Crafts and Creative Media in Therapy: A Comprehensive Guide for Therapists

For over 20 years, Crafts and Creative Media in Therapy has been a trusted reference for therapists seeking to incorporate creative approaches into their practice. Authored by Carol Crellin Tubbs, this comprehensive guide offers a wide range of craft and creative activity categories, including paper crafts, cooking, recycled materials, and more.

A Comprehensive Resource for Therapists

Each chapter in this Fifth Edition includes:

• A brief history of the craft
• Several projects with suggestions for grading or adapting
• Examples of related documentation
• A short case study with a flow chart to help students understand the process and rationale for tailoring activities to individual client needs

In addition to its comprehensive coverage of craft categories, this edition features new chapters on:

• Making therapy tools
• Crafting with a purpose
• Working with recycled and found materials (expanded to reflect current cultural trends)

Project suggestions are scattered throughout the chapters, focusing on specific performance skills or client factors. A behavioral observation checklist is also provided as an aid in evaluation and documentation.

Enhanced Features and Updates

This Fifth Edition includes:

• Updated craft projects to reflect current trends and best practices
• Additional resources and links for further ideas and inspiration
• Illustrations to help students distinguish between the use of occupation as means and occupation as end
• An updated instructor’s manual with extra resources and suggestions for lesson planning

Crafts and Creative Media in Therapy, Fifth Edition is an essential resource for therapists, providing a vast array of craft ideas, therapeutic applications, and guidance on grading activities to achieve specific therapy objectives. It also covers precautions for use with certain populations, contextual limitations, and safety considerations.

Written in an engaging and accessible style, this comprehensive guide presents information in various formats, including examples, tables, and illustrations, to promote student understanding and facilitate effective application in practice.

Publisher: SLACK Incorporated
Publication Date: October 15, 2016
Language: English
ISBN: 9781630911096, 9781630911102