Best Practice Occupational Therapy In Community Service with Children and Families

by Dunn, Winnie W.

• ISBN13: 9781556424564
• ISBN10: 1556424566
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-08
• Publisher: Slack Incorporated

Summary

Best Practice is a way of thinking about problems in imaginative ways and applying knowledge creatively to solve performance problems. Providing services in community based settings is vital to the best application of occupational therapy principles and beliefs.Best Practice Occupational Therapy: In Community Service with Children and Familiesapplies theoretical and evidence based knowledge to best practice with emphasis on children and families in community settings. It emphasizes best practice, and incorporates clinical reasoning and practice models into the material. Students are provided with methods for working through the problem solving processes as they learn the material.The text introduces core principles and demonstrates how, along with OT knowledge, they can be applied to the best interests of children and families. Included throughout the book are worksheets, space for writing notes, and 10 detailed case studies illustrating the core principles and knowledge application in practice.

Author Biography

Winnie W. Dunn, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Winnie Dunn is Professor and Chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy Education at the University of Kansas. Dr. Dunn holds a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy and a master of science degree in special education-learning disabilities from the University of Missouri. She earned her doctorate in applied neuroscience from the University of Kansas.
She is a fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), has received the Award of Merit for outstanding service contributions to the profession, is a member of the Academy of Research of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, and most recently was named the Eleanor Clark Slagle lecturer for her significant contributions to “conceptual and evidence-based neuroscience research and practice.” She has served on the Commission on Practice, the Early Intervention and School Based Practice Task Forces of AOTA, has been the chair of the Research Development Committee of the AOTF, and just completed a decade of service on the National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). As Chair of the Research Advisory Committee of NBCOT, she directed the National Study of Occupational Therapy Practice, which led to the current test blueprint for the certification exam in occupational therapy.
Dr. Dunn has spoken and written extensively about service provision practices for children and families. Through her research, she has demonstrated the effectiveness of consultation and the use of theory to guide contextually relevant practice. Her line of research about sensory processing in daily life has been very fruitful, producing the Sensory Profile assessments that identify distinct patterns of sensory processing in various groups of infants, toddlers, children, youth, adults, and older adults.

Table of Contents

Dedication	v
Acknowledgments	ix
About the Author	xi
Contributing Authors	xiii
Preface	xv
Best Practice Philosophy for Community Services for Children and Families	1	(10)
Winnie Dunn
Structure of Best Practice Programs	11	(8)
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Clinical Reasoning for Best Practice Services for Children and Families	19	(8)
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Using Frames of Reference and Models of Practice to Guide Practice	27	(28)
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The Screening, Pre-Assessment, and Referral Processes	55	(24)
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Best Practice Occupational Therapy Assessment	79	(30)
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Designing Best Practice Services for Children and Families	109	(26)
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Best Practices in Documentation	135	(12)
Jean Linder
Gloria Frolek Clark
Impact of Federal Policy on Services for Children and Families in Early Intervention Programs and Public Schools	147	(10)
Ellen Mellard
Case Studies Applying Best Practices in Early Intervention and Public Schools	157	(64)
Ellen Mellard
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Appendix A Uniform Terminology for Occupational Therapy---Third Edition	221	(16)
Appendix B Elements of Clinical Documentation (Revision)	237	(6)
Appendix C Examples of IEPs and IFSPs	243	(26)
Appendix D Reproducible Blank Forms from the Test	269	(24)
Appendix E Public Law Number 105-17: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act	293	(56)
Appendix F Rehabilitation Act of 1973	349	(2)
Appendix G ICIDH-2	351	(14)
Appendix H Public Law Number 101-336: Americans with Disabilities Act	365	(4)
Index	369