1st Edition

Sensory Integrative Approaches in Occupational Therapy

By Florence S Cromwell Copyright 1987

    Leading advocates of sensory integration use in occupational therapy explore the exciting potentials of this profound theory and its applications. This truly comprehensive and enlightening book provides step-by-step assistance for therapists in observing patient’s behavior and appropriately modifying the patient’s environment in order to promote increasingly complex adaptive behaviors. Sensory Integrative Approaches in Occupational Therapy moves beyond the traditional use of the practice with the learning disabled elementary school aged child by demonstrating its successful application in programs for infants, preschoolers, adolescents, and the elderly. Occupational therapists with a wide array of clinical, research, and education experience address contemporary issues such as advocacy, cost effectiveness, family participation, and documentation of patient progress. They clearly demonstrate how sensory integration theory complements and mutually reinforces other common occupational therapy practices. This exciting book will stimulate your creativity and encourage the continued development of sensory integration theory as a vital component of occupational therapy in health care.

    Contents Maternal Role Preparation: A Program Using Sensory Integration, Infant-Mother Attachment, and Occupational Behavior Perspectives
    • Evaluation of Praxis in Preschoolers
    • Movement is Fun: An Occupational Therapy Perspective on a Program for Preschoolers
    • Sensory Integrative Dysfunction: Parental Participation in the Child’s Therapy Program
    • Sensory Integration and Play Behavior: A Case Study of the Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy Using Sensory Integrative Techniques
    • A Sensory-Integrative Approach to the Education of the Autistic Child
    • Sensory Integration and Ego Development in a Schizophrenic Adolescent Male
    • A Sensory Integration Based Program With a Severely Retarded/Autistic Teenager: An Occupational Therapy Case Report
    • Using Sensory Integration Principles With Regressed Elderly Patients
    • The Use of Computer-Assisted Behavior Observation in Sensory Integration Practice and Research
    • The Clinician as Advocate for Sensory Integration
    • Improving the Work Potential of Brain-Injured Adolescents and Young Adults: A Model for Evaluation and Individualized Training

    Biography

    Zoe Mailloux