Mindful Crafts As Therapy: Engaging More Than Hands

Explore mindful crafts as an effective and efficient therapy.

Arts and crafts were one of the very first therapies employed by occupational therapists. Today, crafts are still employed as effective interventions for clients with mental health disorders, physical dysfunctions, cognitive issues, and sensory concerns in hospitals, outpatient clinics, veterans’ centers, schools, skilled nursing facilities, or community settings.

Step by step, the authors show you how to use a wide-range of novel, and highly engaging crafts. They explain how to connect the key tasks associated with an activity to functional outcomes, and how to modify them to meet the specific needs of individual patients. They also address the issues of documentation, and reimbursement.

Section I: Mindful Principles and Processes
Chapter 1: The Mindfulness that Empowers Crafts
Chapter 2: Making Craftwork Therapeutic
Chapter 3: Making Craftwork Feasible
Chapter 4: Establishing Readiness for Practice
Chapter 5: The Evidence that Supports Crafts

Section II: Craft Interventions with the Person in Mind
Chapter 6: Crafts with Interwoven Reflections on Personal Themes
Chapter 7: Crafts with Preparatory Reflection on Personal Themes

Section III: Craft Interventions with the Person’s Environments in Mind
Chapter 8: Crafts with Interwoven Reflections on Environmental Themes
Chapter 9: Crafts with Preparatory Reflections on Environmental Themes

Section IV: Craft Interventions with the Person’s Occupations in Mind
Chapter 10: Crafts with Interwoven Reflections on Occupational Themes
Chapter 11: Crafts with Preparatory Reflections on Occupational Themes

Appendix A: Broad Required Actions with Performance Skills and Body Functions
Appendix B: Modifications to Address Challenges with Required Actions
Appendix C: Analysis of Distribution of Required Actions for Crafts in this Book Organized by PEO Themes
Appendix D: Actions and Skills Tapped by Housekeeping Tasks: Analysis and Modifications
Part 1 Analysis Part 2 Modifications
Appendix E: Group Facilitation/Leadership Rating Version A
Appendix F: Group Facilitation/Leadership Rating Version B

Index

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