In this entry I am going to talk about a few online communities in relation to topic from my placement at Child and adolescent mental health services. I spent four weeks assisting an occupational therapist in a child and adolescent mental health care unit at Tauranga Hospital. The tpoic I will talk about is the social interaction between children. These are three online communities that would relate to my time spent there and help me understand the tasks I was undergoing much better.
- Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/
- Equine Therapy: riding for the disabled - http://www.rda.org.nz/
- Blogspot - http://www.blogspot.com/
Facebook
Facebook is a large online social network that is worldwide. As of January 2011, it has over 600 million active nusers. This online community allows you to create your own profile, add other users as friends and excahnge messages including automatic messages when their profiles are updated. It is extremely interactive, allowing people to make their profiles and contribute ideas and interests. Additionally, the users can join common interest groups and connect with others with similar interests. I found this an interesting site in respect to CAMHS, as a lot, if not all, the clients used this site to connect with their friends, family etc. Being a facebook user myself, it helped me to understand the social standing of the kids I was working with. The ethical issue that can arise from facebook, is that anyone can send mssages or post on anyones pages, which can mean that some people may get messages or have comments posted on their public page that they dont want there.
Equine therapy: Riding for the Disabled
Riding for the disabled (RDA), is a therapeutic nteraction with horses in order to develop increased ability and self esteem for children with physucal and inteleectual difficulties. This website goes over how equine therapy helps to work with the children and how it can beneift them. Its not very interactive, as its mainly an informational site for people to refer to. I found this a useful website to refer to, as on my placement at CAMHS, I attended an RDA with a few of my clients, and understanding how it helps is a useful tool in this situation. This was one of many therapeutic activities that were used in this setting.
Blogspot
Blogger is a website where you can create your own blog and write about whatever you desire. People create blogs to write demonstrations and tutorials, write about their own lives, or create stories and explore their own imaginations. Blogger is very interactive, where people can make their own blogs, contribute ideas and information and interact with other peoples blogs. I found blogger and interesting website in terms of CAMHS as they are encouraged to explore their own lives, and I think Blogger wold be a good place to do so, as it allows you to create insight and understand things better when great thought is put into it.
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