Assessment and Activities for Sensory-Enriched Care
Understand and assess the sensory needs of people with dementia, and learn how to implement sensory modulation-based approaches for enriched care.
Drawing on the author's Sensory Modulation Program, this approach aids with self-organization and meaningful participation in life activities. Explaining ......
Welcome to Dagmarsminde, an innovative nursing home in Denmark with a remarkable and life-affirming approach to dementia care. The founder and staff of this replicable model strive to help persons with dementia enjoy a rich, normal-feeling life. Following person-centered practices, daily life includes routines focused on good nutrition, contact ......
Intervention Strategies for Occupational Therapy Assistants
The go-to resource for class, clinical, and practice--now in full color! A team of noted OTA and OT leaders and educators deliver practical, in-depth coverage of the most common adult physical conditions and the corresponding evidence-based occupational therapy interventions. The authors blend theory and foundational knowledge with practical ......
Creative Tools for Therapeutic Practice and Supervision
This practical book for arts therapists and other mental health professionals contains a wide variety of art activities. Each one focuses on a different aspect of positive psychology, such as creativity, flow, character strengths, self-awareness and wellbeing. It also includes background theory, case examples, and post-activity guiding questions.
This book addresses a key need for child therapists - how to actively involve parents in treatment and give them tools to support their childs healthy development.
An illustrated booklet for parents (and those who support them) to help navigate their way through the firs three, vital years of their child's emotional development and lay the foundations for a stable core self that will take them through the rest of their lives.
Helping Children and Families in Foster Care, Kinship Care or Adoption
A burgeoning evidence base supports that arts, play and other creative therapies have potential to help children in foster care, kinship care or adoptive families to recover from complex trauma.
Written by contributors working at the cutting edge of delivering effective therapeutic interventions, this innovative ......
A self-study guide for health and social care staff on trauma informed care of people with intellectual disabilities. It brings together key theories of psychotherapy and disability so that support staff can understand and identify stages of emotional development and plan interventions for the benefit of the person with intellectual disabilities.
Poetry is increasingly used in therapy, and it already occupies a central place in expressive arts therapies. This book is the first to explicitly combine theory and practice from the field of expressive arts with poetry and poetics.
