1st Edition
Cases in Pediatric Occupational Therapy Assessment and Intervention
Cases in Pediatric Occupational Therapy: Assessment and Intervention is designed to provide a comprehensive collection of case studies that reflects the scope of current pediatric occupational therapy practice.
Drs. Susan Cahill and Patricia Bowyer, along with more than 50 contributors, begin each section with an introduction to the practice setting and direct instructors and students to additional resources for more information. The text includes more than 40 cases that include client overviews, relevant history and background information; information regarding the analysis of occupational performance; information about progress in treatment; and questions to promote the development and refinement of clinical reasoning skills.
Cases are presented from various practice settings, including:
- The neonatal intensive care unit
- Early intervention
- School systems
- Outpatient services
- Hospital-based settings
- Mental health settings
- Community settings
Each case included in Cases in Pediatric Occupational Therapy is written by professionals with first-hand experience working with pediatric clients from the specific practice setting, and it aligns with the occupational therapy process represented in the AOTA’s Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, Third Edition. In addition, supplemental information, photographs, and video clips help to bring the cases to life.
Included with the text are online supplemental materials for faculty use in the classroom.
Cases in Pediatric Occupational Therapy will guide occupational therapy students, faculty, and practitioners through effective clinical decision making during the selection of assessment procedures and the development of client-centered and context-specific intervention plans.
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Jaylene: Prematurity/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Maya: Premature Infant/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Sam: Premature Infant/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Marco: Premature Infant/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Pablo: Premature Infant/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Chapter 2 Introduction to Early Intervention
Royce: Developmental Delay/Early Intervention
Catherine: Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum/Early Intervention Transition
Tommy: Sensory Dysmodulation and Dyspraxia/Early Intervention
Cooper: Developmental Delay/Early Intervention
Ricky: Developmental Delay and Sensory Processing Disorder/Early Intervention
Chapter 3 Introduction to School Systems
Denny: Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/School Systems
Donovan: Emotional Disturbance/Middle School
Serena: At Risk for Learning and Social Emotional Disabilities/School Systems
Kendra: Cerebral Palsy
Wilson: Learning Disability/School Systems
Johanna: Cerebral Palsy/School Systems
April: Autism/Private Separate Day School
Abby: Down Syndrome/School Systems
Gina: Cerebral Palsy/School Systems
Jefferson Union High School District: Sexuality and Dating Skills Training/School Systems
Ozzy: Childhood Trauma With Neuromotor Sequelae
Chapter 4 Introduction to Outpatient Services
Conrad: Sensory Processing Disorder, Fine- and Gross-Motor Delay/Outpatient Clinic
Jacob: Sensory Processing Disorder/Outpatient Clinic
Brad: Brain Tumor/Outpatient
Nadir: Motor Disorder/Outpatient Rehabilitation
Renee: CHARGE Syndrome/Outpatient
Finn: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Feeding Concerns
Chapter 5 Introduction to Hospital-Based Settings
Alexa: Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury/Inpatient Rehabilitation
Jenna: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Hand Therapy
Jonathon: Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury/Rehabilitation
Martha: Spina Bifida/Hospital Clinic
Liam: Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Septic Shock, Cardiac Myopathy/Oncology
Robby: Feeding Disorder/Hospital-Based Feeding Clinic
Lyrik: Amyoplasia Multiplex Congenita/Outpatient
Jane: Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury/Inpatient Rehabilitation
Chapter 6 Introduction to Mental Health Settings
Abigail: Aggression/Inpatient Psychiatric Unit
Tiffany: Pediatric Depression/Community-Based Mental Health
Sophia: Early Intervention/Infant Mental Health 1
William: Bipolar Disorder/School
James: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder/Inpatient Psychiatry
Emma: Anxiety Disorder/Inpatient
Chapter 7 Introduction to Community Settings
Michael: Anoxic Brain Injury/Hippotherapy
Opening Doors/Community Organization
Ivan: Status Post Burns and Left Lower Extremity Amputation/Village in Ecuador
La Fuente: Community-Based Parent Education and Advocacy Training in Special Education
Carlos: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy/Hospice
Index
Biography
Susan M. Cahill, PhD, OTR/L completed her entry-level occupational therapy education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She received a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, and a PhD in Special Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Cahill has 17 years of experience as an occupational therapist, working primarily in pediatrics and the school systems. Her professional roles have included school administration, leadership of faculty, and implementation and evaluation of school-wide programs. Her research interests include supporting the occupational performance of children who are at-risk for learning and social emotional disabilities at school. Dr. Cahill is the author of many journal articles and chapters focused on pediatric occupational therapy practice and the co-author of another pediatric text. She has presented at local and national conferences and consults with many school districts.
Patricia Bowyer, EdD, MS, OTR, FAOTA is Associate Director and Professor in the School of Occupational Therapy-Houston, Institute of Health Sciences, Texas Woman’s University, the Texas Medical Center. Dr. Bowyer’s interests focus on increasing levels of life participation for children and youth with disabilities through the development of theory-based assessments and interventions. Dr. Bowyer is the primary developer of the Short Child Occupational Profile (SCOPE). Dr. Bowyer’s research applies qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods. Dr. Bowyer has 13 years of experience working with children and youth with disabilities. She has worked in school settings, home health, community based centers, and private practice. She received a certificate and Masters in Occupational Therapy from Eastern Kentucky University and a doctorate from East Tennessee State University. Dr. Bowyer was a postdoctoral research associate at Johns Hopkins University and a postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the Department of Occupational Therapy (NIDRR ARRT Grant, PI Dr. Gary Kielhofner).
