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Celebrating 100 years of the Occupational Therapy profession, this Centennial Edition of Willard & Spackman’s Occupational Therapy continues to live up to its well-earned reputation as the foundational book that welcomes students into their newly chosen profession. Now fully updated to reflect current practice, the 13th Edition remains the must-have resource that students that will use throughout their entire OT program, from class to fieldwork and throughout their careers. One of the top texts informing the NBCOT certification exam, it is a must have for new practitioners.
Learn the best new approaches from the world’s leading OT educators! This timely book presents the most effective, innovative approaches to teaching the next generation of occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants. Examining both fieldwork and classroom programs, Occupational Therapy in Health Care presents tested, state-of-the-art programs from leaders in the field. Its practical approaches focus on vital issues of teaching, including professional collaboration, measuring learning outcomes, emerging trends in the field, and student development. Its practical approaches focus on vital issues of teaching and fieldwork education: interactive reasoning collaborative learning the influence of learning styles student group leadership in fieldwork developing research competencies understanding disability in context establishing community partnerships academic leadership environmental scanning regarding emerging issues
Philosophers have warned of the perils of a life spent without reflection, but what constitutes reflective inquiry - and why it’s necessary in our lives - can be an elusive concept. Synthesizing ideas from minds as diverse as John Dewey and Paulo Freire, theHandbook of Reflection and Reflective Inquiry presents reflective thought in its most vital aspects, not as a fanciful or nostalgic exercise, but as a powerful means of seeing familiar events anew, encouraging critical thinking and crucial insight, teaching and learning. In its opening pages, two seasoned educators, Maxine Greene and Lee Shulman, discuss reflective inquiry as a form of active attention (Thoreau’s "wide-awakeness"), an...
Facts, Frameworks, and Forecasts calls for rethinking the development of criminological theory. In her introduction, Joan McCord argues that the field is ready for new approaches and that its progress depends on a sound factual base. Examining the discipline's research design, methodology, and quantitative analysis efforts, the contributors identify significant advances in criminological theory. This empirical orientation results in a balanced blend of information and speculation.This book contains a comprehensive review. The first chapter describes biological conditions that have theoretical links with criminal behavior - ending with a discussion of how biological and social conditions may ...
In recent years the mediation movement has seen tremendous growth with significant advances being made in both research and practice. Despite these advances, reseachers and practitioners have remained relatively isolated from one another. Bridging the gap, COMMUNITY MEDIATION is dedicated to the mutual education of both researchers and mediators. It makes the findings of research accessible to practitioners and the issues of concern to practice available to researchers. Thus, this handbook affords researchers an excellent opportunity to learn more about actual techniques and enables practitioners to benefit from the latest research in the field.
It was like a remake of The Cowboy and the Lady, except that this time they weren't friends. The 1990 Texas governor's race pitted Republican Clayton Williams, a politically conservative rancher and oil millionaire, against Democrat Ann Richards, an experienced progressive politician noted for her toughness and quick wit. Their differences offered voters a choice not only of policies and programs but also of stereotypes and myths of men's and women's proper roles. Claytie and the Lady is the first in-depth look at how gender affected the 1990 governor's race. The authors' analysis reveals that Ann Richards' victory was a result of a unique combination of characteristics. She was simultaneous...
This timely collection explores trust research from many angles while ably demonstrating the potential of cross-discipline collaboration to deepen our understanding of institutional trust. Citing, among other things, current breakdowns of trust in prominent institutions, the book presents a multilevel model identifying universal aspects of trust as well as domain- and context-specific variations deserving further study. Contributors analyze similarities and differences in trust across public domains from politics and policing to medicine and science, and across languages and nations. Innovative strategies for measuring and assessing trust also shed new light on this essentially human behavio...
The contents of the March 2015 issue (Volume 124, Number 5) are: Articles: • “Article III Judicial Power, the Adverse-Party Requirement, and Non-Contentious Jurisdiction” by James E. Pfander & Daniel D. Birk • “Beyond Diversification: The Pervasive Problem of Excessive Fees and 'Dominated Funds' in 401(k) Plans” by Ian Ayres & Quinn Curtis • “The Uneasy Case for Favoring Long-Term Shareholders” by Jesse M. Fried • “Deviance, Aspiration, and the Stories We Tell: Reconciling Mass Atrocity and the Criminal Law” by Saira Mohamed Notes: • “Mitigating Jurors’ Racial Biases: The Effects of Content and Timing of Jury Instructions” by Elizabeth Ingriselli • “How To...
Life Experiences of Adults with Intellectual and Development Disabilities, Volume 67 in the International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Chapters include Inclusive Postsecondary Education for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Neurodiversity-affirming clinical care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Community Participation in Autistic Young Adults, Employment Services Landscape and Best Practices for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and much more.Additional chapters cover Exercise During Adulthood and Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review and Aging and Retirement of Adults with IDD. - Provides the latest information on Life Experiences of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - Offers outstanding and original reviews on a range of Life Experiences of Adults topics - Serves as an indispensable reference for researchers and students alike