The Lafayette Family YMCA established a community partnership with Franciscan Health and the two organizations are a part of a building that offers services from both organizations. The purposes of this doctoral capstone were: 1) To help build the relationship between Franciscan Health and the Lafayette Family YMCA and, 2) Provide education to community organizations on the sensory systems. To obtain an understanding of the needs of Franciscan Health and the Lafayette Family YMCA, a needs assessment took place, which consisted of qualitative interviews, observations, and surveys. Based on the results from the needs assessment, the implementation phase of the project involved giving presentations on the sensory systems to multiple community organizations, developing a YMCA exercise class guide for Franciscan Health therapists, leading tours of Franciscan Health for YMCA staff, and developing an outline for a sensory friendly program for the YMCA. Overall, the completed projects had a positive outcome. The presentations on the sensory systems received excellent feedback. The YMCA exercise guide was helpful for therapists to reference. The YMCA staff learned about the services Franciscan Health offers through attending tours, and the sensory friendly program outline provided a starting point for creating a sensory friendly event at the YMCA in the future.Dissemination of the doctoral capstone outcomes occurred with both Franciscan Health and Lafayette Family YMCA staff. Ongoing quality improvement will continue to occur after the completion of the doctoral capstone.

Creator

• Mahoney, Madeline

Contributors

• Fogo, Jennifer

Publisher

• University of Indianapolis

Language

• en

Identifier

• Mahoney.M.OTD2019.pdf

Keyword

• Occupational Therapy

Date created

• 2019-05

Resource type

• Dissertation

Source

• S43

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/