Domestic violence and addiction recovery are similar in that they both can cause occupational deprivation and a loss of occupational identity (Javaherian, 2006; Steward & Fischer, 2015). This doctoral capstone experience took place at a Midwestern domestic violence shelter that also houses a women's recovery program. Through a needs assessment, it was determined that the organization as well as the populations served would benefit from the
development of a life skills group program to teach skills to increase confidence and independence in living outside of the shelter. This group program was developed and the effectiveness of the groups and continuous quality improvement were found using an anonymous post-group survey. The survey consisted of four Likert scale questions to measure the effectiveness and three open ended questions to ensure quality improvement. Based on the participants' responses, the groups were shown to be effective through the comparison of average scores of knowledge and confidence with the topics before the groups and after the groups.

Creator

• Mokol, Emily Nicole

Contributors

• McGann, Taylor

Publisher

• University of Indianapolis

Language

• en

Identifier

• Mokol.E.OTD.2019.pdf

Keyword

• Occupational Therapy

Date created

• 2019-5

Resource type

• Dissertation

Source

• S48

Rights statement

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