Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disabilities, and Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia
After studying Module 5: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss the following:
Reflect on your experience creating a treatment plan for a toddler, school-aged child, or adolescent with autism or an intellectual disability.
- Describe the clinical situation in detail. (Who was it, when did it happen, what happened, what caused it to happen, where did it happen, how did it happen). What feelings, prejudices, and biases did you experience during your clinical experience?
- How did you manage your anxieties, feelings, prejudices, and biases?
- What assumptions did you make about people with mental illness?
- What awareness did you develop during your clinical experience?
- Describe how you changed because of your clinical experience?
- Describe how this clinical situation will impact your advanced nursing practice?
- Use DIEP Model as a guide
