For my journal review, I decided to talk about a little more sensitive topic, and how group therapy can be an effective intervention to use with a particular population. I found an article entitled State of the Science: Group Therapy Interventions for Sexually Abused Children which was an interesting read to say the least. According to the article, 16–27% of females and 8–16% of males retrospectively report child sexual abuse (CSA) incidents.. that is a staggering...
Yesterday I had the opportunity to facilitate my second group of this semester, except this time, I led the group by myself. This was quite different from the time before because I had to come up with the group activities and discussions by myself instead of working with another classmate. I choose to lead this group on home management and establishment, which when...
For one of our assignment in our group process class, we were to find and attend a 12 step meeting in the Memphis area. I have never been to a 12 step meeting, so I was both interested and a little too skeptical to step into a group as both a participant and an observer to see how these groups were led. Even more importantly, I was curious if group sessions like this were REALLY effective for...
I was able to meet with two other OT students (Lauren M and Lauren N) to discuss our upcoming group facilitation that we will be turning in next week. This was so helpful because we were able to not only able to bounce ideas off of one another but were also able to impact each others session by adding our own ideas or insights that maybe weren't seen when we were initially writing our group...
You never realize how much work goes into something until you are the person doing that something. This is how I felt about leading a group session. Just from observing our teachers lead group sessions in class, it seemed pretty simple. Come up with a fun activity that gets everyone involved, and allow everyone to process what was said in the group so that they all walk away with a new nugget of information. Maybe...
For my last neuro note, I wanted to look into a condition that I wanted to learn more about. For me, this neurological condition was Huntington's disease. Huntington's Disease is truly an awful disease. Not only is it a combination of symptoms of Parkinson's, ALS, and Alzheimer's disease, but it also is an inherited disease that is passed down through family lines. If you have the gene you have a 50/50 % chance of either having Huntington's or...
