Pediatric Skills for Occupational Therapy Assistants, 4th Edition: A Comprehensive Guide

Learn to provide effective therapy for children and adolescents with Pediatric Skills for Occupational Therapy Assistants, 4th Edition, the market-leading text in occupational therapy assisting. This comprehensive guide offers an application-focused approach to pediatric occupational therapy, incorporating the AOTA Practice Framework.

What’s Inside

This updated and expanded edition covers everything from the scope of practice to in-depth coverage of:

• Normal development and pediatric health conditions
• Treatment planning and intervention strategies
• Community systems and physical agent modalities
• The Model of Human Occupation assessments, including pediatric MOHO assessments
• Childhood obesity, documentation, neurodevelopmental treatment, and concepts of elongation

Unique Features

This text includes a range of unique features to enhance your learning experience, including:

• Video clips on the Evolve companion website, demonstrating pediatric clients involved in various occupational therapy interventions
• Clinical Pearls, highlighting expert advice and tips from the authors and contributors
• Case examples, providing snapshots of real-life situations to illustrate key concepts
• Evidence-based content, incorporating clinical trials and outcome studies to demonstrate the evidentiary basis for OTA practice
• Inclusion of cultural diversity and sensitivity issues, familiarizing readers with the diverse groups of people that OTAs treat in practice
• Incorporation of prevention information, demonstrating that the OTA’s role goes beyond intervention and treatment
• A family-centered perspective, using the terminology of the AOTA Practice Framework to focus on tailoring the OT approach to meet the needs of children within the context of their own environments

Learning Resources

The Evolve companion website offers a range of additional resources to support your learning, including:

• Video clips and review questions to reinforce key concepts
• Suggested activities to help bridge the gap between the classroom and the clinic
• Key terms, chapter outlines, and chapter objectives to prepare you for each chapter

With its comprehensive coverage, unique features, and range of learning resources, Pediatric Skills for Occupational Therapy Assistants, 4th Edition is the ultimate guide for occupational therapy assistants working with children and adolescents.