Main description:

Get the best instruction on occupational analysis, group process, and therapeutic media - all from one book! Using a matter-of-fact style to share their experiences, successes, and failures, expert authors Jane Clifford O'Brien and Jean W. Solomon provide you with effective therapeutic media; sample activity analyses useful in current health care contexts; practical guidance in play, leisure, and social participation areas of occupation; strategies for effective group management and processes; and overviews of theories supporting best practice.

Comprehensive content covers the material taught in group process and occupational analysis courses thoroughly and completely for the OTA.
Logically organized content that's written in a matter-of-fact style helps you better understand and retain information.
Clinical pearls emphasize the practical application of the information.
Therapeutic Media are tried-and-true methods pulled from the author's extensive experience.

Contents:

Occupational and Group Analysis using the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework (OTPF), 2nd edition (2008)

Activity Analysis

Interpersonal Relationships and Communication

Therapeutic Use of Self

Teaching and Learning

Group Process and Management: Attaining Group Goals

Group Process and Management: Attaining Individual Goals

Occupational and Group Analysis: Pediatrics

Occupational and Group Analysis: Adolescents

Occupational and Group Analysis: Adults

Occupational and Group Analysis: Elderly

Application of Occupational and Group Analysis in Traditional and Emerging Practice Settings

Ethical Considerations

Managing Difficult Groups