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{"title":"An Occupational Therapist Training Program Needs Assessment: Raising Awareness and Training OT’s Regarding the Use of Applications on Smartphone for Clients with Functional Cognitive Dysfunction","authors":"Tamar Ela, Dorit Redlich-Amirav","doi":"10.55134/ldsk551p","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55134/ldsk551p","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Smartphones have the potential to foster independence for people facing functional cognition disabilities. According to the literature, this technology is seldom used as a rehabilitative tool given that OT’s are frequently are unfamiliar with these tools or feel insecure in their usage due to a lack of training. Needs Assessment Objectives: To examine the perception and the extent of use of smartphone applications, as a means of improving the independence of people dealing with functional cognitive disability. OTs and among those individuals dealing themselves with mental illness. Additionally, this study will examine OT’s interest in becoming more informed on this topic. Method: A needs assessment included conversations with policy makers in the Ministry of Health and OTs working in the field. An electronic survey was distributed on social media. Recipients of the surveys were OTs who work in mental health (N=58), the physical domain (N = 51), and people who were coping with mental health illness (N = 30). Results: A need for mobile applications as a means of functional cognitive intervention was found. Most of the patients (82.7%) responded that they could benefit from functional cognitive therapy using mobile technology, and 79.9% said that instructions given by professionals about its use were lacking. All mental health clinicians (100%), and 94.1% of those in the physical domain, responded that functional cognitive therapy using mobile technology would help their clients. Most mental health clinicians (89.5%) and 100% of those in the physical domain responded that they would like to gain more knowledge about mobile technology as a means of functional cognitive therapy. Conclusions: A project will be developed that will include a training booklet for functional cognitive therapy, accompanied by a lecture given by an expert OT in the field of technology. The goal of the project is to increase the use of mobile applications, as a means of improving the daily functioning of people who cope with functional cognition disabilities. Expected Clinical Implications: The training booklet and lecture will add to the knowledge about adapting and using mobile applications, as a functional cognitive tool, in the mental and physical fields. We expect that this knowledge will promote the use of applications in therapy, as well as improve the therapist's ability to use them.","PeriodicalId":377404,"journal":{"name":"The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115003736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Clothing as a Facilitator of Participation Using Personal Styling as an Intervention Tool in the Rehabilitation Process of a TBI Patient","authors":"O. Shenkar, Sivan Maoz","doi":"10.55134/5pto7jo6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55134/5pto7jo6","url":null,"abstract":"Research shows that appearance and clothing have a significant impact on the perception of the people around us and our self-perception and self-efficacy. Beyond this, it has been found that intentional use of clothing can empower and strengthen emotions of acceptance of self-appreciation among people that are dealing with low self-esteem. The case study below examines these assertions in the context of individuals coping with disabilities, and specifically with traumatic brain injury (TBI). It also details the struggles of a 30-year-old woman, a special education student, who suffers from TBI due to a traffic accident. Due to her injury, she experienced cognitive and emotional difficulties when dressing.. These difficulties translated into a lengthy morning routine, causing her to arrive late to different appointments. Another expression of her challenges was her feeling a discrepancy between the way she wanted to present herself and how she dressed. She reported that this gap undermined her sense of self-efficacy and made it more difficult for her to externalize her current identity and apparel preferences. The intervention process in occupational therapy focused on the functional goal of shortening the time of her morning organization routine and the perceptual-emotional goal of developing authentic self-expression through clothing. The intervention process included providing practical tools for organizing her wardrobe in an accessible way, learning strategies for selecting clothes in the morning, establishing a personal clothing style, and acquiring a strategy for purchasing clothes effectively. At the end of the intervention process, the patient reported that her morning routine became more efficient, leading to fewer late arrivals to her appointments. In addition, her sense of self-efficacy increased due to the new clothing style she had developed for herself, a step that yielded favorable feedback from her immediate environment as well. Around that time, she also returned to her studies, which accelerated her re-integration into the community. This case study illustrates the importance of interventions in the realm of clothing and personal styling within the framework of occupational therapy interventions. This patient's achievements following the intervention also emphasize the impact of such methods on patients with brain injury and their participation in meaningful activities.","PeriodicalId":377404,"journal":{"name":"The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115811296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Positive Solitude Phenomenon: Debating its' Correspondence with the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework","authors":"Sharon Ost Mor","doi":"10.55134/w79ve89o","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55134/w79ve89o","url":null,"abstract":"The English word \"Solitude\" has no accurate translation in Hebrew. Moreover, it has no unanimous definition in empiric literature. It is mostly described as loneliness, social isolation, shyness or other states of being alone. Being alone is connected with negative outcomes such as ill-health or mental deterioration. However, solitude is also described as positive and pleasant. The capacity to positively be alone was named positive solitude (Solanut in Hebrew), yet is not a familiar phenomenon in empiric literature. This review of the literature focuses on the positive aspects of being alone, namely, positive solitude. Thus far, solitude and positive solitude are used interchangeably in literature and have no separate definitions. At times in the past it was not acceptable to enjoy positive solitude experience. However, a new wave of studying the positive solitude phenomenon has begun. This paper aims at reviewing the positive solitude phenomenon. It focuses on its definitions and theories, as well as on its history in common literature, religions, and research. The benefits of positive solitude are also presented. The summary and discussion emphasizes the phenomenon's importance in daily living as well as in research. It raises the question whether positive solitude may be considered as a new domain within the occupational therapy practice framework (OTPF). Both therapists and their clients are invited to validate the experience of positive solitude as a meaningful activity.","PeriodicalId":377404,"journal":{"name":"The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy","volume":"264 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134555045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}