Poster Session
Issue Date: August 01, 2019
Published Online: November 15, 2019
Updated: November 26, 2019
Milieu Staff Perceptions of Role and Commitment to Adolescents in a Residential Treatment Facility (RTF)
Amy Lynch, PhD, OTR/L, SCFIS; TBRI Educator; Bethany Hepp, PhD
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Towson University, Towson, MD, USA
Article Information
Evidence-Based Practice / Education of OTs and OTAs / Mental Health / Pediatric Evaluation and Intervention / Health Services Research and Education
Poster Session   |   August 01, 2019
Milieu Staff Perceptions of Role and Commitment to Adolescents in a Residential Treatment Facility (RTF)
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2019, Vol. 73, 7311510227. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2019.73S1-PO1028
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2019, Vol. 73, 7311510227. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2019.73S1-PO1028
Abstract

Date Presented 04/04/19

Existing research suggests that better outcomes of children in temporary placements occur when proxy caregivers exhibit commitment toward children in their care and presence of a consistent relationship exists. The purpose of this poster is to present findings of a mixed-methodology study exploring the perceptions of RTF caregivers’ in their occupation.

Primary Author and Speaker: Amy Lynch

Additional Authors and Speakers: Bethany Hepp