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Occupational Analysis and Group Process

  • 2nd Edition - April 5, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Jane Clifford O'Brien, Jean W. Solomon
  • Language: English

Learn how to analyze client needs and use group therapy for effective interventions! Occupational Analysis and Group Process, 2nd Edition provides practical information on two ke… Read more

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Learn how to analyze client needs and use group therapy for effective interventions! Occupational Analysis and Group Process, 2nd Edition provides practical information on two key components of occupational therapy practice, helping you understand how to intervene with a variety of clients. Using case scenarios and clinical examples, this book provides strategies and guidelines for analyzing functional tasks for clients from children to adolescents to adults. It guides you through every step of the group process, including group leadership, communication within the group, and group interventions. Written by noted OT educators Jane Clifford O’Brien and Jean W. Solomon, this book provides a solid foundation for intervention planning.

Key features

  • Comprehensive content
  • covers the material taught in group process and occupational analysis courses within Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy Assistant programs.
  • Clear, matter-of-fact approach provides an understanding of the group process, strategies for leading groups, and guidelines for group interventions.
  • Case examples, tables, and boxes highlight the key content in each chapter.
  • Clinical Pearls emphasize practical application of the information, providing tips gained in clinical practice.
  • Therapeutic Media are tried-and-true methods pulled from the author's extensive experience in occupational therapy.

Table of contents

1. Understanding Occupation as a Precursor to Group Process

2. Occupational, Activity, and Task Analysis

3. Interpersonal Relationships and Communication

4. Therapeutic Use of Self: Applying the Intentional Relationship Model in Group Therapy

5. Teaching and Learning

6. Managing and Facilitating Groups

7. Guidelines and Best Practices for Setting and Developing Goals

8. Establishing Individual and Group Goals

9. Occupations of Childhood Focusing on Group Interventions

10. Adolescents: Developmental Tasks and Group Strategies

11. Adult Rehabilitation, Disability, and Participation: Group Interventions

12. Aging and Occupation: Emphasizing the Role of Physical Client Factors, Cognition, and Sensory Functioning

13. Managing Difficult Behaviors During Group Interventions

14. Ethical Decision-Making in Occupational Therapy Practice

15. Trends and Opportunities for Expanding Occupational Therapy Practice

16. Exercises and Forms for Practice Worksheets
Glossary
Index

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 5, 2021
  • 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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Jean W. Solomon

Affiliations and expertise
Occupational Therapist, Private Practice