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Providing Therapeutic Recreation Services to Pediatric Populations with Severe Behavioral Challenges
Session Description/Research Abstract
At Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, we are dedicated to providing holistic care for children and adolescents experiencing mental and behavioral health challenges. We aspire to serve as champions in providing stigma-breaking care for children and youth with psychiatric conditions as well as their families and caregivers. The Big Lot’s Behavioral Health Pavilion (BHP) is the largest facility on a pediatric medical campus devoted to mental and behavioral health. This session will review severe behaviors often encountered by Therapeutic Recreation (TR) when treating a patient with a mental or behavioral health disorder and will cover how the APIE process can be utilized to support managing behaviors within care. Lastly, case studies will be discussed to share our approach and programming, as well as, to highlight the value of TR in populations requiring management of severe behaviors.
Learning Outcomes
1) By the end of the session, participants will be able to identify at least 3 severe behaviors that can be encountered when working with a patient with a mental or behavioral health disorder. (FDK 15)
2) By the end of the session, participants will be able to identify at least 3 techniques for managing severe behaviors. (IMP 36, IMP 41)
3) By the end of the session, participants will demonstrate an understanding of how TR can utilize the APIE process in working with patients with serve behavioral challenges. (IMP 38, IMP 40)
Population/Setting:
Child and Adolescent
CEUs:
0.1
Primary Presenter
Ashley Warren, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Credentials
CTRS
Biographical Information
Ashley Warren is a graduate from Georgia Southern University. She has 12 years’ experience working as a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) in Behavioral Health. Ashley has been working at Nationwide Children’s Hospital since 2019 and currently provides TR services within Behavioral Health service lines at NCH’s (Nationwide Children’s Hospital) BHP (Behavioral Health Pavilion). Ashley primarily works within NCH’s Partial Hospitalization Program and Inpatient Behavioral Health Units. Ashley is a part of the 2021 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Therapeutic Recreation Conference Planning Committee Member, current member of the Ohio Recreation Therapy Association (ORTA) and the American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA).
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Co-Presenter/panelists
Jamie Sympson, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Credentials
CTRS- Specialization in Behavioral Health
Email Address
Biographical Information
Jamie Sympson is a graduate of the University of Toledo and holds a bachelor’s degree in Recreational Therapy. Jamie has received her specialization designation in Behavioral Health for her field as of 2021. Jamie has worked at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH) for nearly 5 years in behavioral health and chronic pain settings. Jamie currently works as the Clinical Leader for Clinical Therapies Behavioral Health located at NCH in which she directly supervises Occupational Therapy (OT), Speech Language Pathology (SLP) and Therapeutic Recreation (TR) team members. Jamie directly manages team members and supports program development within the inpatient pediatric behavioral health units, the Child and Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program, the Eating Disorder Clinic, the Early Childhood Mental Health clinic, and the Intensive Pain Rehabilitation and Education Program (IPREP). Jamie is a member of the Ohio Recreation Therapy Association (ORTA) and the American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA) as well as an affiliate member of the Ohio Occupational Therapy Association (OOTA) and the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association (OSHLA).