Pediatric Skills for Occupational Therapy Assistants / Edition 5

by Jean W. Solomon MHS, OTR/L, FAOTA

Overview

Designed as both a practical clinical reference and a comprehensive student text, this unparalleled new provides a focused, easy-to-use approach to paediatrics. The introductory section covers the scope of practice, then addresses the medical, educational, and family systems. Subsequent sections provide in-depth coverage of normal development, paediatric health conditions, and treatment planning. A wide range of helpful pedagogy reinforces learning and enhances retention: chapter objectives, review questions, clinical pearls, learning activities, resource lists, bulleted/boxed key concepts, and boxed descriptions of therapeutic activities.

The first pediatric book geared specifically for the OTA

Outstanding comprehensive pediatric information for Occupational Therapy Assistant students, as required in an OTA curriculum

Provides a useful, informative reference for practicing Occupational Therapy Assistants.

Covers the scope of pediatric practice, normal development, pediatric health conditions and treatment planning.

Features a consistent format of Definition, Incidence, Classifications, Prognosis, Functional Implications, Assessment, Intervention, Clinical Resources, and Case Study for each chapter in the Pediatric Health Conditions section.

Uses chapter objectives, review questions, clinical pearls, learning activities, resource lists, bulleted/boxed key concepts, and boxed descriptions of therapeutic activities throughout for optimal student learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323597135
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	09/21/2020
Edition description:	5th ed.
Pages:	680
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

About the Author

Solomon, Jean W., MHS, OTR/L, BCP (Trident Technical Coll)

Table of Contents

1. Scope of Practice
2. Family Systems
3. Medical System
4. Educational System
5. Community Practice
6. Principles of Normal Development
7. Development of Performance Skills
8. Development of Occupations
9. Adolescent Development: Becoming an Adolescent, Becoming an Adult
10. The Occupational Therapy Process
11. Anatomy and Physiology for the Pediatric Practitioner
12. Neuroanatomy for the Pediatric Practitioner
13. Pediatric Health Conditions
14. Childhood and Adolescent Psychosocial and Mental Health Disorders
15. Childhood and Adolescent Obesity
16. Intellectual Disabilities
17. Cerebral Palsy
18. Positioning and Handling: An Neurodevelopmental Approach
19. Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Sleep/Rest
20. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
21. Play and Playfulness
22. Functional Task at School: Handwriting
23. Therapeutic Media: Activity with Purpose
24. Motor Control and Motor Learning
25. Sensory Processing/Integration and Occupation
26. Applying the Model of Human Occupation to Pediatric Practice
27. Assistive Technology
28. Orthoses, Orthosis Fabrication, and Elastic Therapeutic Taping for the Pediatric Population
29. Animal-Assisted Therapy
30. Glossary
31. Index

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