Description
Book Synopsis1001 Pediatric Treatment Activities: Creative Ideas for Therapy Sessions is back with the newly updated Third Edition. Created by practicing occupational therapists specializing in pediatrics care who recognized the need for developing exciting activities to keep children engaged in therapy sessions for long periods of time, this book enhances the resources available to therapists. Understanding the needs of practicing professionals, the Third Edition also boasts over 450 images to save busy practitioners time, allowing them to focus on the treatment at hand.1001 Pediatric Treatment Activities is intended to be a quick and simple reference handbook for pediatric clinicians looking for new ideas for a therapy session. Easily skimmed by chapter and section, the updated and revised
Third Edition adds to the profession’s working knowledge and access to treatment activity ideas in a wide range of areas.
New to the
Third Edition:
- Dozens of new fun and engaging activities
- Full color images and additional pictures throughout to support and help explain the various activities
- Current evidence based on today’s research added to each chapter introduction
- Chapters on Handwriting and Teletherapy
- An up-to-date list of Therapeutic Apps
1001 Pediatric Treatment Activities, Third Edition covers treatment areas that are typically addressed in pediatric therapy and includes sections like sensory integration, visual system, hand skills, body strengthening and stabilizing, cognitive and higher-level skill building, social skills, and improving gait patterns. Chapters include:
- Teletherapy Activities
- Group Activities
- Seasonally Themed Projects and Activities
- Pressure Modulation
- Increasing Social Interaction and Relatedness
- Finger Individuation
- Open Webspace
- Fine Motor Skills
- Pinch-Grasp Manipulation
- Hand Strengthening
1001 Pediatric Activities, Third Edition is a practical guide for anyone in the field of pediatric therapy and belongs on the bookshelves of students and practitioners alike.
Table of Contents
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- Important Warning and Disclaimer
- Section I
- Sensory Integration
- Chapter 1
- Proprioceptive Activities
- Chapter 2
- Motor Planning
- Chapter 3
- Pressure Modulation
- Chapter 4
- Bilateral Integration/Crossing Midline
- Chapter 5
- Vestibular System
- Chapter 6
- Tactile Sensitivity
- Chapter 7
- Oral Motor Exercises
- Section II
- Visual System
- Chapter 8
- Visual Perception
- Chapter 9
- Visual Motor Integration
- Chapter 10
- Oculomotor Exercises
- Section III
- Dissociation Activities
- Chapter 11
- Body Dissociation
- Chapter 12
- Finger Individuation
- Section IV
- Hand Skills
- Chapter 13
- Open Webspace
- Chapter 14
- Fine Motor Skills
- Chapter 15
- Pinch-Grasp Manipulation
- Chapter 16
- Hand Strengthening
- Chapter 17
- Handwriting
- Section V
- Body Strengthening and Stabilizing
- Chapter 18
- Core-Strengthening Activities
- Chapter 19
- Balance Activities
- Chapter 20
- Upper Arm Strengthening and Stabilization
- Section VI
- Cognitive and Higher-Level Skill Building
- Chapter 21
- Increasing Attention
- Chapter 22
- Executive Functioning and Organizational Skills
- Section VII
- Social Skills
- Chapter 23
- Increasing Social Interaction and Relatedness
- Chapter 24
- Group Activities
- Chapter 25
- Seasonally Themed Projects and Activities
- Section VIII
- Improving Gait Patterns
- Chapter 26
- Increasing the Arches of the Foot
- Chapter 27
- Decreasing External Rotation of the Hips
- Chapter 28
- Decreasing Internal Rotation of the Hips
- Chapter 29
- Addressing Toe-Walking
- References
- Appendix A: Worksheets and Handouts
- Appendix B: Therapeutic iPhone and Android Apps
- Appendix C: Occupational Therapy Telehealth
- Glossary
- Brand Name Products
- Index
