Rasch model

Intake Form Critique Intake assessments are a critical component to any treatment plan. As such, a clinicians approach to intake assessment has a major impact on the success or failure of treatment and intervention. A biopsychosocial assessment provides the framework for conducting a comprehensive assessment and developing a holistic understanding of where the client is at and helps to identify the presenting problem. 1. Does it ask all of the necessary questions to determine what the…

Controversies of Animal Testing The necessity and morality of animal testing are among the most common topics discussed today. Since the discovery of testing new medical treatments on animals many people have pondered whether or not it is actually helpful. Animals have allowed scientist to develop many helpful medicines and medical practices that benefit humans. On the other hand, scientists discovered that animals are not always good test subjects due to the vast differences in both their…

volume of data that needs to be scanned. When the query is too complex, the optimizer is no longer able to determine an optimal method and resorts to whole table scans to find the desired records, ignoring the indexing. A whole table scan on a moderate-sized table may take only seconds, but on the very large tables found in data warehouses, it can take several minutes. And when performing a complex query that involves many tables and many indices on those tables, whole table scans can force a…

medical model with the therapist as the source of healing and instead cultivates the power that the consumer holds regarding the processes and outcomes of treatment. According to Ralph, Lambert, and Kidder (2002) practitioners must refrain from seeing those with mental illness as perpetually disabled and instead as people that can recuperate. The client becomes the consumer and is expected to take responsibility for their situation as well as their course of treatment. Within the recovery model…

Getting Started: Philosophy, Model, and Component Analysis In this paper I will describe my philosophy as it relates to curriculum design (CD) and my CD project on American Sign Language (ASL). Through the use the ADDIE model I will develop a CD that uses real-world situations to lessen the issues the deaf community are faced with in regards to the support they receive from the emergency services and the city employees in the Belleville area. The topic for which I have chosen to create my…

attention because there were so many different models all of which seemed very similar to me. There is the medical model, community model, education model, international classification of functioning, recovery model, and inclusion. While some of these models might seem rather self-explanatory, there is quite a bit of information that goes along with each model that one, like myself, did not know. According to (WHP, 2015), the wellness & health promotion model comprehensively assesses key areas…

The purpose of this review is to discuss the literature on national physical literacy interventions aimed at youth. The first section will address the definition of physical literacy (PL) and its philosophical roots, and the second section will develop the use of PL to guide several national sport and athletic performance development programs in youths, particularly in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom (UK). The final two sections provide a summary of evidence related to physical…

Once all plausible options have been presented, the next step would be to analyze each one in detail, weighing pros and cons of each (DECIDE, n.d., para. 3). If I were to go with my first option, and divulge this information to my friends, the negative consequences of my actions would far outweigh the positive. This decision would not only jeopardize my future as an ally to the Deaf community, but also as an interpreter and potentially negatively impact other interpreters in the community. I…

Yin Yin Khaing CHB 550 – Fall Semester 2016 Connection to Graduate Study Paper Occupational therapy is a profession that addresses the vital importance of people’s psychological and physical need as well as emotional well-being. Occupational therapists focus on taking care of their clients through a holistic view by looking at how clients’ personal factors influence their recovery processes. In addition, occupation therapy practitioners are an important part of teaching and educating individuals…

The title of the article is “Art and Recovery in Mental Health: a Qualitative Investigation”. This title does not descriptively describe the study but it does tell what the study is going to be about, which is art and recovery. The authors include the variables in the study in the title of the article. These variables include art and recovery of people with mental health issues. The title does not specifically include the population of the study but one could conclude that the population…