Concepts of Occupational Therapy

by Kathlyn L. Reed; Sharon R. Nelson

• ISBN13: 9780683072075
• ISBN10: 0683072072
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-10-01
• Publisher: Williams and Wilkins

Summary

This Fourth Edition presents the major ideas which form the core knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the occupational therapy profession today by analyzing conceptual (theoretical) and practice (application) models. The models are related to both the practice of occupational therapy and the process of delivering occupational therapy services. Seven existing models and eight new and developing models are presented, along with a historical background of the major concepts, and expanded case studies.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition
Acknowledgments
Scope of Occupational Therapy Services
Defining Occupational Therapy	p. 2
Descriptions, Terms, Outcomes, and Processes	p. 10
Value of Occupational Therapy	p. 17
Health and Occupational Problems	p. 21
Work Settings	p. 30
Organization of Occupational Therapy Knowledge Base
Philosophy and Models of Health Influencing Occupational Therapy Practice	p. 38
Models of Occupational Therapy Being Explored and Discarded	p. 53
Assumptions about Occupational Therapy	p. 72
Toward a Theoretical Model of Occupational Therapy	p. 87
Service Functions	p. 94
Service Programs	p. 106
Management of Occupational Therapy Practice
Direct Service Functions	p. 116
Direct Services - Program Planning	p. 141
Direct Services - Intervention and Management	p. 178
Summative Assessment and Communication	p. 184
Administrative Functions	p. 189
Documentation	p. 195
Consultation and Research	p. 198
Education	p. 201
Referral or Prescription?	p. 205
Personnel	p. 208
Attitudes	p. 212
Code of Ethics	p. 221
Performance Criteria	p. 225
Credentialing	p. 234
Development of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy as a Profession	p. 242
Development of Professional Organizations	p. 247
Founders of Occupational Therapy	p. 262
Occupational Therapy and Society	p. 280
Occupational Therapy Worldwide	p. 308
Sources of Information
Sources of Professional Literature	p. 312
Sources of Continuing Education	p. 322
Glossary	p. 329
Appendix A: Statement of Occupational Therapy Referral	p. 359
Appendix B: Occupational Therapy Referral Ckecklist	p. 363
Appendix C: Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics	p. 365
Appendix D: Student Ethics	p. 369
Appendix E: Certificate of Incorporation of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy, Inc.	p. 371
Index	p. 373
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