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Making Play Just Right: Unleashing the Power of Play in Occupational Therapy
Author/s: Heather Kuhaneck, Susan L. SpitzerOVERVIEW
At the heart of Making Play Just Right: Unleashing the Power of Play in Occupational Therapy is the belief that pediatric occupational therapy is most effective when it incorporates play. The Second Edition is a unique resource that provides the background, history, evidence, and general knowledge needed to use a playful approach in pediatric occupational therapy. The text provides specific examples to help therapists use activity analysis with professional reasoning to best adopt these strategies. The Second Edition has been expanded to include a variety of new topics, including play in the schools, international influences, parent-child play, and much more.
Features and Benefits
- Incorporates the current Occupational Therapy Practice Framework (OTPF)
- Real case studies to reinforce learning
- Forms for activity analysis and professional reasoning
- Video cases illustrate analysis of play and treatment applications
- Instructor resources include a test bank, slides in PowerPoint format, an Instructor’s Manual, and additional learning activities
- Cases that consider opportunities for expanding OT practice in new ways or new areas
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Part 1 The Knowledge You Need…
- Chapter 1 Answering the Big Questions About Play
- Chapter 2 Contributions of the Profession of Occupational Therapy to the Understanding of the Phenomenon of Play as an Occupation
- Part 2 The Skills and Tools You Need…
- Chapter 3 Examining Play in Our Pediatric Clients: Formal Assessments
- Chapter 4 Informal Play Assessment and Activity Analysis
- Part 3 …And How to Apply Them
- Chapter 5 The Occupational Therapist as a Tour Guide to the Land of “PLAY”
- Chapter 6 Being Playful: Therapeutic Use of Self in Pediatric Occupational Therapy
- Chapter 7 Selecting Play Activities through Sound Professional Reasoning
- Chapter 8 Adapting Activities for Play and Therapy
- Chapter 9 Playful Play Spaces
- Part 4 Play Applications in Varied Contexts
- Chapter 10 Play in School-Based Occupational Therapy
- Chapter 11 Parent-Child Play and Attachment: Promoting Play within Families
- Chapter 12 Play to Promote Mental Health in Children and Youth
- Chapter 13 Creative Play and Leisure for Adolescents
- Chapter 14 Improving Social Play and Friendships through Play in Groups
- Chapter 15 Perspectives on the Meaning of Play: International, Cultural, and Individual Contexts
- Chapter 16 Creatively Negotiating Play Dilemmas
- Appendix Index
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