This text clearly presents modern concepts, techniques and practical details of basic skills required to help patients with the use of assistive devices. It shows the reader how to teach patients to adapt to and efficiently use crutches, wheelchairs, walkers and other equipment to increase mobility. Coverage is broader and more current than other ...
An ideal reference, this market-leading text provides the most current and comprehensive presentation of occupational therapy concepts and practice. An occupation-based, client-centered and evidence-based approach to practice is described across a variety of community, education, and medical-based practice arenas. It answers the questions: 'What ...
By far the most popular and widely used text for over 50 years, "Daniels and Worthingham's Muscle Testing" is the original handbook of manual evaluation of muscular strength. In addition to offering tried and true methods for assessing and grading skeletal muscle function, this up-to-date classic provides a comprehensive section on muscle anatomy ...
This full-colour text/atlas presents all of the neuroscience knowledge that is essential to the practice of clinical rehabilitation. It emphasizes the neurological disorders and body systems that are most relevant to physical and occupational therapy. A cumulative, building-block organization--progressing from the cellular and developmental level, ...
The definitive work on occupational therapy for physical dysfunction returns in its Sixth Edition, with reputable co-editors and clinical, academic, and consumer contributors. This text provides a current and well-rounded view of the field - from theoretical rationale to evaluation, treatment, and follow-up. Through the Occupational Functioning ...
Presenting the new edition of one of our best-selling US occupational therapy titles. It covers everything occupational therapists need to know about this area, focusing on children at many ages and stages in development, comprehensively addressing both treatment techniques and diagnoses in all settings. One of the key strengths of this book, ...
This comprehensive introduction to appraisal and assessment, created specifically for counseling students, presents mathematical and statistical concepts in a simple and useful manner. The book stresses the importance of counselors being good consumers of assessment tools to avoid misusing tools in manners harmful to clients.
No other text provides such comprehensive information about pediatric practice for the occupational therapy student and practitioner. Organized by nine frames of reference, it provides a method of combining theory and practice that makes theoretical material clearly relevant to function, thus helping the reader to conceptualize and initiate ...
This text helps students revise for the NBCOT OTR exam, providing 1000 review questions in five practice examinations which help identify areas of weakness and improve test-taking performace. The questions aim to help students become familiar with the question format in the actual examination. The book comes with a free CD-ROM that contains over ...
The third edition of "Introduction to Splinting: A Clinical Reasoning and Problem-Solving Approach" helps readers master the basic theory, principles, and techniques of splinting needed for clinical practice. Using a combination textbook/workbook format, it integrates theory and technical knowledge with hands-on learning features that equip ...
Presenting the new edition of the text that delivers the most widely-used and developed conceptual model in occupational therapy. Beautifully redesigned and fully revised, the "Third Edition of A Model of Human Occupation" (MOHO) delivers the latest in human occupation research and application to practice. This authoritative text explores what ...
Master the assistive strategies you need to make confident clinical decisions and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities with the latest edition of this comprehensive text. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model developed by the authors, the book provides detailed coverage of the broad range of devices ...
Innovative and easy-to-access pocket guide of essential orthopedic information for PTs, OTs and medical students and clinicians. Truly pocket sized, and published on waterproof, re-writable paper, this is a new addition to the Davis's "Notes" series. Features seven tabbed sections which are organized by body structure, tables and bulleted lists of ...
This clearly written, easy-to-understand book demystifies the research process and provides a rational foundation from which to critique and understand research designs and applications in health care and human service settings. Divided into five parts: Introduction, Thinking Processes, Design Approaches, Action Processes, and Improving Practice ...
This is the ideal resource for rehabilitation professionals who are working with or preparing to work with older adults! It describes the normal aging process, illustrates how health and social factors can impede an aging person's abilities, and demonstrates how to develop mechanisms for maximizing the well-being of older adults.This resource ...
The second edition of this introductory text uses clinical examples to bridge the gap between basic neuroscience and the practice of neurologic rehabilitation. Each chapter illustrates the relationship between the nervous system and behavior. Current, portable, and clearly written, the text covers discrete systems for acquiring information, the ...
This Third Edition focuses on chronic health problems and their impact on an individual's physical, cognitive, psychological, and social capabilities. Readers learn how the patient's age, life tasks, and living environment affect occupational therapy needs, and how to determine what occupational therapy services to provide. Chapters present the ...
A leading resource for over a decade, "Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy" has provided occupational therapy professionals and students with pertinent information right at their fingertips. Revised and updated into a Fifth Edition, this pocket size resource includes the latest information in the field of occupational therapy. ...
The definitive work on occupational therapy for physical dysfunction is back in a Fifth Edition, with reputable co-editors and outstanding clinical, academic, and consumer contributors. Through the "Occupational Functioning Model", this edition continues to emphasize the conceptual foundation of practice. The text provides a current and well ...
This book shows how the expressive arts therapies contain the potential for renewal in both art and psychotherapy. The author first describes the theoretical basis for his vision of art as medicine, citing the archetypal psychology of James Hillman, writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Friedrich Nietzsche, mythologies such as Mircea Eliade, Henri ...
These notes teach students and new practitioners the basic skills needed to write two different styles of documentation: SOAP (subjective/objective/assessment/plan) notes; and patient/client management forms. Exercises and worksheets are provided.
This book is written for students preparing for the field of therapeutic recreation and for professionals providing services to clients. The approach focuses on the design, development, and evaluation of therapeutic recreation services. Therapeutic recreation is concerned with direct delivery of services to clients with disabilities, illnesses, or ...
This text examines seven frames of reference for group therapy. Authored by Marilyn B. Cole, this book describes the seven-step method in leading a group, and teaches the reader how the traditional body of knowledge in group dynamics applies to occupational therapy. This new edition includes information on co-leadership in today's practice, the ...
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