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Case-Smith's Occupational Therapy for Children and Adolescents

  • 9th Edition - April 17, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Jane Clifford O'Brien, Heather Kuhaneck
  • Language: English

**2026 Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) Textbook Excellence "Texty" Award Winner****Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" de… Read more

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**2026 Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) Textbook Excellence "Texty" Award Winner**
**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Occupational Therapy**

The number one book in pediatric OT is now revised and better than ever! Focusing on children and youth from infancy through adolescence to transition to adulthood, Case-Smith's Occupational Therapy for Children and Adolescents, Ninth Edition, provides comprehensive coverage of evidence-based pediatric practice across all settings. The textbook covers foundational concepts for OT for children and youth; evaluation and assessment; intervention across all major life occupations; interventions addressing social-emotional, behavioral, cognitive, sensory and motor function; and a final chapter providing case studies to illustrate professional reasoning.

Key features

  • NEW! Chapters provide important information on the topics of creativity, embracing diversity and bridging differences in practice, conditions, settings, telehealth, sexuality, driving, and professional reasoning
  • NEW! Evaluation chapter synthesizes content across multiple practice areas, settings, and conditions, highlighting the complex clinical reasoning that supports the evaluation process
  • NEW! Enhanced ebook version, included with every new print purchase, features case-based video clips, multiple-choice questions, and additional case studies, plus digital access to all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
  • REVISED! Case studies throughout the chapters apply and reinforce key concepts to promote clinical decision-making skills
  • NEW! Appendices provide information for commonly used assessment tools and list the cases presented throughout the text
  • UPDATED! Coverage explores the latest developments related to early intervention, school, and family systems
  • UPDATED! Current references help ensure content is relevant and applicable for today’s occupational therapy practice
  • Guiding Questions engage you in reading and indicate key concepts from each chapter. Questions can serve as checkpoints when studying for examinations
  • Coverage of OT for children from infancy through adolescence includes the latest research, techniques, and trends
  • Full-color, contemporary design includes high-quality photos and illustrations
  • Application of theory and frames of reference in practice are emphasized throughout the book

Readership

Occupational Therapy students; Doctor of Occupational Therapy (DOT); Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT); Occupational Therapy practitioners

Table of contents

SECTION I Foundational Knowledge

1. The Occupational Therapy Process in Pediatrics Overview of Essential Concepts

2. Creativity as a Building Block of Successful Therapeutic Sessions

3. Intentional Relationships: Working With Children and Families

4. Embracing Diversity and Bridging Differences in Pediatric Occupational Therapy Practice

5. Pediatric Conditions

6. Pediatric Settings

7. Documentation and Billing in Pediatric Practice

8. Developmental Trajectories

SECTION II Occupational Therapy Evaluation and Assessment

9. Evaluation and Assessment in Pediatrics

10. Data Interpretation, Goal Setting, and Outcome Measurement in Pediatrics

SECTION III Occupational Therapy Intervention

11. Interventions for Feeding and Eating

12. Intervention to Improve Sleep and Rest

13. Interventions to Address Activities of Daily Living

14. Interventions for Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

15. Intervention for Education: Early Intervention Through Transition from High School

16. Play Intervention

17. Promoting Leisure Participation

18. Social Participation and Community Integration

19. Sexuality

20. Driving and Community Mobility

21. Treatment for Work Skills and Employment

SECTION IV Approaches to Intervention

22. Empowering Families

23. Using Telehealth in Pediatric Occupational Therapy

SECTION V Social-Emotional, Behavioral, Cognitive, Sensory, and Motor Interventions

24. Social-Emotional Learning

25. Approaches for Managing Challenging Behavior

26. Cognitive-Based Interventions

27. Ayres Sensory Integration Intervention

28. Specific Sensory Techniques, Environmental Modifications, and Related Interventions

29. Application of Motor Control and Motor Learning

30. Intervention for Fine Motor Skills

31. Vision and Visual Information Processing

32. Interventions for Mobility

33. Interventions for Hand Impairments in Children and Youth

34. Assistive Technology Interventions to Promote Occupational Performance

SECTION VI Resources for Application

35. Case Studies to Illustrate Professional Reasoning in Pediatric Practice

Product details

  • Edition: 9
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 17, 2025
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Jane Clifford O'Brien

Professor Jane Clifford O'Brien works in the Occupational Therapy Department at University of New England Portland, Maine.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Occupational Therapy Department, University of New England Portland, Maine, USA

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Heather Kuhaneck

Associate Professor Heather Kuhaneck works in the Occupational Therapy Department at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, USA
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor Occupational Therapy, Department Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, USA