Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) focus on the client’s self-care abilities, such as grooming and hygiene, preparing meals, and using public transport. This training provided tools to assist in evaluating the extent to which the clients have knowledge and skills to participate in activities independent of supervision or direction. It provides information on key aspects of ADLs and how to integrate this information into the four areas of functioning for clients that you work with. We focus the session on biopsychosocial factors that affect ADL care and provide recommendations for enhancing capacity to engage in personal care. Life skills are certain skills that are helpful for the recovery process as individuals take what they learn in mental health treatment into their daily lives. They’re proven techniques that can help in managing mental health symptoms and improving a person’s chance at obtaining lasting mental health healing and recovery.
Learning Objectives:
- Use modeling techniques to help clients understand, remember, or apply information
- Demonstrate social techniques to Interact with others
- Apply goals setting techniques with clients to adapt or manage their day-to-day activities such as hygiene, money management, cleaning, medication adherence, etc.