Intervention Strategies The goal of art therapy is to improve or maintain mental health and emotional well-being (Farokhi, 2011). There are many variations of art therapy. Art therapy typically utilizes drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, collage and other forms of visual art expression. Art therapists are trained to recognize the nonverbal symbols and metaphors that are communicated. Art therapy allows clients to express their thoughts and feelings that may be too painful to put into…
clinical interventions will also entail the use of various measures to ensure the quality of the medications in order to prevent the provision of poor quality medicines to mental health patients. The second delivery mode of health services in this program is psychosocial interventions, which entail the use of various support groups. Some of the support groups that will be incorporated in the program include self-help groups and family-support groups. The use of psychosocial interventions is…
In the article, “Cultivating Mind: Mindfulness Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Problem Behaviors, and their mothers”, the authors discuss children who have Autism Spectrum Disorder with behavior problems and mothers that do not know the proper methods to teach or cope with this disorder. Parents often struggle to understand and communicate with their child with autism, which often leads to overwhelming stress and family anxiety. I will briefly discuss my reasoning…
Porfirio Diaz and the Mexican Revolution Porfirio Diaz was Mexico's longest reigning leader, having led the country for over 35 years. Some considered Diaz to be a ruthless tyrant, while some accredit him with saving Mexico from complete financial destruction. His terms were controversial, but under Porfirio Diaz, Mexico's economy flourished, infrastructure was being created and debt was being paid, but the social strife which occurred under his rule ultimately resulted in the Mexican…
This discursive paper describes and examines the Sinovuyo Caring Families Programme as an intervention used to strengthen families through the development and reinforcement of positive parenting practices and enhancing parent-child relations as a strategy to help prevent abuse and neglect of children. The Sinovuyo Caring Families Programme is designed as group based intervention with the goal of preventing and reducing child maltreatment using a model which involves the reduction of parental…
The Effect of Empowerment-Educational Intervention based on Freire‘s Model on Women‘s Stress Management Background: Almost, the importance of women’s health issues has been known , as well as their mental health, this study examined the effect of the Empowerment-Educational Intervention (EEI) based on Freire’s model on women’s stress management. Method: This is a quasi-experimental study with a control group that was conducted in at least 8 sessions in an experimental group. Participants in…
huge factor that can go a long way in benefitting an individual’s lifestyle. In a low-contact intervention done by Aoife Lane, Niamh Murphy, Adrian Bauman, and Tien Chey on inactive Irish women who recently participated in a mass 10km run, they share their results and assessment on the effectiveness of this type of intervention. In this paper, I will summarize the overall basis and findings of the intervention conducted by the researches, along with sharing my reaction on the topic. The…
psychology one topic that has always sparked an interest with researchers are the inner workings of the family dynamic. As a result of that interest a significant amount of research has been done. From this research psychologists figured out the best interventions, which can be implemented in order to improve the life of…
engagement activity consisted of a 3 day intervention process over a duration of 3 weeks, with a group of 12 school children between the ages of 7-10 from Roll’s Crescent Primary School. They regularly visit the Brooke’s building at the Birley Campus of Manchester Metropolitan University for sessions run by Mick Chesterman and Juliette Wilson-Thomas. We were invited to participate and run an introduction session of 10- minutes and 2 sessions of 90-minutes. The interventions involved the…
Discussion This systematic review set out to determine which course of action regarding physical therapy is more effective in helping to improve the function of gait of children with CP. A systematic review is helpful in this case as it allows the practitioner to compare previous studies that were gathered to help reach the answer to the research question based on the specific exclusion and inclusion criteria. Determining which therapy option is more beneficial to improving gait is important…