Cognition, occupation, and participation across the life span
Subtitle: neuroscience, neurorehabilitation, and models of intervention in occupational therapy
By: edited by Noomi Katz ; foreword by Beatriz Colon Abreu
Contributors: American Occupational Therapy Association
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: AOTA Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bethesda, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
ISBN-13: 9781569003220
Subjects: Occupational therapy; Patients; Cognition Disorders; Cognitive neuroscience; Occupational Therapy; Cognition disorders; Rehabilitation
Other titles: Cognition and occupation across the life span.
Description: The translation of cognitive neuroscience into occupational therapy practice is a required competence that helps practitioners understand human performance and provides best practice in the profession. This comprehensive new edition represents a significant advancement in the knowledge translation of cognition and its theoretical and practical application to occupational therapy practice with children and adults. Chapters, written by leaders in an international field, focus on cognition that is essential to everyday life. Each cognitive model includes a theoretical base; intervention, including evaluation procedures, assessment instruments, and treatment methods; individual and group treatment case studies that illustrate the intervention process; and research supporting the evidence base of the model or parts of it. Chapters feature learning objectives and review questions --
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Cognition and occupation across the life span, 2nd ed. 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.