Date of Award
Summer 8-15-2024
Document Type
Capstone
Degree Name
Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD)
Department
Occupational Therapy
First Advisor
Steven M. Gerardi, PhD, OTD, MSS, OTR
Second Advisor
Mary Zadnik, ScD, MEd, OTR
Medical Subject Headings
Occupational therapy, post-traumatic stress disorder, behavioral activation therapy, occupation, children
Abstract
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children can cause physiological and psychological reactions that can lead to impaired executive functioning and self-regulation skills that interfere with occupational engagement. Occupational Therapy (OT) utilizes an occupational perspective to treat children with PTSD. However, there is an absence of a manualized OT intervention in the literature that incorporates an occupation-based approach, utilizes graded occupation as the primary intervention, and tracks treatment progress and outcomes. The purpose of this capstone project was to create a manualized OT intervention protocol for OT practitioners to treat children with PTSD guided by the model of human occupation and evidenced-based principles of behavioral activation therapy. The manualized OT intervention was created in two parts. Part one includes five sections of background information for OT practitioners to inform efficient implementation of the protocol. Part two includes 13 treatment sessions that incorporate the essential components of the OT process to treat children with PTSD. The manualized OT treatment protocol will allow OT practitioners to consistently treat children with PTSD and to study the efficacy of the protocol.
Recommended Citation
McMahon, A. (2024). Manualized Occupational Therapy Intervention for Children and Adolescents with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. [Doctoral project, University of St Augustine for Health Sciences]. SOAR @ USA: Student Capstone Papers Collection. https://doi.org/10.46409/sr.ZBAD5053
Related Content
This capstone was presented as a poster presentation at the Summer 2024 OTD Capstone Symposium, available as:
McMahon, A. J., & Gerardi, S. M. (2024, August 14). Manualized Occupational Therapy Intervention For Children And Adolescents With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Poster presented at the Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium, University of St Augustine for Health Sciences. Retrieved from https://soar.usa.edu/otdcapstonessummer2024/19
Included in
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Commons, Occupational Therapy Commons, Other Mental and Social Health Commons
Comments
Capstone project submitted to the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Occupational Therapy