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Hospital-Based TR for Patients with Intellectual Disability/Autism Spectrum Disorder: Interventions and Implications
Session Description/Research Abstract
In our presentation, we will discuss various considerations of caring for individuals with Intellectual Disability/Autism Spectrum Disorder in the inpatient psychiatry and emergency psychiatry hospital settings, including specific TR interventions and treatment techniques. Interventions and techniques discussed will cover a broad range of various intellectual levels of functioning, discussing barriers to treatment and varying treatment goals within hospital care. Additionally, the presentation will discuss various implications of caring for these patients on the long-term basis in the hospital setting from a TR perspective, including but not limited to multi-disciplinary team dynamics, environmental/behavioral modification, discharge planning/community re-integration for group home placement from the hospital setting and the overall role of the TR professional in hospital care for this population.
Learning Outcomes
Identify at least three hospital-based Therapeutic Recreation interventions within the five realms of wellness for patients with Intellectual Disability/ASD.
Recognize two environmental or behavioral barriers to hospital-based Therapeutic Recreation for this population and formulate strategies to overcome these barriers.
Identify at least three community re-integration interventions to prepare patients for discharge to various settings.
Population/Setting:
Other
CEUs:
0.15
Primary Presenter
Eberardo Burgos, CTRS, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Credentials
CTRS
Biographical Information
Eberardo Burgos is the CTRS for the inpatient psychiatric ward at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Eberardo received his B.S degree in Therapeutic Recreation at Lehman College. Eberardo completed his therapeutic recreation internship at the James J Peters Veterans Affair Medical Center, where he worked with a variety of populations such as mental health, spinal cord injury, substance abuse, and the elderly. Eberardo is the only CTRS working in the inpatient psychiatric ward at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Eberardo has used many therapeutic recreation interventions to improve the quality of life of his patients such as inpatient sports, adaptive video gaming, leisure educating and counseling, pet therapy, exercise/physical fitness, guided imagery meditation, and much more. Eberardo takes great pride in maximizing his patients health, well-being, and quality of life.
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Co-Presenter/panelists
Marisa Lobelson, CTRS, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Credentials
CTRS
Email Address
Biographical Information
Marisa Lobelson is a CTRS who attended the State University of New York at Cortland, graduating with a B.S. in Therapeutic Recreation. She completed her internship in inpatient adult psychiatry at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in 2017, focusing on Leisure Counseling in the inpatient setting, as well as receiving exposure to the use of diversional TR intervention in the psychiatric emergency room setting. After acquiring her CTRS, Marisa worked in inpatient child psychiatry for the New York State Office of Mental Health, implementing both group and individual Therapeutic Recreation intervention for adolescent patients. Following this, Marisa returned to NewYork-Presbyterian/CUIMC, where she assumed the role of the first full time rehabilitation therapy staff working in the CPEP (Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program) in the Adult Emergency Department. In the CPEP, she is continually exploring the implications for the use of TR in the emergency room setting in order to increase quality care and the right to leisure in behavioral health crisis care. Marisa is passionate about the field of TR and the role of leisure in the treatment of mental health conditions, having witnessed the powerful role that leisure can have in the lives of those with mental health conditions as a means of finding hope in the future, promoting self-esteem/self-concept and increasing resiliency. In her own leisure time, Marisa enjoys watercolor painting, knitting, writing and skiing.