Mr. Menikheim has also included this great example
of a therapeutic group for a Military Support Guidance Program.
This service was an adaptation of the Teaching - Family Model
of therapeutic group home programming with some elements of child welfare intensive family preservation services.
Congregate Care Rightsizing and Redesign: Young Children, Voluntary Placements and a Profile
of Therapeutic Group Homes (PDF - 534 KB) Connecticut Department of Children and Families (2011) Provides an overview of congregate care in Connecticut, describes levers of change in four practice areas, profiles younger children in care, and discusses the challenges to providing services.
Infant Jesus of Prague School, Flossmoor • IL 2005 — 2005 Clerkship Co-leader
of therapeutic group with adolescent girls.
This open acknowledgment of the moral context
of the therapeutic group enabled the group to function in relationship to the individual somewhat like a small congregation or Methodist class meeting.
In the United States the lay - led groups have the nature
of therapeutic groups.
Led or co-led a variety
of therapeutic groups addressing topics that included substance abuse, self - injurious behavior, family dynamics, and impulsive behaviors.
Led a variety
of therapeutic groups addressing topics that include substance abuse, self - injury, and impulsive behaviors.
There are many different types
of therapeutic groups, but most therapy groups can be divided into two main approaches.
Based on years of working with children in a variety
of therapeutic groups, the RCH Mental Health Program produced a professional resource on «The Therapeutic Use of Games in Group work - When to use them, Why to use them and How to use them.»
Not exact matches
Other charities that have benefited from the organization include healthcare outsourcing platform Watsi; The Water Project; the Electronic Frontier Foundation digital - rights activism
group; MAPS, an organization that studies
therapeutic uses
of psychedelic drugs and marijuana; the medical nonprofit SENS Research Foundation; and charity: water.
If AA could combine its amazing program
of social therapy with psycho
therapeutic insights and techniques, particularly
group therapy, an approach to alcoholism with maximum effectiveness might be produced.
The internist is equipped to treat the physiological problems and administer Antabuse; the psychologist is trained to do testing through which the alcoholic's
therapeutic needs can be evaluated, and he may be trained to do research and psychotherapy; the psychiatrist, being a medical doctor like the internist, can prescribe medication, but his unique skills are in the area
of individual and
group therapy and their relationship to drug therapies; the social worker may be trained to help the alcoholic work through his marital and vocational problems and do
group as well as individual therapy; the social worker may also work with spouses; the pastoral counselor is specially equipped by training to help the alcoholic with his «spiritual» problems as these relate to his sobriety and his interpersonal relationships; he may also be trained to do
group and marital counseling; 40.
Here was the first pioneering attempt to treat alcoholism with a combination
of individual and
group therapy, the first attempt to combine the resources
of depth psychology and religion in a systematic
therapeutic endeavor.
But Lifton believes that from the inception
of the
groups, it was clear to most
of those who participated that the «political - ethical and psychological -
therapeutic components were inseparable.»
Therapeutic and disruptive effects
of small
groups, study, Bible, prayer, etc..
The
therapeutic process will ordinarily be less intense (and therefore more easily used constructively) if one or more
of the following changes are made: (a) The size
of the
group is increased.
The leader
of such a
group must be highly skilled in order to help the
group per se become a
therapeutic agent and to minimize the following dangers: (a) Transference distortions.
These ground rules represent a practical way
of modifying orthodox
group psychotherapy rendering it less hazardous without losing the
therapeutic values
of honest discussion
of personal feelings.
In fact, they may be more
therapeutic than many «therapy
groups» simply because they have a center outside themselves and a goal which is more inclusive than simply the growth
of their members.
This comparison
of two adult classes in the same midwestern church illustrates the distinction between
therapeutic and non-
therapeutic groups:
Self - help
groups (many
of which are modeled on Alcoholics Anonymous) represent one
of the most hopeful developments in the whole field
of contemporary
therapeutic groups.
Since the sharing
group as we have described it centers on a sharing
of feelings, the emphasis is more
therapeutic than it is educational.
Indeed, the first distinguishing characteristic
of the sharing
group is that it combines the
therapeutic with the educational.
And one
of the greatest preachers America has produced pooh - poohed the traditional role
of preaching, redefining it in more acceptable
therapeutic terms as «personal counseling on a
group scale.»
Many still join
therapeutic groups led by disciples
of Thomas Harris.
For example, such things as life adjustment counseling; community social action; marriage and family life education and counseling; social, religious, and
therapeutic group experiences; and the after - care
of patients by means
of a supporting, redemptive fellowship contribute to positive mental health.
Delineate some
of the unique contributions
of clergymen and religious
groups to mental health action on both the
therapeutic and preventive - educational fronts.
Whether they became so via previous
therapeutic or growth experiences or as a result
of having «chosen their parents well,» they invariably help a
group develop a growth climate.
Instead
of trying to slap something together and get back to working or couch - flopping, I put some music on (we just watched True Detective and right now I am LOVING The Handsome Family, the
group that sings the theme song), rolled up my sleeves, and had a much - needed and very
therapeutic two - hour zone - out while I put it all together.
For
groups, I offer a six - week
therapeutic processing
group for traumatic birth experiences (this
group, called The Mothers Circle, is offered in partnership with Alicia Poldino
of Utah Prenatal Yoga).
The efficacy
of centrally produced ready - to - use
therapeutic food (RUTF - C) or locally prepared RUTF (RUTF - L) for home - based management
of uncomplicated SAM was compared with micronutrient - enriched, energy - dense home - prepared foods (A-HPF, the comparison
group).
This
therapeutic support
group explores the emotional journey
of parenting a child with a chronic condition.
The Forum on Human Germline Interventions, organized by AAAS, convened a multi-disciplinary
group of scientists, ethicists, and theologians to participate in discussions regarding scientific freedom and responsibility issues; the history and status
of religious involvement; ethical and theological issues;
therapeutic vs. enhancement applications; and setting policy and developing guidelines on human germline research and applications.
A research
group headed by Gustavo Turecki, professor
of psychiatry at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, recently used the platform to show that miRNAs can be used as prognostic markers for
therapeutic responses to an antidepressant medication in patients with major depressive disorder (3).
For now, Rashid's
group has a list
of candidate
therapeutic drugs that they'll test in their new liver disease models, something that may still prove useful to patients.
«Against the background
of these findings, we can, for example identify possible risk
groups and develop new
therapeutic approaches,» adds Dr. Christian Gieger (HMGU).
The possibilities arising from
therapeutic cloning are creating hope for millions
of people who are seriously ill — for example, Alzheimer's patients, just to mention one
group.
Researchers from the «Angiogenesis signaling pathways» research
group of the Institute
of Biomedical Investigation
of Bellvitge (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Mariona Graupera, have unveiled the potential
therapeutic benefit
of a selective inhibitior
of the PI3 - kinase (PI3K) protein in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs).
The work published in Cancer Cell complements previous research efforts from the CNIO Melanoma
Group, which could lead to the development
of novel drugs that selectively target the mechanism
of cell autodigestion as a potential
therapeutic strategy.
In the study published in the journal Science Signaling, the team led by LLuís Espinosa, investigator
of IMIM's research
group into stem cells and cancer, have shown that inhibition
of endosomal activity is a potential
therapeutic strategy for the treatment
of cancers with the BRAF mutated gene.
University
of Calgary researchers including Luchman, Weiss and Dr. Greg Cairncross — director
of SACRI, and leader
of the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) «
Therapeutic Targeting
of Glioblastoma research program at the university — are now working with cancer researchers Dr. Warren Mason (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto) and Dr. Lesley Seymour (Director
of the NCIC Clinical Trials
Group's Investigational New Drug Program), and drug manufacturer AstraZeneca, to plan a clinical trial testing a similar, but newer, drug related to AZD8055 (called AZD2014), in combination with TMZ, in patients with glioblastoma.
A
group of really brainy scientists have moved closer to growing «
therapeutic» brain cells in the laboratory that can be re-integrated back into patients» brains to treat a wide range
of neurological conditions.
After a successful postdoc at the Ontario Cancer Institute, where he developed a proprietary platform for the discovery
of novel cancer
therapeutic agents, Bray was asked to join the former Amgen Research Institute in Toronto (now called the Advanced Medical Discovery Institute and no longer part
of the parent company) as the head
of their quantitative biology
group and act as liaison to Amgen Inc. in California.
This wireless — fully wearable — neuroprosthetic interface essentially decodes brain signals about walking and stimulates the spinal cord to contract the correct
group of leg muscles to enact the intended walking movements — without any
therapeutic training.
The study, led by ISGlobal — a centre supported by the «la Caixa» Foundation — and published in Scientific Reports, indicates that this enzyme could represent a selective
therapeutic target against this broad
group of parasites.
The authors conclude that recurrence
of an atrial tachyarrhythmia was frequent in both
groups, and that when offering ablation as a
therapeutic option to patients with paroxysmal AF who have not previously received antiarrhythmic drugs, the risks and benefits need to be discussed and treatment strategy individually recommended.
Half
of the patients in the body cooling treatment
group received
therapeutic hypothermia through special cooling blankets.
The authors, who are now planning to begin clinical trials based on this study, state that the three enzymes can be promising
therapeutic targets for a diverse and broad
group of DLBCL patients.
The one developed by Zhang and his team, including Ph.D. student Inga Haedicke, U
of T Assistant Professor Hai - Ling Margaret Cheng and two research
groups (Dr. Timothy Scholl and Dr. Paula Foster) from Western University, can improve monitoring at the cellular level, which is a crucial element in measuring the effectiveness
of stem and
therapeutic cell treatments.