Best Practice Occupational Therapy for Children and Families in Community Settings

Winnie Dunn author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc

Published:15th Apr '11

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Best Practice Occupational Therapy for Children and Families in Community Settings cover

As the occupational therapy profession concerns itself with how people occupy their time during daily life, it is critical for occupational therapists who serve children to understand how to apply their knowledge and skills within the complex and varied environments of the community.

A core text for over 10 years, Best Practice Occupational Therapy for Children and Families in Community Settings, Second Edition by Dr. Winnie Dunn provides a clear insight into how to conceive, design, implement, and evaluate services that reflect core principles.

Best Practice Occupational Therapy for Children and Families in Community Settings, Second Edition provides the most current information about providing services within community settings, with material addressing early intervention, early childhood, school-age services, and transitions.

The context of this text is rooted in best practice principles from interdisciplinary literature and illustrates how occupational therapy professionals implement those principles in their everyday practices.

New Features of the Second Edition:

  • Updated assessments, evidence, and appendices
  • Case studies that illustrate the implementation of ideas in a practice situation
  • Worksheets that outline each step in the occupational therapy process from what to include to how to provide rationale for team members, families, and consumers
  • Tables and inserts that summarize key points
  • Information regarding state and federal legislation to guide the occupational therapists in how to negotiate for best practice services within parameters of regulations
  • Integrated throughout the text is the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Occupational Therapy Practice Framework
  • Additional on-line resources that are available with new book purchases

Included with the text are online supplemental materials for faculty use in the classroom.

Best Practice Occupational Therapy for Children and Families in Community Settings, Second Edition contains many suggestions about how to practice the skills needed for evidence-based practice, making this the perfect resource for occupational therapy students, faculty, and practitioners who serve children and families.

“This book advocates a strength-based approach and is structured to guide the novice practitioner or upgrade the skills of the experienced therapist. It provides the voice of a mentor to help practitioners project the distinctive role of occupational therapy within an interdisciplinary team serving children and families in the community.”

-Asha Asher, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

“The second edition is a welcome update, reflecting new trends in practice whilst reinforcing the principles of occupation-centred practice that formed the basis of the earlier edition...This book is well written, appropriately challenging and a practical resource for community-based therapists working with children and families at all levels.”

-Sally Payne, The British Journal of Occupational Therapy

ISBN: 9781556429613

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1133g

264 pages

2nd edition