Occupational Therapy for Children by Jane Case-Smith

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Incorporating the newly adopted OT Practice Framework, this market-leading text takes an evidence-based look at children at various ages and stages in development, comprehensively addressing both conditions and treatment techniques in all settings. Users will discover new author contributions, new research and theories, new techniques, and current trends to keep them in step with the changes in pediatric OT practice.

• Case studies incorporate clinical reasoning and evidence-based structure
• Key terms, chapter objectives, and study questions identify important information
• Information on conditions, technology, practice models, and practice arenas
• Describes practice in both medical and educational settings to expose readers to a variety a practice situations

• Updated language and terminology in accordance with the 2002 OT Practice Framework
• International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) codes are integrated throughout
• More evidence-based content such as clinical trials and outcome studies with regard to evaluation and intervention more accurately reflects OT as it is currently taught and practiced
• New authors provide a fresh approach to play, social skills, interventions, visual and auditory disorders, and hospital services
• Over 150 new illustrations and improved text concepts
• Internet resources provide the reader with new information sources

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Laura K. Vogtle, PhD, OTR/L, ATP (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Description:This is a text edited by a well-known contributor to this arena and includes many chapters by authors respected in the field. Topic areas are divided into foundational material, evaluation, performance areas, and practice areas. Chapters include detailed case studies, clear tables, and illustrations/photos, and in some cases appendixes for further clarification.
Purpose:The book is designed to be a complete and detailed perspective on the occupational therapy assessment and treatment of children. The editor has included an up-to-date legislative and theoretical backdrop against which current practice guidelines, theoretical frameworks, and contexts are portrayed. The intent is to provide a comprehensive work, and for the most part the editor is successful in this goal. Other texts are more narrowly focused, so other resources need to be included in courses where they are used.
Audience:The intended audience is undergraduate occupational therapy students, although the work applies to entry-level masters students as well. It could also be used as a reference by clinicians who do not have pediatric experience. Several chapters have more advanced material which could be used by clinicians who are currently practicing in pediatric settings.
Features:The theory and foundations of occupational therapy, evaluation, practice areas, and practice arenas are covered in four sections. Chapters on working with families, postural control, self-care, adaptation, and areas of service are particularly well written. The case studies are presentedto integrate the didactic material with realistic cases. There is a good description of evidence-based practice, which is advocated as a basis for intervention. Interestingly, in the same chapter contributors proceed to discuss the lack of evidence for the efficacy of a sensory-integrative (SI) framework, then go on to point out that "SI remains a powerful force in clinical reasoning in pediatrics." Sections that could be stronger include the technology chapter, which is limited to computers and augmentative communication. There is no chapter on developing social relationships and networks, none on adolescence, and the chapter on transitions is quite limited.
Assessment:This text is an excellent contribution to the library of pediatric texts. It has broad-based application which makes it useful in both undergraduate, entry-level, and even post-professional settings. The strength of the book lies in the scope and depth provided. There are several pediatric texts on play and hand function, but none as comprehensive as this. The third edition of this text was published in 1996, which makes it seem early for another edition. There are a few new contributors, but the chapter structure is very similar. There are a few chapter deletions and some of the remaining have been renamed and reworked. Many of the photographs are the same. The case study format is new and much improved, and the language of the text reworked into existing norms and theory of the occupational therapy profession.

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