Main description:

Occupational Therapy for Adults With Intellectual Disability provides occupational therapy practitioners and students with a comprehensive, occupation-based resource that will challenge them to serve and empower individuals with intellectual disabilities, as well as their families and caregivers, toward a more self-determined, authentic life in our society.

There are few texts that exist within occupational therapy that support this population. Dr. Kimberly Bryze and the contributing authors are all occupational therapists who have or currently provide occupational therapy services to adults with intellectual disability in various settings. They bring their expertise in scholarship and offer thoughtful approaches for practitioners to create change for individuals, communities, organizations, and society.

This text presents an occupational perspective of individuals with intellectual disability given its focus on the following:

quality of living
social well-being
role competence
occupational identity
self-advocacy
occupational justice

Occupational Therapy for Adults With Intellectual Disability is ideal for occupational therapy educators who teach content related to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, occupational therapy practitioners who provide services to adults with intellectual disability in various clinical, community, and residential settings, and occupational therapy students.

Instructors in educational settings can visit www.efacultylounge.com for additional materials to be used in the classroom.

The intentional, occupational focus ensures that the content is consistent with recommended practice in current occupational therapy. Occupational therapy practitioners will look to this text to provide evidence-based interventions and when developing consultative programs for persons with intellectual disability across settings.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Intellectual Disability and Occupational Therapy
Chapter 2: Health Policy and Funding for Adults With Intellectual Disability: Past, Present, and Future Directions
Chapter 3: Neurobehavior
Chapter 4: Attitudes and Beliefs That Guide Occupational Therapy Practice for Adults With Intellectual Disability
Chapter 5: Promoting Participation in Context Through Self-Determination
Chapter 6: The Human-Ness of Relationships
Chapter 7: Evaluation of Occupational Performance and Engagement
Chapter 8: Promoting Participation and Occupational Engagement
Chapter 9: Home Life
Chapter 10: Work Life
Chapter 11: Leisure Life
Chapter 12: Spiritual Life
Chapter 13: The Use of Technology to Enhance Participation
Chapter 14: Peer Mentoring and Support
Chapter 15: Person-Centered Planning
Chapter 16: Preventative and Primary Care for Persons With Intellectual Disability
Chapter 17: Older Adults With Intellectual Disability
Chapter 18: Consultation, Collaboration, and Coaching: The Role of Occupational Therapy
Chapter 19: Visions for the Future