Participant Outcomes and Facilitator Experiences Following a Community Living Skills Program for Adult Mental Health Consumers

Abstract

Outcomes from participating in a six-week small-group living skills program, periodically implemented over two years with twelve adult mental health consumers, are reported as a case study. Occupational therapy and recovery-oriented approaches underpinned the development and implementation of the program thus it was important that outcome measures aligned with these perspectives. Data were gathered pre and post program using the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) and the Life Skills Profile-16 (LSP-16) in each iteration of the program. Two occupational therapy program facilitators were interviewed about their experience of running the program and using these measurement tools. COPM occupational performance (p = 0.001) and COPM satisfaction (p = 0.004) scores indicated significant change at post-program whereas the LSP-16 total and subscale scores did not (p = 0.132 for total scores). Facilitator insights into the experience of implementing the living skills program and the perceived alignment of the COPM and LSP-16 with recovery-oriented practice are reported.

Family psychoeducation in schizophrenia and schizophrenia related disorder, treatment compliance, and suicidal risk reduction: questions about their relationship from a naturalistic observation

“…The LSP is a reference questionnaire ( 22 ) designed to assess patient functioning. It is widely used and exists in several versions with more or less items [LSP39, LSP20 ( 23 , 24 ), LSP16 ( 25 – 27 )]. The questionnaire is written in everyday language and is designed to enable caregivers to assess the patient’s functioning without any specific training.…”