In day-to-day clinical practice, pediatric occupational therapists are continually faced with clients who present problems that need to be understood and managed effectively. While most pediatric occupational therapy texts structure learning around theoretical frameworks or medical diagnoses, Clinical Cases for Learning Pediatric Occupational Therapy: A Problem-Based Approach is based on the principles of problem-based learning (PBL) and provides a rich source of resource material to enhance learning. To my knowledge, this book is the first of its kind in the field of occupational therapy. The basic premise of problem-based learning is that a true-to-life clinical problem is used as the stimulus for learning. The author has provided a series of vignettes and case-based problems that cover the spectrum of pediatric practice. The clients in these cases range in age from infancy to middle childhood and present with various medical diagnoses and occupational performance problems in a variety of practice settings. The cases raise important learning issues for further study, such as the use of theoretical frames of reference, models of practice, assessment tools, teamwork collaboration, and state-of-the-art research. Through the exploration of the problem, the learner engages in the process of critical thinking while applying and integrating new information and uses clinical reasoning for determining the role of occupational therapy. Although Clinical Cases was written primarily for occupational therapy educators and their students, practicing pediatric therapists also may find this text a valuable learning resource for professional development and continuing education. In its entirety, this book constitutes an extensive pediatric PBL curriculum that is ideally suited for teaming in small groups with a tutor or facilitator; however, individuals and small informal groups of learners can easily design their own program of study using the summary table at the beginning of each module. Learners may use the questions, learning resource lists, and research information provided for each case to guide the learning process and evaluate outcomes. This book not only serves as a landmark in the history of occupational therapy education, but perhaps more importantly, it provides an exciting opportunity for occupational therapy students and clinicians to gain knowledge and skill in pediatric practice.

Clinical Cases for Learning Pediatric Occupational Therapy: A Problem-Based Approach

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Watson, Diane E.

Psychology & Counseling

Psychological Corp.

"The clinical cases occupational therapy students and therapists, intellectually and emotionally, for realistic situations in pediatric practice and empower pediatric clinicians to quickly develop the knowledge and skills required to excel in this specialty."

Medical Books

Allied Health Professions

This practical and systematic approach describes and compares the costs and clinical effectiveness of interventions and enables decision-makers to determine and communicate the value of rehabilitation services and programs.

Evaluating Costs and Outcomes: Demonstrating the Value of Rehabilitation Services

Amer Occupational Therapy Assn

Incorporating the new Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process, this revised text will enhance your clinical observation and task analysis skills in areas of self-care, work, education, leisure, and more. The 18 chapters and 12 appendixes contain assignments and resources to learn task analysis through small group tasks and collaborative team projects. 
Addresses intervention goals and priorities. Focuses on understanding clients and their immediate environments. Describes applying occupational analysis to address environmental factors. 
Excellent for students and for practitioners to expand their skills in analyzing patients, organizations, and populations. Includes analysis forms such as the Client Profile and Task Analysis Form and the Client Goals Form.

Task Analysis: An Individual and Population Approach, Second Edition

Wilson, Sylvia A.

Reference

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General John Fulton Reynolds: His Biography, Words and Relations

Biographies & Memoirs

Knorr, Lawrence

Riley, Michael A

Historical

Sunbury Press, Inc.

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