My client was a 28 year old Caucasian female. She was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) at the age of 15. Initially, her family members and she figured out there was something wrong with her when her academic performance went down. Her doctor prescribed her few medications at the beginning of treatment and recommended her to do exercises. She followed doctor prescription for certain period of time and she stopped taking it due to nervousness and anxiety issues. However, she started working out two to three times in a week and that turned into her favorite hobby. Now she is in graduate school and she is still maintaining her workout schedule two to three times in a week. However, she is concerned about few problems areas where
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However, she rated importance of these activities to her more than seven. For personal care, my client has difficulty with moving stuff that is filled with liquid because of her rush up behavior. My client rated importance of this type of activity 10 out of 10, but I feel that her importance rate should be about 7 out of 10 because she is not performing this type of ADL frequently. Also, my client needs some education to slow down her speed to perform tasks efficiently. In addition, my client rated her functional mobility tasks importance 10 out of 10. Moreover, she complained that whenever she is in stressed out situation she accidently hit her leg while getting out of the car due to loosing focus. In order to reduce her stress my client requires to perform some stress releasing exercises such as yoga, stress ball stretching and simple stretching exercises. In addition, I would recommend my client to play games such as catching or throwing a ball to improve her coordination and focus. Furthermore, my client discussed her concerned about having difficulty in following direction from GPS while driving. Her importance of these activities is 8 out of 10 for community management activities. I would consider my client performance in following direction would be 7 out of 10 and I would ask my client to play some board games in which she would be interested in and can follow the game directions
However, she rated importance of these activities to her more than seven. For personal care, my client has difficulty with moving stuff that is filled with liquid because of her rush up behavior. My client rated importance of this type of activity 10 out of 10, but I feel that her importance rate should be about 7 out of 10 because she is not performing this type of ADL frequently. Also, my client needs some education to slow down her speed to perform tasks efficiently. In addition, my client rated her functional mobility tasks importance 10 out of 10. Moreover, she complained that whenever she is in stressed out situation she accidently hit her leg while getting out of the car due to loosing focus. In order to reduce her stress my client requires to perform some stress releasing exercises such as yoga, stress ball stretching and simple stretching exercises. In addition, I would recommend my client to play games such as catching or throwing a ball to improve her coordination and focus. Furthermore, my client discussed her concerned about having difficulty in following direction from GPS while driving. Her importance of these activities is 8 out of 10 for community management activities. I would consider my client performance in following direction would be 7 out of 10 and I would ask my client to play some board games in which she would be interested in and can follow the game directions