Occupational Therapy in the Promotion of Health and Wellness

by Marjorie E. Scaffa, S. Maggie Reitz, Michael A. Pizzi PhD OTR/L FAOTA

Here’s the very first text to address this evolving new area of OT practice! It teaches students about health promotion and prevention theory and practice from a wellness rather than an illness perspective. Using “cutting edge” examples, the authors explore how to incorporate this new paradigm into clinical practice and how to develop wellness interventions across the lifespan.

608 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2009

Reviews

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

Occupational therapists grade activities to be the just right challenge. I realized in fieldwork while reading this book, that OTs are uniquely suited to grade health information to be the right fit for the person also. Some interesting applications of occupational therapy to health promotion principles, but the information was often too broad and general to be useful.