Best Practice Occupational Therapy for Children and Families in Community Settings

by Winnie Dunn

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040136560
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Winnie Dunn, PhD, OTR, FAOTA is Professor and Chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy Education at the University of Kansas. Dr. Dunn holds a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy and a Master of Science degree in special education-learning disabilities from the University of Missouri. She earned her doctorate in Applied Neuroscience from the University of Kansas.

She is a fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), has received the Award of Merit for outstanding service contributions to the profession, is a member of the Academy of Research of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF), has received the A. Jean Ayres Research Award for her outstanding contributions to knowledge development, and was the Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecturer in 2001 for her significant contributions to “conceptual and evidence based neuroscience research and practice.” She has served on the Commission on Practice, the Early Intervention, and School Based Practice Task forces of AOTA, has been the chair of the Research Development Committee of the AOTF, and has served on the National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapy (NBCOT).

Dr. Dunn has written extensively about service provision practices for children and families, with more than 100 articles and numerous books and book chapters to her credit. She also teaches internationally, serving as visiting professor in numerous programs around the world. Through her research, she has demonstrated the effectiveness of consultation and the use of theory to guide contextually relevant practice.

Her line of research about sensory processing in daily life has been very fruitful, producing the family of Sensory Profile assessments that identify distinct patterns of sensory processing in various groups of infants, toddlers, children, youth, adults, and older adults. These assessments are used internationally by professionals in many disciplines, and they have been translated into dozens of languages for use in research and practice programs. Most recently, she wrote a book for the public based on this research. Living Sensationally: Understanding Your Senses has been covered in international media and is currently translated into German and will soon be available in Hebrew.

Table of Contents

Dedication Acknowledgments About the Author Contributing Authors Introduction Preface From the First Edition Preface Chapter 1 Best Practice Philosophy for Community Services for Children and Families Chapter 2 Impact of Federal Policy on Services for Children and Families in Early Intervention Programs and Public Schools Chapter 3 Clinical Reasoning for Best Practice Services for Children and Families Chapter 4 Using Frames of Reference and Practice Models to Guide Practice Chapter 5 Structure of Best Practice Programs Chapter 6 Best Practice Occupational Therapy Evaluation Chapter 7 Developing Intervention Plans That Reflect Best Practice Chapter 8 Designing Best Practice Services for Children and Families Chapter 9 Case Studies Applying Best Practices in Community Programs Financial Disclosures Index

Editorial Reviews

5 Stars! from Doody

The author gives a comprehensive view of "best practice" through a careful definition of this concept. The term "best practice" evolves out of family centered care, emphasizing the importance of care professionals' sensitivity in learning the meaning structures essential to understanding the real needs of those we serve. The purpose is to provide a clear perspective on current, best, and future practice in occupational therapy. Practitioners at both novice and expert levels are the intended audience. Best practice involves knowledge of program development, management. and the integral nature of teamwork. The author emphasizes the value of critical thinking and use of frames of reference and models of practice as guides to practice. Screening, referral, pre-assessment, and assessment are presented through practical examples. Methods of screening and well-crafted tables and illustrations aid the reader in understanding the interpretation of assessment data. A template of the best practice occupational therapy assessment process is provided as a guide. The documentation of assessment findings and methods of ongoing data collection are provided along with excellent clinical examples. The author provides a wonderful example of the application of best practice inclusive of all dimensions described in the chapter on best practice in early intervention and public schools. This is an exceptional text presented as a best practice example for educators and practitioners. The author provides the reader with clear examples, case studies, evaluation processes, and policy statements regarding best practice in the care of children and families in community settings. This text could be usedas an exemplar of best practice in occupational therapy with any population.

Jan A Rowe

Applies theoretical and evidence-based knowledge to best practice in occupational therapy with children and families in community settings, and incorporates clinical reasoning and practice models into material. Introduces core principles and demonstrates how, along with OT knowledge, professionals can apply these principles. Includes many worksheets, and ten detailed case studies with space for writing notes, illustrating core principles and knowledge application in practice. The author is professor and chair at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

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

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