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PLAY IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOR CHILDREN
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Second Edition

By
L. Diane Parham, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Chief, Division of Occupational Therapy, Director, Occupational Therapy Graduate Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Linda Fazio, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Description
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.

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

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 480 pages, publication date: DEC-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-02954-4
ISBN-10: 0-323-02954-X
Imprint: MOSBY


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