Attachment provision in the Saudi orphanages: Exploring the narratives of residential staff

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-254
Author(s):  
Antigonos Sochos ◽  
Najla Al-Jasas
Keyword(s):  
Residential Staff

Teaching Menstrual Care to a Student With Autism Spectrum Disorder in a School Setting

2022 ◽  
pp. 541-555
Author(s):  
Karly Cordova
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Public School ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
School Staff ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
Residential Staff

There is a lack of training for parents, school staff, and residential staff aimed at helping persons with intellectual disabilities acquire menstrual self-care skills. This may be due in part to the sensitive nature of this topic, the aversion to performing menstrual care for individuals with a disability, and the lack of empirically supported training protocols. This chapter critically reviews behavior analytic research on menstrual care that has been published in peer reviewed journals. This is followed by a case illustration using behavior analytic methods to teach menstrual self-care skills for a student with autism spectrum disorder in a public school setting. Evaluated using a multiple baseline across behaviors design, it was shown that the student increased her independent performance of selected menstrual self-case skills.

From Familiar Faces to Family: Staff and Resident Relationships in Long-Term Care

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 842-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L. Canham ◽  
Lupin Battersby ◽  
Mei Lan Fang ◽  
Judith Sixsmith ◽  
Ryan Woolrych ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Second Home ◽  
Residential Staff

Objective: Long-term care (LTC) facilities are increasingly intent on creating a “homelike” atmosphere for residents. Although residential staff are integral to the construction of a home within LTC settings, their perceptions have been relatively absent from the literature. Method: Thirty-two LTC staff participants were interviewed about their experiences and perceptions of the physical environment and conceptualizations of home, and thematic analyses were conducted. Results: An overarching category—interpersonal relationships—emerged from our analyses emphasizing the importance of relationships in creating a homelike environment within institutional settings. Sub-themes that inform our understanding include the following: (a) Staff members’ perceptions of home; (b) “Their second home”: Adjustment to and familiarity in LTC; and (c) “We become family”: Relationality makes a home. Discussion: The study provides evidence to inform current policies and practices in LTC. Specifically, enough time and space should be given to residents and staff to create and maintain personal relationships to make residential care homelike.

Residential staff responses to adolescent self-harm: The helpful and unhelpful

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan R Johnson ◽  
Kirstin Ferguson ◽  
Jennifer Copley
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Staff Support ◽  
Secure Care ◽  
Residential Staff ◽  
Self Harm

Adolescent self-harm is prevalent in residential and secure care and is the cause of distress to those harming themselves, to the staff caring for them and for other young people living with them. This article sought service user views on what staff supports were effective and what were counter-productive in order to improve the care offered to young people. Seven young people living in residential or secure care were interviewed. Thematic analysis was used to elicit key themes. Global themes of safety and care were elicited. The young people understood and accepted that the role of staff was to provide these. Within these themes, they noted numerous responses that had both helpful and unhelpful effects, including increased observation, removal of means and extra collaborative support. Service users made numerous recommendations to increase the helpful effects of staff support. Young people provided informed and helpful guidance on how best to care for them. Their views can help mental health professionals and care staff increase their helpful responses making them more effective and less counter-productive. This study is a rare representation of the views of young people in residential and secure care and how to respond to their self-harm behaviour.

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