Kids Can Be Kids: A Childhood Occupations Approach

This groundbreaking text by two noted educators and practitioners, with contributions by specialists in their fields, presents a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to pediatric therapy. Their work reflects the focus of practice today-facilitating the engagement of children and their families in everyday activities in the content of the physical and cultural environments in which they live, go to school, and play. The authors describe the occupational roles of children in an ecocultural context and examine the influence of that context on the participation of a child with physical, emotional, or cognitive limitations.

Unit 1. Childhood Occupational Roles
1. Occupation and Participation: The Heart of Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Kids Want to do Kid Things
Shelly J. Lane
2. Voices of Children
Kids Talk About Being Kids
Imelda Burgman
3. Children at Play
Can I Play, Too?
Anita C. Bundy
4. Early Intervention
Getting Off to a Good Start
Christine Doyle Morrison
5. Preschool
I’m Learning Now!
Shelley Mulligan
6. School
Participating in More Than Just the Classroom
Chris Chapparo & Susan Lowe
7. Transitioning to Adulthood
What Will I Be When I Grow Up
Pat L. Sample, Anita C. Bundy, Shelly J. Lane, & Reinie Cordier
8. Self-Care: A Primary Occupation
I Can Do It Myself!
Jayne Shepherd

Unit 2. The Context of Pediatric Practice
9. Building Intervention from Theory
From LEGOs and Tinkertoys to Skyscrapers
Jim Hinojosa & Ruth Segal
10. Ecocultural Theory: Everyday Cultures of Children
Living in a Lot of Different Worlds
Gwynnyth Llewellyn
11. Cultural Competence
When the Rules are Different
Maureen H. Fitzgerald
12. Pediatric OT in the United States
Understanding Laws, Policies and Regulations for Practice
Patricia L. Davies
13. Pediatric OT in Canada
Grounding Practice in the Rights of Equality
Patty Rigby & Shone Joos
14. Pediatric OT in the United Kingdom
Focusing Practice on the Health and Welfare of Children
Dido Green & Carolyn Dunford
15. Pediatric OT in Australia
Recognizing Multiculturalism in Policy
Chris Chapparo

Unit 3. Overview of the Intervention Process
16. Pediatric Therapy Teams
How Many Perspectives are on the Team?
Barbara Hanft, Jayne Shepherd, & Jo Read
17. Services in Emerging Practice Arenas
What’s an OT Doing Here?
Winifred Schultz-Krohn (with contribution by Nancy Rushford & Kerry Thomas)
18. Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation
Why Can’t I Do What Everyone Expects Me To Do?
Ted Brown
19. Setting Goals that Express the Possibilities
If We Don’t Know Where We’re Going, How Will We Know When We Get There?
Steve Park
20. Direct Intervention
What Should We Play Today?
Zoe Mailloux & Susanne Smith Roley
21. Indirect Intervention: Teaching Therapeutic Techniques
The OT Doesn’t Do It All
Stacey Szklut
22. Consultation
Can I Talk to You a Minute?
Jennie Brentnall & Anita C. Bundy

Unit 4. Pediatric Conditions and Their Impact on the Lives of Children
23. Disorders of Eating and Feeding, and Disorders Following Prenatal Substance Exposure
Why Won’t My Baby Eat?
Shelly J. Lane
24. Sensory Processing Disorders
Feels Awful and Doesn’t Sound Very Good, Either!
Marie E. Anzalone & Shelly J. Lane
25. Neuromotor Disorders
Can I Learn To Walk?
Cheryl Missiuna, Helene Polatajko, Nancy Pollock, & Debra Cameron
26. Autism Spectrum Disorders
Isn’t a “Spectrum” Like a Rainbow?
Sylvia Rodger & Jenny Ziviani
27. Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Hey, Lady, Can’t You Control Your Kid?
Anne Cronin
28. Learning Disabilities and Intellectual Disabilities
Why Is This So Hard For Me?
Chris Chapparo & Shelly J Lane
29. Visual and Auditory Disorders
What Does Soft Look Like?
Luisa Ferronato, Stephanie Kain, & Natalie Kaine
30. Multitraumatic Injuries
From Emergency to Rehabilitation
Scott Tomchek & Leisa Aberli

Unit 5. Putting It All Together
31. Cases as Synthesis
The Lessons Kids Teach OTs
Anita C. Bundy, Stacey Szklut, & Jayne Shepherd (with contributions by Sheryl Michel)
32. Reflections on Pediatric Practice
Love Working with Kids!
Anita C. Bundy