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Date: | Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:38:15 -0500 |
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Tina: Please refer this mother NOW to an Occupational Therapist! There is
so much that the therapist could help her with. OTs focus on helping a
person maximize their abilities within their particular lifestyle.
Most of you know that my daughter graduated with her Doctorate in
Occupational Therapy last year (I unashamedly brag about her, much to her
embarrassment!), so I have become much more aware of how an OT can help in
any life situation. My daughter and I were just talking about the subject
of parents (mothers or fathers) with disabilities and she was telling me
that this is an untapped area - there's not a lot of attention or research
being done. I was asked by one of her professors at Washington University,
St. Louis to teach the lab session on parents with disabilities when I went
down to hear Rachel present her dissertation last spring. Wash U. is one
of the few schools to include parents with disabilities in their
curriculum. I think I learned as much as the 1st year students did. They
were shown a video of a mother with severe CP (Cerebral Palsy) diapering
her 5 month old baby. It took the mother almost 15 minutes, but it was
wonderful to see the co-operation and interaction between the mother and
her baby. And the mother did it herself with no assistance. The students
were very interested in this area and all of them told me that hadn't even
thought about how a parent with disabilities is able to care for a
baby/young child. There was another video showing how parents managed with
toddlers or preschoolers.
If you are going to be involved in the care of this mother and her baby, it
would be a wonderful learning experience to go with this mother to see the
therapist, if the mom is agreeable.
Good Luck with this mom.
Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,IBCLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL USA
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