Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant 2 nd Ed.

Designed as both a practical clinical reference and a comprehensive classroom text, the second edition of Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant meets the need of OTA programs for a focused, easy-to-use approach to physical dysfunction. This new edition is thoroughly updated and expanded to include areas such as work, habits of health and wellness, leisure and social participation, and activities and occupations of daily living.

Part I: History and Foundations1. Brief History of OT and Role of the OTA in Physical Disabilities Practice2. OT and Physical Disabilities: Scope, Theory, and Approaches to Practice3. Psychosocial Aspects of Physical Disability4. Infection Control and Safety Issues in the ClinicPart II: Framework and Process5. Occupational Therapy Process: Evaluation and Intervention in Physical Dysfunction6. Documentation of OT ServicesPart III: Assessment of Client Factors7. Assessment of Motor Control and Functional Motion8. Assessment of Joint Range of Motion9. Assessment of Muscle Strength10. Assessment of Sensation, Perception and CognitionPart IV: Intervention and Principles11. Teaching and Learning in Occupational Therapy12. Habits of Health and Wellness13. Occupations, Purposeful Activities, Preparatory ActivitiesPart V: Performance in Areas of Occupation14. Activities and Occupations of Daily Living15. Assistive Technology16. Moving in the Environment: Functional Mobility, Transfer Training, Wheelchairs, Driving17. Sexuality: An Activity of Daily Living18. Work19. Promoting Engagement in Leisure and Social ParticipationPart VI: Interventions for Performance Skills and Client Factors20. The Special Needs of the Older Adult21. Hand Splinting22. Sensorimotor Approaches to Treatment23. Interventions for Deficits in Vision and Other Sensory Functions24. Interventions for Disturbances in Perception and CognitionPart VII: Clinical Applications25. Cerebrovascular Accident26. Traumatic Brain Injury27. Degenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System28. Spinal Cord Injury29. Neurogenic and Myopathic Dysfunction30. Arthritic Diseases31. Acute Hand Injuries32. Hip Fractures and Lower Extremity Joint Replacement33. Burns34. Amputations and Prosthetics35. Cardiac and Dysfunction and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease36. Oncology37. HIV Infection and AIDS