Occupational Therapy Treatment Goals

Treatment goals are based on a prediction of how occupational therapists can intervene to improve a patient's activities performance that has been impaired by health problems. Improvement is determined by the clinician's knowledge base and client willingness and ability to learn. The hardest part of clinical practice is setting realistic treatment goals for client's who have learning difficulties.

Occupational Therapy Treatment Goals for the Physically and Cognitively Disabled is designed to assist therapist predict the rehabilitation potential for patient who have a cognitive disability. It also can be used to do clinical research, offering descriptive case studies, comparison groups, and replication to examine treatment effectiveness.

Highlights include-
● Chapter 1. Professional Judgment
● Chapter 2. Independence and Assistance in Doing Activities
● Chapter 3. Reporting Occupation Therapy Services
● Chapter 4. Evaluation Instrument
● Chapter 5. Modes of Performance within the Cognitive Levels
● Chapter 6. Analysis of Performance Actions
● Chapter 7. Analysis of Activities
● Chapter 8. Teaching the Physically Disabled
● Chapter 9. Learning to Use Adaptive Equipment
● Chapter 10. Case Studies
● Chapter 11. Rehabilitation and Learning

367 pages, softbound.