Abstract
Nearly 22% of school occupational therapy practitioners work in school settings, creating demand for current, effective, and evidence-based best practices for students. Reflecting the extensiveness of occupational therapy practice in schools, this exciting publication contains best practices from preschool to postsecondary transitions, from ADLs to driving. Highlights include:
- Section I. Foundations of School Practice—8 chapters cover topics such as history, the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, ethics, role of OTAs, state guidelines, leadership, professional access and negotiation, and student access.
- Section II. Evidence-Guided Practices: Systems-Level Considerations to Support Participation—15 chapters cover topics such as evaluation, intervention, documentation, program evaluation, workloads, fieldwork, collaborating, resolving conflicts, EI services and RtI, health and wellness, mental health, universal design for learning, transportation, preschooler transition, and postsecondary transition.
- Section III. Evidence-Guided Practices: Population-Based Planning to Support Participation—11 chapters cover topics such as 504 plans, autism, emotional disturbance, hearing impairments and deafness, low-incidence disabilities, health impairments, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, TBI, and visual impairments.
- Section IV. Evidence-Guided Practices: Performance-Based Considerations to Enhance Student Participation—6 chapters cover topics such as cognition and executive functioning, sensory processing skills, motor and praxis skills, visual perception, fine motor and visual–perceptual skills, and communication and social skills.
- Section V. Evidence-Guided Practices: Activity-Based Considerations to Enhance Student Participation—8 chapters cover topics such as literacy, handwriting, assistive technology, ADLs, IADLs, eating and swallowing, play and leisure, and driver’s education.
With a deliberate focus on student participation, Best Practices for Occupational Therapy in Schools provides practical applications of evidence-based research to daily practice. This comprehensive text guides readers through issues particularly relevant to occupational therapy in schools, such as RtI and positive behavioral supports, 504 plans, IEPs, and students’ rights and eligibility for occupational therapy services under relevant laws such as IDEA. Destined to become an occupational therapy classic, Best Practices for Occupational Therapy in Schools is the most comprehensive publication available for practice in schools.
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Table of Contents
Best Practices for Occupational Therapy in Schools
- Front Matter i2
- Section I. Foundations of School Practice 126
- 1. History of Occupational Therapy in the Schools 328
- 2. Best Practices in Applying the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework in Schools 1540
- 3. Best Practices in Ethical Decision Making for School Occupational Therapy Practitioners 2752
- 4. Best Practices in the Role of Occupational Therapy Assistants in Schools 3560
- 5. Best Practices in Developing State Guidelines for School Occupational Therapy 4166
- 6. Best Practices for Developing School Occupational Therapy Practitioners as Leaders 4772
- 7. Best Practices in Accessing and Negotiating the System by Understanding Public Education 5580
- 8. Best Practices in Supporting Student Access in Schools to Enhance Participation 6994
- Section II. Evidence-Guided Practices: Systems-Based Considerations to Support Participation 81106
- 9. Best Practices in School Occupational Therapy Evaluation to Support Participation 83108
- 10. Best Practices in School Occupational Therapy Interventions to Support Participation 95120
- 11. Best Practices in School Occupational Therapy Documentation 107132
- 12. Best Practices in School Occupational Therapy Program Evaluation 121146
- 13. Best Practices in Determining School Workloads 131156
- 14. Best Practices in School Occupational Therapy Fieldwork 141166
- 15. Best Practices in Collaborating on School Teams 151176
- 16. Best Practices in Resolving Conflicts in Schools 163188
- 17. Best Practices in Early Intervening Services and Response to Intervention 173198
- 18. Best Practices in School Health and Wellness 183208
- 19. Best Practices in School Mental Health 195220
- 20. Best Practices in Universal Design for Learning 209234
- 21. Best Practices in Safe Transportation 221246
- 22. Best Practices in Transition Planning for Preschoolers 235260
- 23. Best Practices in Postsecondary Transition Planning With Students 245270
- Section III. Evidence-Guided Practices: Population-Based Planning to Support Participation 261286
- 24. Best Practices in Supporting Students With a 504 Plan 263288
- 25. Best Practices in Supporting Students With Autism 273298
- 26. Best Practices in Supporting Students With Emotional Disturbance 285310
- 27. Best Practices in Supporting Students With Hearing Impairments and Deafness 297322
- 28. Best Practices in Supporting Students With Intellectual Disabilities 309334
- 29. Best Practices in Supporting Students With Low Incidence Disabilities, Including Multiple Disabilities and Deaf–Blindness 319344
- 30. Best Practices in Supporting Students With Other Health Impairments 331356
- 31. Best Practices in Supporting Students With Physical Disabilities 341366
- 32. Best Practices in Supporting Students With Specific Learning Disabilities 355380
- 33. Best Practices in Supporting Students With Traumatic Brain Injury 367392
- 34. Best Practices in Supporting Students With Visual Impairments 379404
- Section IV. Evidence-Guided Practices: Student-Based Considerations to Enhance Student Participation 389414
- 35. Best Practice in Cognition and Executive Functioning to Enhance Participation 391416
- 36. Best Practices in Sensory Processing Skills to Enhance Participation 403428
- 37. Best Practices in Motor and Praxis Skills to Enhance Participation 419444
- 38. Best Practices in Visual Perception and Reading Skills to Enhance Participation 431456
- 39. Best Practices in Fine Motor and Visual–Motor Skills to Enhance Participation 443468
- 40. Best Practices in Communication and Social Interactions to Enhance Participation 459484
- Section V. Evidence-Guided Practices: Activity-Based Considerations to Enhance Student Participation 469494
- 41. Best Practices in Early Literacy and Literacy Skills to Enhance Participation 471496
- 42. Best Practices in Supporting Written Expression Skills to Enhance Participation 483508
- 43. Best Practices in Use of Assistive Technology to Enhance Participation 499524
- 44. Best Practices in Supporting Activities of Daily Living to Enhance Participation 513538
- 45. Best Practices in Eating, Drinking, and Swallowing Skills to Enhance Participation 527552
- 46. Best Practices in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living to Enhance Participation 541566
- 47. Best Practicesin Play and Leisure Skills to Enhance Participation 551576
- 48. Best Practices in Supporting Driver's Education to Enhance Participation 561586
- Subject Index 573598
- Citation Index 587612