Pediatric Skills for Occupational Therapy Assistants

Learn to provide effective therapy for children and adolescents with Pediatric Skills for Occupational Therapy Assistants, 4th Edition. This market-leading text offers a comprehensive, application-focused guide to pediatric occupational therapy assisting by incorporating the AOTA Practice Framework. The text's focused and easy-to-use approach to pediatrics covers everything from the scope of practice to in-depth coverage of normal development, pediatric health conditions, and treatment planning. This new edition has also been thoroughly updated and expanded to include new content and chapters on community systems, physical agent modalities, the Model of Human Occupation assessments, childhood obesity, documentation, neurodevelopmental treatment, and concepts of elongation. INDICE: Scope of PracticeFamily SystemsMedical SystemEducational SystemCommunity PracticePrinciples of Normal DevelopmentDevelopment of Performance SkillsDevelopment of OccupationsAdolescent Development: Becoming an AdultThe Occupational Therapy ProcessAnatomy and Physiology for the Pediatric PractitionerNeuroanatomy for the Pediatric PractitionerPediatric Health ConditionsChildhood and Adolescent Psychosocial and Mental Health DisordersChildhood and Adolescent ObesityIntellectual DisabilitiesCerebral PalsyPositioning and Handling: An Neurodevelopmental ApproachActivities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Sleep/RestInstrumental Activities of Daily LivingPlay and PlayfulnessFunctional Task at School: HandwritingTherapeutic Media: Activity with PurposeMotor Control and Motor LearningSensory Processing/Integration and OccupationApplying the Model of Human Occupation to Pediatric PracticeAssistive TechnologyOrthoses, Orthosis Fabrication, and Elastic Therapeutic Taping for the Pediatric PopulationAnimal-Assisted TherapyGlossaryIndex

• ISBN: 978-0-323-16934-9
• Editorial: Mosby
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 672
• Fecha Publicación: 13/02/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés