Solomon and O’Brien’s Pediatric Skills for Occupational Therapy Assistants, 6th Edition

1. Scope of Practice
2. Family Systems
3. Medical Systems
4. Educational Systems
5. Community Systems
6. Principles of Development
7. Development of Performance Skills
8. Development of Occupations
9. Adolescent Development: Being an Adolescent, Becoming an Adult
10. The Occupational Therapy Process
11. Anatomy and Physiology for the Pediatric Practitioner
12. Neuroscience for the Pediatric Practitioner
13. Pediatric Health Conditions
14. A Holistic Approach to Mental Health and Wellness
15. Childhood and Adolescent Youth With Weight Concerns (YWC): Healthy Body Image and Weight Management
16. Intellectual Disabilities
17. Cerebral Palsy
18. Positioning and Handling: A Therapeutic Approach
19. Activities of Daily Living
20. Interventions for Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
21. Play and Playfulness
22. School-Based Setting: Focus on Handwriting
23. Therapeutic Media: Activity With Purpose
24. Motor Control and Motor Learning
25. Sensory Integration and Processing in Occupation
26. Assistive Technology
27. Orthoses, Orthotic Fabrication, and Elastic Therapeutic Taping for the Pediatric Population
28. Animal-Assisted Therapy
29. Leadership and Administration for the OTA: Intraprofessional Collaboration and Documentation for Evaluation, Treatment, and Discharge
30. Identifying Emerging or Nontraditional Practice Areas in Pediatrics
Glossary
Index