Coping strategies to promote mental health : training modules for occupational therapists and other care providers /
Theresa Straathof.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of handouts -- Author biography -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Modules: Health and wellness routines. 1.1. Sleep hygiene to improve daily occupations -- 1.2. Medication adherence as part of a healthy routine -- 1.3. Forming health habits and balance in occupations -- 1.4. Meal simplification to fuel occupation engagement -- 1 Handouts: Health and wellness routines -- 2 Modules: Change the situation. 2.1. Overcoming roadblocks to change occupation performance -- 2.2. Building community networks to increase opportunities for occupation -- 2.3. Defining healthy boundaries -- 2.4. Setting healthy boundaries to support meaningful occupation -- 2 Handouts: Change the situation -- 3 Modules: Change body response to stress. 3.1. Behaviour activation to assist with initiating occupation -- 3.2. Anger management strategies for constructive action -- 3.3. Choosing occupations for distress tolerance and resilience -- 3.4. Suicide safety plan for occupational engagement and recovery (SSP-OEAR) -- 3 Handouts: Change body response to stress -- 4 Modules: Change attitude. 4.1. Building on our strengths to aid with occupation engagement -- 4.2. Problem solving to address challenges in occupations -- 4.3. Intentional positive occupations to boost mental health -- 4.4. Gratitude as part of daily occupations -- 4 Handouts: Change attitude -- Index.
"This manual offers care providers a unique combination of evidence-based methods for adult learning and coping strategy development when training clients individually or in groups. The coping content is split into four categories: health and wellness routines, changing the body's response to stress, changing the situation, and changing attitude. Each category is then divided into four modules, including sleep, hygiene, suicide safety planning, setting healthy boundaries and gratitude. Coping strategies within categories help clients to engage and thrive in meaningful self-care, productive and leisure occupations. A clear learning objective defines what the client learns before leaving the session and outlines for facilitator's actions/comments follow with suggestions of expected client responses and completion of handouts to ensure the learning is taking place. Occupational therapists and other care providers will find this manual useful to improve efficiencies in practice and support even the novice practitioner in providing meaningful teachings"--
Theresa Straathof, OT Reg. (Ont.), is an occupational therapist at The Ottawa Hospital in Ontario, Canada with 30 years of practice. Special interests include coping strategy training and suicide prevention.