Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant

by Early, Mary Beth

• ISBN13: 9780323059091
• ISBN10: 0323059090
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-02
• Publisher: Mosby Inc

Summary

Covering the scope, theory, and approaches to the practice of occupational therapy, Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant, 3rd Edition prepares you to care for adults who have physical disabilities. It takes a client-centered approach, following the latest OT Practice framework as it defines your role as an OTA in physical dysfunction practice. New to this edition is coverage of polytrauma, advances in prosthetics and assistive technologies, and assessment and interventions of traumatic brain injury problems related to cognitive and visual perception. Written by respected educator Mary Beth Early, Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant helps you develop skills in the assessment of client factors, intervention principles, and clinical reasoning. Case studies offer snapshots of real-life situations and solutions, with many threaded throughout an entire chapter. A client-centered approach allows you to include the client when making decisions about planning and treatment, using the terminology set forth by the 2008 Occupational Therapy Practice Framework. Evidence-based content includes clinical trials and outcome studies, especially those relating to intervention. Key terms, chapter outlines, and chapter objectives introduce the essential information in each chapter. Reading guide questions and summaries in each chapter make it easier to measure your comprehension of the material. Information on prevention is incorporated throughout the book, especially in the Habits on Health and Wellness chapter. Cultural diversity/sensitivity information helps you learn about the beliefs and customs of other cultures so you can provide appropriate care. An Evolve companion website reinforces learning with resources such as video clips, review questions, forms for practice, crossword puzzles, and other learning activities. New content on the latest advances in OT assessment and intervention includes prosthetics and assistive technologies, and updated assessment and interventions of TBI (traumatic brain injury) problems related to cognitive and visual perception. Video clips on the companion Evolve website relate the material to clinical practice by demonstrating a variety of interventions in occupational therapy.

Table of Contents

History and Foundations

OT and Physical Disabilities: Scope, Theory, and Approaches to Practice

Psychosocial Aspects of Physical Disability

Infection Control and Safety Issues in the Clinic

Framework and Process

Occupational Therapy Process: Evaluation and Intervention in Physical Dysfunction

Documentation of OT Services

Assessment of Client Factors

Assessment of Motor Control and Functional Motion

Assessment of Joint Range of Motion

Assessment of Muscle Strength

Assessment of Sensation, Perception and Cognition

Intervention Principles

Teaching and Learning in Occupational Therapy

Habits of Health and Wellness

Occupations, Purposeful Activities, Preparatory Activities

Performance in Areas of Occupation

Activities and Occupations of Daily Living

Assistive Technology

Moving in the Environment: Functional Mobility, Transfer Training, Wheelchairs, Driving

Sexuality: An Activity of Daily Living

Work

Promoting Engagement in Leisure and Social Participation

Interventions for Performance Skills and Client Factors

The Special Needs of the Older Adult

Hand Splinting

Sensorimotor Approaches to Treatment

Interventions for Deficits in Vision and Other Sensory Functions

Interventions for Disturbances in Perception and Cognition

Clinical Applications

Cerebrovascular Accident

Traumatic Brain Injury

Degenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System

Spinal Cord Injury

Neurogenic and Myopathic Dysfunction

Arthritic Diseases

Acute Hand Injuries

Hip Fractures and Lower Extremity Joint Replacement

Burns

Amputations and Prosthetics

Cardiac and Dysfunction and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Oncology

HIV Infection and AIDS

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