CACHE Digital Archive
CACHE Digital Archive (College Academic and Historical Experience) is a digital platform that collects, preserves, and distributes digital material. The Kalamazoo College Archives contains a broad range of materials on the 185-year history of Kalamazoo College, including administrative records, biographical files, publications, scrapbooks, photographs, and more.
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Item A Review of Self-Concept and Its Implications for Institutional Treatment of Children and Adolescents(1983-11-01)From my experiences a Pheasant Ridge Center (PRC), a division of the Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital, a treatment facility, the majority of child admissions are not voluntary, despite the term used on the admission forms. Child admissions are usually done by parents or county mental health workers. The child has no input in the matter because of his minor status Usually the admission takes place to protect the child from an unsafe or unhealthy home environment. In other cases, the parent or guardian, for one reason or another, is unable to control or c0mmunicate with the child. But, only in rare cases, does the child choose directly to be removed. As a result, the child often voices feelings of guilt or blame for being institutionalized. It is often seen as a punishment in the eyes of children. They serve their time and then move on, be it to a foster home setting, another institution, or in the case of the lucky few, back home.Item The Individual Among Others : a Perspective on the Sources of Behavior(1977-11-01)My central thesis in this paper is a model of man, derived from my experience of these past several years and formulated in the language of the pertinent research. As I look through the eyes of that model, I doubt the methods and intentions which comprise the present main stream of our psychology. Yet, let me be clear, I do not mean to stand as a salesman for any one view, rather to present a plausible hypothesis and an indication of some of its implications to the audience of my peers and superiors for their critical examination. Philosophy has often been characterized as "the search for truth. 11 Psychology, I believe, must be concerned with the reciprocal question. Not, how may we determine what is real, but how is it possible that we do already know what is real? What accounts for the disagreement, the diversity of opinions among men, for it is in that diversity that humanity is defined. This paper is my attempt to sketch an answer to these questions.Item A Discussion of Occupational Therapy as it Accomplishes the Basic Principles of Reality Therapy in the Treatment of Adolescent Behavior Disorders(1977-11-01)This paper results from a work experience in occupational therapy at the Kalamazoo State Hospital Children's Unit, an institutional treatment facility for emotionally disturbed adolescents. As this was my first experience of this kind, a great deal was learned about the adolescent period and its problems, about emotional disorders in general, and especially about the practice of occupational therapy. Throughout my experience, it was evident that many of the adolescents showed the same types of acting-out characteristics and were being approached with the same treatment objectives. Responsibility for their own behavior, developing communication skills, and problem-solving skills, were all common concerns. It became apparent that many of the principles of Reality Therapy were being used with these types of adolescents. I became interested in how Reality Therapy treats these adolescents, and as I did, I began to see many parallels between what occupational therapy objectives were and those of the Reality Therapy approach. I saw that the unique setting of occupational therapy was in fact accomplishing many of the Reality Therapy principles. Thus, I decided to explore the therapeutic functions of occupational therapy to see where Reality Therapy principles were being applied in treatment of acting-out adolescents. This paper first presents the exploration of adolescent characteristics in the unsocialized aggressive reaction and other related disorders. Next it discusses Reality Therapy principles and practice, and finally, occupational therapy functions are explored as they provide for a therapeutic environment achieving the basic principles of Reality Therapy. These principles are clarified using examples from the occupational therapy setting at the Kalamazoo State Hospital.Item Project 40 : a Study of 40 New Students at Kalamazoo College, 1968-69(1978-11-01)At Kalamazoo College, Conrad Hilberry, a professor of English, had previously taught a survey course to a group of freshmen who lived in the same section of a dormitory. The living space had sometimes been used as a classroom area, with the teacher coming to the students rather than meeting them in a classroom. However, no detailed study was done to see what effects this academic living experience may have had on these students. Dr. Hilberry's program had broken good ground. Our idea that a group of Kalamazoo College freshmen living in close proximity and enrolling in the same courses was met not only with the approval, but the enthusiastic support of the College administration. The Dean of Academic Affairs and the Dean of Student Affairs were helpful in identifying courses with large enrollments that would allow us a good choice of students and in arranging housing to bring these students together as much as possible. Their cooperation also made it possible to have special arrangements for faculty and dormitory counselors for these students. We wanted to create a peer group by placing people with shared interests in close proximity to each other. We hoped this group would become a sub-community of the College that would express its differences in some as yet unknown ways. We also hoped it would be an exciting and enjoyable group to be a part of, that would lead to a Senior Independent Project which was both fun and rewarding.Item The Psychological and Legal Implications of Mental Illness(1978-11-01)There are approximately 23,000,000 people in the United States to which the label "mentally ill" or "disturbed" has been attached. Because of this label these individuals have been affected in various ways. Historically, individuals labelled as "mentally ill" have been tortured, persecuted and executed. Today, individuals labelled as "mentally ill" may find that they are shunned or ignored because of this label. They may find many of their rights being violated because of this label.
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