Required Materials for a Treatment Plan

Posted: November 8th, 2023

Required Materials for a Treatment Plan

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Required Materials for a Treatment Plan

ABA therapy for young patients has vast applications, resulting in a diverse range of materials that can be adopted for an ABA therapy treatment plan. Resources selected are dependent on where the ABA therapy is provided. For instance, Alsayedhassan et al. (2018, p. 211) assert that Picture Exchange Communication Systems (PECS) is one of the alternative communication methods applied by parents and therapists to enhance the functional communication skills of the child patient with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The system allows the healthcare practitioner to employ pictures and other relevant symbols in the treatment plan.

A psychologist can use telecommunication technologies like a laptop or computer to implement blended care in ABA. The healthcare approach entails a mixture of in-person treatment and virtual interviews, meaning the use of computer systems to facilitate patient-clinician interactions (Toonders et al., 2021). Blended care benefits from visual tools that allow a healthcare practitioner and a patient to work together during the diagnosis. For example, Quenza invites a patient to fill in a digital questionnaire (Ackerman, 2017). I believe that it is essential to use resources that allow clients to participate actively in the mental health treatment plan. Quenza provides such an opportunity. However, I do acknowledge that health learning takes place in different ways.

It is critical to have diverse visuals for online training to cater to patients’ different ABA learning needs. The objective of using visuals is to improve comprehension in them. The pursuit of understanding is the reason why I will employ screenshots to complement texts in explaining step-by-step processes. The graphic images can help to summarize long paragraphs. The approach saves time by visualizing what a patient should be reading. Another visual digital tool that I intend to use is annotations. According to Sweetman (2021), it allows patients to scribble notes and comments on the side of presentation slides. Annotations promise to make power-point content more interactive. I can use the visual to ask patients to point out concepts or instructions that they do not understand.

Virtual hand-raising is the last tool I intend to integrate into my treatment plan. With the implementation of blended care, it is anticipated that a patient and a healthcare practitioner will engage in frequent virtual interviews. The virtual hand-raising tool allows clients to make inquiries and suggestions instantaneously when talking with a psychologist (Sweetman, 2021). A patient can use the tool to ask the healthcare practitioner for more information or to retell a point to improve their understanding. The virtual hand-raising visual can help to transform the assessment process into an in-person classroom. As a result, patients will be open to providing critical information on their diagnosis. The collected data is applied to personalize treatment approaches.

Peer Response

            The post on the proposed approach to a mental health treatment plan is brief and informative. It becomes more interesting and valuable because it includes the participation of the patient’s parents and a Registered Behaviour Technician (RBT). In my opinion, a treatment plan with more than two active parties feels complex. Nevertheless, I concur with the author’s use of a laptop and smartphone technology as data collection tools in the treatment plan. Telecommunication technologies can grant the patient access to various visual tools online. The selection of picture schedules is highly creative and can help to establish an external structure for a patient, such as what to expect. A healthcare practitioner can use the tool to provide information on the list of activities to be done during the day. The heightened awareness would calm a client, resulting in a more successful patient-clinician interaction.

References

Ackerman, C. E. (2017, October 26). Mental health treatment plans: Templates, goals, and objectives. Positive Psychology. https://positivepsychology.com/mental-health-treatment-plans/#examples-mental-health-plan

Alsayedhassan, B., Lee, J., Banda, D. R., Kim, Y., & Griffin-Shirley, N. (2021). Practitioners’ perceptions of the picture exchange communication system for children with autism. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43(2), 211–216. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1620878

Sweetman, D. S. (2021). Making virtual learning engaging and interactive. FASEB BioAdvances, 3(1), 11–19. https://doi.org/10.1096/fba.2020-00084

Toonders, S. A. J., Poolman, E. Y., Nieboer, M. E., Pisters, M. F. & Veenhof, C. (2021). Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on a blended care program in primary care; A qualitative study. Internet Interventions, 26, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2021.100440