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Play in Occupational Therapy for Children

  • 2nd Edition - December 13, 2007
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Diane Parham Trigg, Linda S. Fazio
  • Language: English

Focused on the importance of play in evaluating and treating children with disabilities, Play in Occupational Therapy for Children, 2nd Edition presents play theories and… Read more

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Focused on the importance of play in evaluating and treating children with disabilities, Play in Occupational Therapy for Children, 2nd Edition presents play theories and assessments along with the theories and assessments reached from research conducted by occupational therapists and occupational scientists. This edition also includes five new chapters that reflect the latest developments in the areas of autism, play assessment, play for institutionalized toddlers, school-based play, and play and assistive technology in an early intervention program to provide you with the most up-to-date information available.

Key features

  • Case Studies highlighted in special boxes provide snapshots of real-life situations and solutions to help you apply key concepts in the clinical setting.
  • Clinical trials and outcome studies emphasize evidence-based practice.
  • Key Terms, Chapter Objectives, and Review Questions help you assess and evaluate what you’ve learned.

Table of contents

Part I: Introduction to Play and Occupational Therapy


1. Play and Occupational Therapy

Part II: Assessment of Play


2. The Play History Interview: A Narrative Approach


3. The Revised Knox Preschool Play Scale


4. The Test of Playfulness (ToP)


5. Assessment of Play and Leisure in Adolescents


6. Family Narratives and Play Assessment

Part III: Play as a Means for Enhancing Development and Skill Acquisition


7. The Power of Object Play for Infants and Toddlers


8. Play to Support Development of Institutionalized Toddlers


9. Play and Sensory Integration in Early Childhood


10. Play in Middle Childhood


11. Play in School-Based Occupational Therapy

Part IV: Play as a Goal of Intervention


12. Integrating Children with Disabilities into Family Play


13. Fostering Parent-Infant Playfulness in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit


14. Play for Children with Autism: Structure and Experience


15. Doing With—Not Doing To: Play and the Child with Cerebral Palsy


16. Accessing Play Through Assistive Technology


17. Play and Assistive Technology in an Early Intervention Program


18. Storytelling, Storymaking, and Fantasy Play

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 13, 2007
  • Language: English

About the authors

DT

Diane Parham Trigg

Diane Parham Trigg, Associate Editor, OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health; Professor, Occupational Therapy Graduate Program, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Editor, OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health; Professor, Occupational Therapy Graduate Program, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, USA

LF

Linda S. Fazio

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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