Research Catalog

Title

Community practice in occupational therapy : a guide to serving the community / Susan K. Meyers.

Author

Meyers, Susan K.

Publication

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2010.

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Details

Description

xviii, 274 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Community Practice in Occupational Therapy: A Guide to Serving the Community integrates the history of health care and principles of management, marketing, and economics to provide guidelines for community practice. It examines existing occupational therapy practices that serve specific age groups and encourages professionals to identify innovative ways to aid underserved areas in their community."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Community-based social services
• Community mental health services
• Occupational Therapy > practice
• Occupational therapy services
• Occupational therapy > Practice
• Community Mental Health Services

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sect. I. Exploring Historical and Economic Relevance of Community Practice -- Ch. 1. The Beginning of Community-Based Occupational Therapy -- Ch. 2. Principles to Guide Community Practice -- Sect. II. Exploring Developed Practice in the Community: Opportunities for Practice -- Ch. 3. Community Practice with Children and Adolescents -- Ch. 4. Community Practice with Adults -- Ch. 5. Aging in the Community -- Ch. 6. Community Mental Health Practice -- Sect. III. Developing and Implementing Your Own Ideas for Community Practice -- Ch. 7. Preplanning for Community Practice Development -- Ch. 8. Developing Your Practice -- Ch. 9. Financing Your Practice -- Ch. 10. Marketing Your Program -- Ch. 11. Linking Evaluation with Planning, Financing, and Marketing Your Service -- Sect. IV. Examples of Three Community Programs Developed by Occupational Therapists -- Ch. 12. Katrina Kids Program Development and Evaluation / Fengyi Kuo -- Ch. 13. Occupational Therapy Services for People Who Are Homeless and in Hospice Care / Ann Chapleau -- Ch. 14. Life Skills Programming for Pregnant and Parenting Adolescent Girls / Leslie Roundtree.

ISBN

• 9780763762490 (alk. paper)
• 0763762490 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2009027209

OCLC

• ocn320805026
• 320805026
• SCSB-8877872

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries