Pediatric skills for occupational therapy assistants /
[edited by] Jean Welch Solomon, MHS, OTR/L, FAOTA, Occupational Therapist, Berkeley County School District, Moncks Corner, South Carolina, Jane Clifford O'Brien, PhD, MS, EdL, OTR/L, FAOTA, Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of New England, Portland, Maine.
- 4th edition.
- xiv, 621 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Scope of practice -- Family systems -- Medical system -- Educational system -- Community systems -- Principles of normal development -- Development of performance skills -- Development of occupations -- Adolescent development: becoming an adult -- The occupational therapy process -- Anatomy and physiology for the pediatric practitioner -- Neuroscience for the pediatric practitioner -- Pediatric health conditions -- Childhood and adolescent psychosocial and mental health disorders -- Childhood and adolescent obesity -- Intellectual disabilities -- Cerebral palsy -- Positioning and handling; a neurodevelopmental approach -- Activities of daily living and sleep/rest -- Instrumental activities of daily living -- Play and playfulness -- Functional task at school: handwriting -- Therapeutic media: activity with purpose -- Motor control and motor learning -- Sensory processing/integration and occupation -- Applying the model of human occupation to pediatric practice -- Assistive technology -- Orthoses, orthotic fabrication, and elastic therapeutic taping for the pediatric population -- Animal-assisted activites and therapy.
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Occupational therapy for children. Occupational therapy assistants.