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The study doesn’t just look at statistics; it uses a feminist phenomenological approach.
This means it prioritizes the lived experience and the “first-person” perspective of the women, acknowledging that their bodies are not just medical subjects but sites where gender and disability intersect.
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The following summary was prepared by the Millennium Nucleus DISCA and is based solely on the publication. Therefore, it cannot be used for citations or references.
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This book gives occupational therapy students, science students, and practitioners a comprehensive overview of key concepts about human occupation, while also presenting a wide range of perspectives for observing and understanding the work of occupational therapy and occupational science.
The book is composed of 40 chapters and is divided into 5 sections:
Section 1: Overview of Human Occupation. This section introduces the field of occupational therapy and its conceptual landscape, including different models of therapeutic practice and practical reasoning.
Section 2: Contemporary Perspectives on Human Occupation. Includes critical perspectives on disability and race, and the philosophical foundations of occupational science.
Section 3: Main Concepts. Explanations of the conceptual language of human occupation, through discussions linked to the individual, the social, the psychological, the physical, performance, and the environment.
Section 4: Human Occupation throughout the lifespan and its course. It encompasses the development of human occupation from childhood to old age.
Section 5: Domains and Types of Human Occupation. From sleep to play, from sexuality to social participation, and from education to work.
With an exceptionally international scope, each chapter of this edited book includes learning objectives, key terms, summary notes, questions, and a list of additional online resources for readers. This is a comprehensive resource for anyone beginning a course in occupational therapy, clinicians seeking an accessible reference to support their practice, or occupational scientists needing access to contemporary concepts related to occupation.
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The following summary was translated by the Millennium Nucleus DISCA and is based exclusively on the summary of the book “Human Occupation: Contemporary Concepts and Lifespan Perspectives.” Therefore, it cannot be used for citations or references. The text “Participation and (Human) Occupation” corresponds to Chapter 16 of the book.
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The BENDI study (Battery for Neuropsychological Assessment in Intellectual Disability) presents a new digital tool designed to overcome the limitations of traditional tests in the assessment of infants with Down Syndrome.
He focused on developing a battery mediated by digital technology that allows exploring key cognitive domains through the concept of stealth assessment, in which children with Down syndrome can perceive the assessment as a game.
Sixty-eight children with Down syndrome were evaluated from 20 months to 12 years of age.
Four tasks were tested, which were provided as a game-like experience.
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The following summary was prepared by the Millennium Nucleus DISCA and is based exclusively on the publication. Therefore, it cannot be used for citations or references.
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This article highlights the importance of relationships, decision-making processes, and access to information in reducing stress in post-pandemic scenarios for organizations that traditionally manage crises.
Due to COVID-19, human service organizations faced extraordinary challenges.
The objective of this article is to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on work stress and the role of inclusion among workers in social service organizations in Chile during the pandemic.
The sample consisted of 173 workers from civil society organizations who were contacted during the pandemic.
The study’s hypothesis confirmed that people most affected by the pandemic experience higher levels of work-related stress.
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The following summary was prepared by the Millennium Nucleus DISCA and is based exclusively on the publication. Therefore, it cannot be used for citations or references.
Routledge Handbook of Mental Health Law
Edited By Brendan D. Kelly, Mary Donnelly
Mental health law is a rapidly evolving area of practice and research, with growing global dimensions. This work reflects the increasing importance of this field, critically discussing key issues of controversy and debate, and providing up-to-date analysis of cutting-edge developments in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Australia.
This is a timely moment for this book to appear. The United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) sought to transform the landscape in which mental health law is developed and implemented. This Convention, along with other developments, has, to varying degrees, informed sweeping legislative reforms in many countries around the world. These and other developments are discussed here. Contributors come from a wide range of countries and a variety of academic backgrounds including ethics, law, philosophy, psychiatry, and psychology. Some contributions are also informed by lived experience, whether in person or as family members. The result is a rich, polyphonic, and sometimes discordant account of what mental health law is and what it might be.
The Handbook is aimed at mental health scholars and practitioners as well as students of law, human rights, disability studies, and psychiatry, and campaigners and law- and policy-makers.
Within this publication, the chapter “Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru: Mental Health Law and Legal Capacity” by Pablo Marshall is included.
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This publication is a book chapter and is not free to access. Is only available for purchase through Routledge.
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Laws are being amended and new developments in health legislation are being introduced, but solutions are needed due to the problems it presents.
Law 21.331 presents legislative innovations in Mental Health, including health legislation considering children and adolescents.
It is important to consider the human rights of children and adolescents in relation to mental health.
Law 20.584 regulates the rights and duties of individuals in their health care.
Informed consent for health procedures and treatments needs solutions in the reform of the Law.
Children and adolescents are affected by the new regulation of the Law on informed consent.
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The following summary was prepared by the Millennium Nucleus DISCA and is based exclusively on the publication. Therefore, it cannot be used for citations or references.
This article, published in Frontiers in Psychology, presents important findings on reading acquisition in Chilean children with Down syndrome.
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This study explores the performance of 42 Chilean children with Down syndrome on a set of reading precursors (phonological awareness, visual recognition, vocabulary, letter knowledge, and verbal reasoning). The age of these children ranges from 6 to 11 years.
23 participants attended special schools and 19 attended regular schools. The analysis led to reflection on the transformations that should be considered when designing educational programs aimed at reading instruction for children with Down syndrome.
The results suggest that children with Down syndrome exhibit a significant improvement in performance after the age of 7, based on the differences found among the three age groups compared in this study.
There is a general delay in reading precursors within the group, indicating that children with Down syndrome require even more time to strengthen these skills and, thereby, progress in the formal process of learning to read.
The results obtained also suggest that the reading skills of a group of Spanish-speaking children with Down syndrome are sensitive to change and improve with age.
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The following summary was prepared by Núcleo Milenio DISCA and is based exclusively on the original publication. Therefore, it should not be used for citations or references.