Offers a presentation of the model in occupational therapy, and delivers the MOHO theory, research, and application to practice. This text explores what motivates individuals, how they select occupations and establish everyday routines, how environment influences occupational behavior, and more.

Written primarily for occupational therapists, this text explores the range of groupwork activities used within occupational therapy practice. Discussing theoretical aspects and practical approaches this book is an invaluable handbook to those working and studying occupational therapy.

Presents a comprehensive presentation of occupational therapy concepts and practice. This text helps readers learn how to apply a client-centered, occupational and evidence-based approach across the full gamut of practice settings. It offers insights into the experience of living with disease or disability.

Examines disability, as it relates to healthcare policy and practice. This book is suitable for physiotherapists and occupational therapists, both students and practitioners, as well as various healthcare workers, including nurses, doctors and speech and language therapists.

'Art Therapy' provides a concise introduction to theory and practice, brought to life through case material and examples of artwork produced during therapy sessions. Written by practicing art therapist Dave Edwards, the book explains key theoretical ideas such as symbolism, play, transference and interpretation.

Contains a collection of 80 exercises, with guidelines for applying them and advice for devising new ones. This book offers a variety of exercises for a multicultural client base, such as guided fantasies, one-to-one and group work focusing on the group dynamic, and some examples of working with adults with learning difficulties and children.

Provides detailed guidance on how to set up and run theme-based art therapy groups and discusses factors affecting different client groups. The book contains nearly 400 themes and practical exercises to use with groups, set out in sections ranging from personal work to group interactive exercises.

Intended for therapists and carers of older people and people with dementia, this book proposes a model of practice for those who are charged with a duty to provide a quality lifestyle to those who have dementia, that is, the very large number of professional and family carers who manage the care of our ageing population.

An introduction to ergonomics in the workplace, this book explains the different ergonomic techniques and strategies and gives you the foundation you need to help clients maximize efficiency and prevent workplace injuries before they occur.

Offers advice on helping a child move beyond scribbling, organizing the child's environment for maximum comfort and relaxation, and providing physical and sensory support. This book includes tips and suggestions for how to provide art therapy for children with autism.

Reflects advances in neuropsychology, and incorporates an evidence based consideration of occupational therapy practice. This book provides a basic guide to normal cognition. It also explores the impact of cognitive impairments upon everyday living.

Discusses the use of play therapy for children with behavioral, emotional or other psychological problems. This text consists of annotated transcripts of therapeutic sessions that illustrate the principles. The annotations include comments on errors the therapist makes, as well as positive points.

Features chapter overviews that summarise the content of each chapter; learning objectives; key terms that are highlighted and defined in a running glossary throughout the text; applied examples that illustrate concepts and principles; figures; conceptual models; review questions; references; as well as an index.

This text gives practical guidance to students, taking them through the process of planning, preparing for, experiencing and evaluating fieldwork education.

Offers a series of structured relaxation and self-awareness sessions to help strengthen students' self-control, resilience and respect - for both themselves and others. This course of fourteen one-hour sessions is beneficial for use in schools with pupils with disabilities, special educational needs, self-esteem issues or behavioural difficulties.

Focuses on chronic health problems and their impact on an individual's physical, cognitive, psychological, and social capabilities. This title helps readers learn how the patient's age, life tasks, and living environment affect occupational therapy needs, and how to determine what occupational therapy services to provide.

Combining assessment guidance with evidence-based intervention strategies, this reference helps you locate the information you need to evaluate and manage pediatric disorders. It enables you to access diagnosis-specific information on epidemiology, precautions, and more, as well as suggested interventions supported by contemporary research.

Palliative care is dedicated to ensuring that patients experience physical, spiritual and emotional ease as death approaches. The arts offer a powerful medium of assisting people to achieve understanding and peace of mind. This book outlines a range of successful programmes that have been pioneered by people in palliative care settings.