Exploring staff training to improve neurodivergent young adult outcomes in independent living skills through an occupational therapy lens

This quality improvement capstone explores Mansfield Hall staff training to improve neurodivergent young adult outcomes in independent activities of daily living. 82.3% of staff use personal experience or received no training in how to teach cleaning skills to neurodivergent young adults. 5 trainings were created and guided by a needs survey and the Cognitive Orientation to Occupational Performance (CO-OP) model. The CO-OP model is a verbal task oriented problem solving approach that improves occupational performance. Staff completed pre and post surveys before the training then 4 weeks after the training. The capstone results are pending.