Clinical Competencies in Occupational Therapy - Softcover

Kief, Cindy A.; Scheerer, Carol R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838512488 ISBN 13: 9780838512487

Publisher: Pearson, 2000

Synopsis

For courses in the occupational therapy curriculum.

This textbook encompasses the entire curriculum for occupational therapy, and focuses on the fundamental skills including all areas of practice―physical rehabilitation, pediatrics, psychosocial, and geriatrics. It emphasizes an interactive and collaborative approach for the occupational therapy assistant and the occupational therapist developing problem-solving and critical thinking skills for both future practitioners.

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Review

CINDY A. KIEF, COTA/L,AP Cindy has been working in the field of occupational therapy for 25 years in a variety of practice areas. Her experience includes work in acute care, rehabilitation, skilled nursing, home health, pediatric outpatient, school system, long-term psychosocial, and education. She has been teaching in an accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant program for 10 years and is currently full-time faculty at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Cincinnati, Ohio. Her duties include teaching courses in all areas of practice as well as serving as advisor to the American Student Occupational Therapy Association student club. Cindy is on the executive committee of the American Association of University Professors and serves on the advisory board for the occupational therapy assistant program and the geriatric activities coordinator program. She was one of the first COTAs to receive the Advanced Practice (AP) credentials from the American Occupational Therapy Association in the area of education. The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education has recently appointed her to the Roster of Accreditation Evaluators.

CAROL R. SCHEERER, Med, OTR/L Carol practiced as an occupational therapist in the school system for 18 years. She is certified in the Test Administration and Interpretation of the Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests and serves as a Sensory Integration Praxis Test Administration Observer for Sensory Integration International. Carol is currently an assistant professor at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, teaching full time in the Occupational Therapy Department. She also serves on the Advisory Board for Xavier University's Occupational Therapy Department. During the summer, Carol teaches in the Clinical Study Program of Sensory Integration at the Cincinnati Occupational Therapy Institute. Carol is the author of "Perspectives on an Oral Motor Activity: The Use of Rubber Tubing as a "Chewy"," published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy in 1992. She is also the author of a book entitled, Sensorimotor Groups: Activities for School and Home, published by Therapy Skill Builders. Carol earned a Bachelor of Science degree in occupational therapy at Indiana University in 1979 and a Master of Education degree at the University of Cincinnati in 1991. She is currently in the process of obtaining her doctoral degree from the University of Cincinnati in the Department of Education with a focus on curriculum and instruction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838512488
• ISBN 13: 9780838512487
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 668