Product Description: This book prepares OTA students in their transition from classroom to clinical practice. Chapters cover evaluation, treatment, and discharge planning for OTA practice and defines OT/OTA roles in the clinic. The guide addresses goal writing, the interdisciplinary approach to treatment planning and delivery, patient care, discharge preparation, and situational activity grading...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The third edition of Introduction to Splinting: A Clinical Reasoning and Problem-Solving Approach helps readers master the basic theory, principles, and techniques of splinting needed for clinical practice. Using a combination textbook/workbook format, it integrates theory and technical knowledge with hands-on learning features that equip readers with essential clinical knowledge, critical thinking skills, and problem-solving skills associated with splinting...read more

Product Description: The human body is amazing. All structures in the human body work together to provide locomotion and support; knowledge of how this takes place is critical to the fields of occupational and physical therapy. Kinesiology Foundations for PTAs and OTAs combines precise clinical information, practical applications, and detailed illustrations that allow readers to understand this rigorous subject matter...read more

Management Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant is a unique and comprehensive new text on management specifically written for the occupational therapy assistant. One of the only texts on this emerging topic in OTA, the student and practitioner alike will find this text beneficial to the learning process faced by students as they prepare for this step in their education and careers. The text's chapters cover important areas of skills such as communication, ethics, reimbursement, and managing change. To assist the reader with integrating the material presented, a section called "Skills You Will Use" precedes each chapter. The user-friendly case studies facilitate student-directed learning, allowing for a complete learning experience. Review questions at the end of each chapter will assist students in tracking and evaluating their own personal growth. Management Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant is an excellent resource to be added to the personal libraries of all in OTA.Additional Chapter Topics Include: Roles and Responsibilities of the Occupational Therapy Assistant in Management History of Health Care Management Personnel Considerations and Supervision Continuous Quality Improvement

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This unique resource clearly presents a comprehensive range of elder care strategies and insights for the COTA. Coverage includes important trends, concepts and theories related to aging, as well as professional issues for occupational therapy professionals. A multi-disciplinary approach demonstrates the importance of the collaboration between the Occupational Therapist, Registered (OTR), and COTA.Highlights the importance of COTAs to the care of elder patients.Key terms, chapter objectives, and review questions highlight key chapter content.Case Studies illustrate important principles and help readers apply what they've learned to actual situations.Reduces the stereotypical role of dependent patients and dispels myths about aging.Reflects the recently adopted Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and its interpretation when caring for elder patients.AARP statistics and AOTA documents have been updated to reflect current information.New photos have been added to enhance the material presented.The appendix on web resources is now divided by chapter and includes a brief description of each website.Features a new Evolve site with review questions and answers, web links, and much more.New cases studies and review questions are included in each chapter.Practice settings coverage has been expanded to cover traditional, non-traditional and assisted living facilities.The hospice chapter features new guidelines on effective communication with elders.The Aging Trends and Concepts chapter includes a discussion of the growing number of elder Americans living over the age of one hundred.The principle of "thriving" is introduced and discussed in the Social and Biological Theories of Aging chapter.In the chapter on Psychological Aspects of Aging, the need for elder social support is introduced and discussed, as is the principle of physical illness in relation to coping with a chronic disease or serious illness.Features an extended and updated discussion of Medicare, Federal Public Policies, and other public sources of funding and how they relate to COTA practice. Other rehabilitation services and coverage concepts are discussed in relation to Federal Health Care Policy.The Occupational Theories with Elders chapter introduces the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and presents several new scenarios that illustrate the framework in use.The chapter on sexuality in elders was expanded to include a specific discussion of elder homosexuals.A new section on wheelchair seating and positioning was added to the mobility chapter.Discusses decreased acuity and oculomotor dysfunction, and includes an in-depth presentation of the settings in which visual impairments are addressed.Features the latest information on arthritis therapy and total knee replacement.

Product Description: Are you a student preparing for the NBCOT exam? Looking for only one study guide to help you prepare for this important day? Wondering what thousands of your peers and fellow students have relied on for their studying needs? The answer is the OTA Exam Review Manual-now available in a completely updated and revised second edition with over 550 questions...read more

Written by and specifically for Occupational Therapy Assistants, The OTA's Guide to Writing SOAP Notes is an instruction manual for teaching a specific skill: documentation as required for reimbursement in occupational therapy. With the current changes in healthcare, documentation of patient care is essential to meet standards for reimbursement of services. The purpose of this new text is to teach the Occupational Therapy Assistant to write SOAP notes that will be reimbursable under Medicare Part B and managed care. Documentation is learned in the same way that any other skill is learned-instruction and practice. The OTA's Guide to Writing SOAP Notes is the only text that provides instruction in writing SOAP notes specifically aimed at the OTA practitioner and student. This exceptional new text offers both the necessary instruction and multiple opportunities to practice, as skills are built on each other in a logical manner. Templates are provided for beginning students to use in formatting the SOAP note, and the task of documentation is broken down into small units to make learning easier. A detachable summary sheet is included that can be pulled out and carried to clinical sites as a reminder of the necessary contents for a SOAP note. "Answers" are provided for all worksheets so that the text can be used for independent study if desired.This new manual is a must-have for all Occupational Therapy Assistant students!Features: The only text that is written as a "how to" manual rather than as a philosophic treatise. Skills are broken down into small steps and taught as discrete units, allowing mastery of each segment before moving on. Many examples are provided for different stages of treatment, in a variety of practice settings. An appendix gives possible solutions to the worksheets, making the text useful for self-directed learning.

Designed as both a practical clinical reference and a comprehensive classroom text, this unparalleled new resource meets the need of OTA programs for a focused, easy-to-use approach to pediatrics. An introductory section covers the scope of practice, then addresses the medical, educational, and family systems. Subsequent sections provide in-depth coverage of normal development, pediatric health conditions, and treatment planning. A wide range of helpful pedagogy reinforces learning and enhances retention: chapter objectives, review questions, clinical pearls, learning activities, resource lists, bulleted/boxed key concepts, and boxed descriptions of therapeutic activities.

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This text includes occupation-based case studies that highlight the didactic material presented in each chapter, along with an updated style of information. Four sections make up the text. The first section looks at important foundation concepts such as history, uniform technology, and the occupational therapy process. The second section introduces students to people who are experiencing the challenges of disabilities. The chapters provide general information about the disabilities, as well as essential vocabulary and key concepts. The third section provides information on the "doing" of occupational therapy. Foundation treatment techniques are introduced so students can master basic skills and continue to research current practice. Lastly, the fourth section focuses on the management aspects of an OTA's professional life. This text seeks to provide students with the foundation they need to practice sound and meaningful occupational therapy.

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