Ideas and Activities for Working Therapeutically with Worried Children and Their Families
This book sets out therapeutic activities to help children aged 4-12 years and their families to better understand and manage anxiety. It explains how to work with anxious children, providing a framework for assessment and therapy that draws on CBT, ACT and narrative therapy approaches.
Gaining knowledge of sensory integration is key for any occupational therapist to bette runderstand and support those they work with. In mental health settings, sensory approaches have been shown to aid de-escalation, promote development of healthy coping strategies, and decrease restrictive practice. However, there are a lack of resources ......
A Coloring Book and Journal for Trans and Non-Binary People
If you're transgender, non-binary, or any other gender under the wide and wonderful trans umbrella, this book is for you. A creative journal and workbook with a difference, this book combines coloring pages celebrating trans identity, beauty and relationships, with practical advice, journaling prompts and space for reflection to promote ......
Supporting Healthy Sleep Practices for Wellbeing and Performance
Maintaining good sleep is a crucial yet often underrated pillar of a persons wellbeing and general health. Despite this, there is limited guidance on how and why the various phases women experience in their lifetime may impact their quality of sleep, and what can be done to improve it.
This practical and accessible guide for health ......
Right on target. Innovative, nothing comes near it in occupational therapy. A sophisticated meld of occupational therapy and psychology. It is very innovative for occupational therapy and other fields. I am thoroughly impressed." "I have found no occupational therapy book more interesting to me than this one. I always have to go outside of the ......
The Connected Therapist's Guide to Low-Cost Activities for Working with Children
In using this resourceful guide, therapists can develop a comprehensive understanding of how trauma impacts their young clients brains and sensory systems. Filled with therapeutic strategies and activities tailored to specific regions of the brain, professionals will be able to optimise brain rehabilitation and improve sensory processing ......
What Global OT Practice Can Teach Us About Innovation, Culture, and Community
This is an enlightening anthology of 16 interviews conducted with occupational therapists from around the world who share their personal reflections and challenges in occupational therapy within different cultural and political contexts. It encourages global cultural awareness and nurtures a sense of connection with practitioners around the world.
Person-centered, recovery-oriented, occupation-based Here's practical information on the theories, evidence, assessments, and interventions that are crucial to effective occupational therapy mental health practice. Students will gain an understanding of the lived experience and an evidence-based, recovery-oriented perspective with guidance on ......
Written by international Montessori and dementia experts, this indispensable guide to Montessori for elders makes it possible for any care provider to understand and implement this innovative approach to aging. Jennifer Brush and Margaret Jarrell show care communities how to create and sustain a team that promotes elders' functional skills, ......
