Community Occupational Therapy Education and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780789014054 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 163 str.

Opis

Essays collected here set forth concepts of nontraditional community-based occupational therapy practice and discuss ways for occupational therapy students and faculty to increase their cultural competence. Successful programs are described, including a community-based program serving elderly Africa

Spis treści

• Occupational Therapy in the Community: What, Why, and How
• Community Practice: It’s More than Geography
• Educating for Community-Based Occupational Therapy Practice: A Demonstration Project
• Helping Occupational Therapy Students and Faculty Develop Cultural Competence
• Professional Expertise of Community-Based Occupational Therapists
• The Pizzi Holistic Wellness Assessment
• Gateway to Wellness: An Occupational Therapy Collaboration with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Facilitating Successful International Adoptions: An Occupational Therapy Community Practice Innovation
• Using Chaos Theory to Understand a Community-Built Occupational Therapy Practice
• Development of a Community-Based Return to Work Program for People with AIDS
• Development of Occupational Therapy in a Homeless Shelter
• Quality of Life Issues in Community Occupational Therapy Practice
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

Beth Velde, Margaret Prince Wittman