New to this edition
- NEW! Every Moment Counts content is added to The Occupational Therapy Process chapter, promoting pediatric mental health.
- NEW! Coverage of educational expectations is added to the Educational System chapter.
- NEW! Coverage of "signature" constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is added to Cerebral Palsy chapter.
- NEW photographs and illustrations are added throughout the book.
- NEW video clips on the Evolve companion website show the typical development of children/adolescents.
- NEW! Extensive assessment and abbreviations appendices are added to Evolve.
- NEW! Expanded glossary is added to Evolve.
Author Information
By Jean W. Solomon, MHS, OTR/L, FAOTA, Occupational Therapist, Private Practice
1. Scope of Practice
2. Family Systems
3. Medical System
4. Educational System
5. Community Practice
6. Principles of Normal Development
7. Development of Performance Skills
8. Development of Occupations
9. Adolescent Development: Becoming an Adolescent, Becoming an Adult
10. The Occupational Therapy Process
11. Anatomy and Physiology for the Pediatric Practitioner
12. Neuroanatomy for the Pediatric Practitioner
13. Pediatric Health Conditions
14. Childhood and Adolescent Psychosocial and Mental Health Disorders
15. Childhood and Adolescent Obesity
16. Intellectual Disabilities
17. Cerebral Palsy
18. Positioning and Handling: An Neurodevelopmental Approach
19. Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Sleep/Rest
20. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
21. Play and Playfulness
22. Functional Task at School: Handwriting
23. Therapeutic Media: Activity with Purpose
24. Motor Control and Motor Learning
25. Sensory Processing/Integration and Occupation
26. Applying the Model of Human Occupation to Pediatric Practice
27. Assistive Technology
28. Orthoses, Orthosis Fabrication, and Elastic Therapeutic Taping for the Pediatric Population
29. Animal-Assisted Therapy
30. Glossary
31. Index
