Occupational Therapy: Perspectives And Processes

Description:
This is a book which challenges all occupational therapists to evaluate their own practice and to carry out research. The author is already well known to occupational therapists as the author of 'Occupational Therapy: Foundations for Practice.' In this new book, she provides a review of the profession as well as an update of current ideas concerning the core of occupational therapy. The book is divided into two parts: Part one - Perspectives, reviews the core philosophy, purposes and methods of the practice of occupational therapy. Part two -Processes, examines seven basic processes used by therapists. The book will be invaluable to occupational therapists at all levels. In presenting her individual perspective on occupational therapy theory and practice, Rosemary Hagedorn has written a book which will help all health care workers to improve their understanding of the scope of occupational therapy. This book not only identifies and defines the core skills central to O.T. practice, but shows how the skills are related to the therapeutic approaches most commonly used. These skills are presented within a structured framework (or model) which will be of great relevance to current thinking in O.T., as the profession is presently endeavouring to define its professional role.

Table of Contents:
PART 1 PERSPECTIVES Occupational Therapy : A Retrospective. Definitions. In Search of the Core. The Person. Occupation. Environment. The Therapist. The Prescription of Activities as Therapy. Occupational Therapy : Macroanalysis. The Productive Self. PART 2 PROCESSES Case Management. Intervention. Assessment and Evaluation. Occupational Analysis and Adaptation. Environmental Analysis and Adaptation. Therapeutic Use of Self. Management of Resources. PART 3 PERSPECTIVES and PROCESSES Postscript: Perspectives and Processes. REFERENCES and BIBLIO GLOSSARY and APPENDICES INDEX