Occupational therapy

This book examines the five primary areas of the Collaborative Model for Promoting Competence and Success (COMPASS).

Handedness is a multidimensional phenomenon co-determined by polygenetic and developmental aspects, multifactorial influences and in some cases, pathological impact.

Providing a complete overview of art therapy, from theory and research to practical applications, this is the definitive handbook in the field.

Going beyond traditional play therapy, this innovative book presents a range of evidence-based assessment and intervention approaches that incorporate play as a key element.

Providing essential support to schools and universities that offer yoga therapy training programs, this comprehensive, edited textbook develops robust curricula, enabling them to prepare yoga therapists to integrate into healthcare settings safely and effectively.

With contributions from a range of expert voices within the field, this book explores the use of art therapy as a response to traumatic events.

Highly practical, instructive, and authoritative, this book vividly describes how to conduct child-centered play therapy.

ASHLEY was locked in closets as punishment, and physically and sexually abused, resulting in an angry and violent child who threatened her adoptive family-until she met Cocoa and Radar, the horses that helped her learn to trust again.

How connecting with nature is helping veterans reintegrate into civilian life and recover from PTSD.

A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian middle class marriage on stage.

This book presents fresh and practical interdisciplinary arts-based concepts and methods to support and improve therapists' work assisting individuals and groups to develop coping, expressive, and communicative skills, broaden creativity and increase flexibility.

Understood differently by different people, creativity has been linked to novelty, originality, problem-solving, flexibility, resourcefulness, self-expression, and health maintenance.

Understanding Creativity: Past, Present and Future Perspectives explores the symbiotic relationship between culture and creativity, particularly exploring how resources and cultural values within a society can foster or hinder creativity.

This book is about the transformative functions of words, literature, writing, and biblio/poetry therapy, approaching the subject through narrative and cultural psychology, storytelling, and shareable meaning making.

'If you want to be more present, more reactive and have more fun - this book is for you' SARA PASCOE'Funny, insightful and inspiring' RACHEL PARRIS'Essential reading for anyone wanting to do life, but better' CARIAD LLOYD'A wonderfully witty, charmingly personal guide to the art of improvisation for the stage & life' DEBORAH FRANCES WHITEAn improviser's guide to embracing whatever life throws at you!

'An amazing book .

In einer Welt, die sich ständig wandelt und weiterentwickelt, ist Kreativität der Schlüssel zur Zukunft.

This book serves as a vital resource for clinicians, therapists, and individuals aiming to integrate their psychedelic experiences through the transformative practice of Art Therapy.

A Clinician's Guide to Neurodivergence: Supporting a neuro-affirmative form of practice is a concise handbook which provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of a range of conditions to support clinicians working with individuals with diverse neurocognitive profiles.

Polyvagal Power in the Playroom shows therapists how to treat children using play therapy to address the hierarchy of autonomic states.

Fully updated and expanded in its second edition, Seating and Wheeled Mobility: A Clinical Resource Guide presents clinical assessment considerations when working with a person with a mobility disability.

This book presents an integrated and coordinated framework for assessing developmental, psychological, and behavioral disorders in early childhood.

This volume examines ways in which service delivery to individuals with autism can be improved from both ends of the basic-applied research spectrum.

While virtual reality (VR) has influenced fields as varied as gaming, archaeology and the visual arts, some of its most promising applications come from the health sector.

Veteran clinicians offer a unique framework for understanding the psychological origins of behaviors typical of Alzheimer's and other dementias, and for providing appropriate care for patients as they decline.

The philosophy of normalization and promotion of the plight of children and adults with mental handicaps has drawn more public attention in recent years.

This book is both an introductory text to the rehabilitation of stroke for student therapists and a reference text for qualified therapists.

This book is written primarily for occupational therapists and occupational therapy students but will be of relevance to anyone working with clients with rheumatoid disease.

Occupational therapy provides countless avenues for exploration.

Risk assessment and risk management are top of every mental health organisation's agenda.

The safety measures stated in this book are just generic guidelines and should not be taken as standards.

This comprehensive resource is designed to equip occupational therapy assistant (OTA) students and new practitioners with the essential knowledge required for effective skills in management, administration, and leadership.

Reviewed by Deborah Fox, News-Bulletin Staff Writer, Valencia County News-Bulletin: "e;Increasing the level of contentment in your life is simple science, says counselor and author Joan Leslie Woodruff, and her new book, Mind Games, published by AuthorHouse, will show you how .

Using this book, school counselors can increase their knowledge on the benefits of art therapy approaches in school counseling.

Applied Practice: Evidence and Impact in Theatre, Music and Art engages with a diversity of contexts, locations and arts forms – including theatre, music and fine art – and brings together theoretical, political and practice-based perspectives on the question of 'evidence' in relation to participatory arts practice in social contexts.

Applied Practice: Evidence and Impact in Theatre, Music and Art engages with a diversity of contexts, locations and arts forms – including theatre, music and fine art – and brings together theoretical, political and practice-based perspectives on the question of 'evidence' in relation to participatory arts practice in social contexts.

Performing Psychologies offers new perspectives on arts and health, focussing on the different ways in which performance interacting with psychology can enhance understanding of the mind.

Performing Psychologies offers new perspectives on arts and health, focussing on the different ways in which performance interacting with psychology can enhance understanding of the mind.

____________________________We can all be more creative.

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Drawing on the authors' combined expertise in both occupational and speech and language therapy, this essential guide is designed to empower teaching staff in their mission to create inclusive learning environments that support every child.

This book will provide the reader with a well rounded understanding of animal-assisted therapy, or "e;pet therapy.

Grounded in cutting-edge knowledge about cognitive function and recovery from brain injury, this practical reference and text builds on the authors influential earlier work, Optimizing Cognitive Rehabilitation.

This authoritative and comprehensive volume explains how to integrate movement, sound, art, play, imagery, drama, and other multisensory practices into psychotherapy.

This book addresses key questions facing the child therapist--how and when to bring parents into the treatment process and give them tools to support their childs healthy development.

There is growing evidence for the powerful role that music plays in enhancing childrens cognitive, social, and emotional development.

A leading course text and practitioner resource for over 20 years--now revised and updated--this book presents developmentally and culturally informed methods for helping children in family, school, and community settings.