Bøger af Jane Clifford (Professor O'Brien

Offers instructions on occupational analysis, group process, and therapeutic media. The authors provide effective therapeutic media; sample activity analyses useful in health care contexts; practical guidance in play, leisure, and social participation areas of occupation; and strategies for effective group management and processes.

Build the clinical reasoning skills you need to make sound decisions in OT practice! Therapeutic Reasoning in Occupational Therapy: How to Develop Critical Thinking for Practice uses practical learning activities, worksheets, and realistic cases to help you master clinical reasoning and critical thinking concepts. Video clips on the Evolve website demonstrate therapeutic reasoning and show the diverse perspectives of U.S. and international contributors. Written by OT experts Jane Clifford O'Brien, Mary Elizabeth Patnaude, and Teressa Garcia Reidy, this "how-to" workbook makes it easier to apply clinical reasoning in a variety of practice settings. Dynamic, interactive approach reinforces your understanding with learning activities in each chapter. Case studies and experiential learning activities flow from simple to complex, and represent occupational therapy across the lifespan. AOTA's Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, 4th Edition and current OT practice are reflected throughout the book. Practical learning activities and templates are clinically relevant and designed to support reasoning in a variety of practice settings. Video clips on the Evolve website are contributed by practitioners, educators, and students, reinforcing content and showing how therapeutic reasoning applies to real-world cases. Worksheets and/or templates are included in each chapter to enhance learning and for use in practice. Assessments in each chapter measure therapeutic reasoning outcomes. Student and practitioner resources on Evolve include printable PDFs of the in-text worksheets, video clips, additional case examples, templates for assignments, exemplars, and reflective activities.