more content…
By engaging/working with people with disabilities, I could determine that this is the form of rehabilitation that I want to study and make my career. I found that my strongest characteristic was my patients. When working with people with disabilities, I found that patients is very crucial. By being patient, the participant can feel comfortable, not stress, and work towards being self-sufficient. Also, I was told by the CTRS that I was strong in my friendly attitude towards the participants. I found it easy to socialize and interact with the participants due to my work experience as an activities assistant for people with dementia. The area I need to improve on is allowing the participants to be self-sufficient and knowing when not to help them. I’ve always had a very helpful and giving attitude so sometimes I found it hard to allow the participants to work through their struggles by themselves. By shadowing a CTRS, it helped me realized what type of population or facility I would like to work in. I enjoyed what the CTRS does at an outpatient clinic however I think I would like the faster paced environment of an in-patient clinic. In order to prepare myself to be a recreational therapist, I want to receive as much hands-on experience as possible and try to get a very diverse amount of experiences. Since a
Before the members initiate the program, they must fill out an application and be interviewed. During the program, the members are mainly assessed based on observation. The CTRS observes the skills each member is building on or may need more help with. The last form of assessment the Clubhouse uses is a standardized assessment called the work readiness evaluation which is completed before a member is discharged. The Clubhouse planning method is an individualized program plan for each member. The IPP focuses on the members’ strengths by giving them a job and a work-order day plan. Also, the IPP builds on the members’ limitations by having them do tasks to gain the skills they need to reach their objectives. There is a predetermined plan for the members so that each member is placed with a job that would build the skills that they need. The Clubhouse has monthly individual meetings to discuss the members plan and progress of skills. Other planning tools they use are task analysis, activity analysis, activity planning, and activity modification. The Clubhouse implementation method is to brief, lead, and debrief each member about his or her goals/objectives. Their implementation method was effective because all the participants were fully aware of their objectives and how to reach those objectives when I asked them. The Clubhouse …show more content…
By engaging/working with people with disabilities, I could determine that this is the form of rehabilitation that I want to study and make my career. I found that my strongest characteristic was my patients. When working with people with disabilities, I found that patients is very crucial. By being patient, the participant can feel comfortable, not stress, and work towards being self-sufficient. Also, I was told by the CTRS that I was strong in my friendly attitude towards the participants. I found it easy to socialize and interact with the participants due to my work experience as an activities assistant for people with dementia. The area I need to improve on is allowing the participants to be self-sufficient and knowing when not to help them. I’ve always had a very helpful and giving attitude so sometimes I found it hard to allow the participants to work through their struggles by themselves. By shadowing a CTRS, it helped me realized what type of population or facility I would like to work in. I enjoyed what the CTRS does at an outpatient clinic however I think I would like the faster paced environment of an in-patient clinic. In order to prepare myself to be a recreational therapist, I want to receive as much hands-on experience as possible and try to get a very diverse amount of experiences. Since a