Occupational Therapy category: 321 books
Developmental Disabilities
A Handbook for Occupational Therapists
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This significant volume provides broad coverage of the spectrum of problems confronted by patients with developmental disabilities and the many kinds of occupational therapy services these individuals need. Experts identify exemplary institutional and community service programs for treating patients...
Empowering Therapeutic Practice
Integrating Psychodrama into other Therapies
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
This book explores the exciting areas of overlap between psychodrama and other therapeutic schools and presents opportunities for their creative interaction and integration.
Psychodramatists, to varying degrees, integrate the ideas and philosophies of other forms of psychotherapy into their...
Movement Sciences
Transfer of Knowledge into Pediatric Therapy Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Discover new perspectives and recent research findings to apply to the children and families on your caseload
With Movement Sciences: Transfer of Knowledge into Pediatric Therapy Practice, you will explore the motor control, learning, and development of children with movement disorders, allowing...
Visual Attention in Children
Theories and Activities
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
In typical child development, attention controls many aspects of learning, including memory, motor control, and problem solving. Attention organizes the constant influx of information that needs to be absorbed by children. Inside Visual Attention in Children: Theories and Activities, Dr. Kenneth A. Lane...
Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology
Global Perspectives on Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology: Global Perspectives on Research and Practice, Volume 2 continues a definitive reference series published in association with the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP) and the Society for Occupational Health Psychology (SOHP). The series...
Neuropsychology for Occupational Therapists
Cognition in Occupational Performance
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Neuropsychology for Occupational Therapists is a bestselling, comprehensive guide to the assessment and rehabilitation of impaired cognitive function and brain damage. Divided into two parts, the first introduces the fundamental role cognition has in occupational performance, before moving on to examine...
Women's Immersion in a Workfare Program
Emerging Challenges for Occupational Therapists
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Discover what challenges lie ahead for occupational therapists
Single women receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) often find themselves tangled in difficulties because of current changes in welfare reform, including workfare. Women’s Immersion in a Workfare Program: Emerging...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Older people and people with disabilities have a right to be included in all aspects of home and community life, yet environmental barriers continue to exist in the built environment. There are concerns about how well homes can support older people and people with disabilities over time as their needs...
Goal Setting and Motivation in Therapy
Engaging Children and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2015
Drawing together motivational theory, research-based evidence and guidance for best practice, this book presents innovative models for goal-setting and goal pursuit in therapy with children.
Setting goals not only allows children, and their families, to engage with the overall therapeutic process,...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
An occupation is, most simply put, any activity we participate in that engages (occupies) our attention, interests, and/or expectations, at any point throughout the life course. This book offers an emerging and innovative perspective on occupation, based in the work of American philosopher John Dewey...
Kinesiology - E-Book
Movement in the Context of Activity
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2015
Enhance your OT skills with the only book to focus on activity demands of occupation and the biomechanics of sensory organs! Greene and Roberts’ Kinesiology: Movement in the Context of Activity, 3rd Edition uses a comprehensive, client-centered approach to occupational therapy, including sensory-motor...
Work and the Older Person
Increasing Longevity and Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Part exploration, part knowledge building, and part narration, Work and the Older Person: Increasing Longevity and Well-Being draws on the latest research from a variety of disciplines and resources to paint a complete picture of productivity in old age. Dr. Linda A. Hunt and Caroline E. Wolverson,...
Muscles, Nerves and Movement
In Human Occupation
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
This book has established itself as the leading textbook for the study of movement by occupational therapists. Two senior tutors in occupational therapy act as consultants on this new third edition.
The early chapters provide a foundation for the study of movement with the complexity of detail...
Hand and Wrist Rehabilitation
Theoretical Aspects and Practical Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
This work demonstrates that hand and wrist rehabilitation calls for precise anatomical, biomechanical, and physiological expertise, as well as mastery of manual techniques and targeted physiotherapy.
Particular attention is given to the complementarity between theoretical knowledge and practical...