UPC: 9781630912215 | Occupational Therapy for Adults With Intellectual Disability (Paperback)

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My goal in conceptualizing this book is to inspire and encourage professionals who value and support occupation to expand their personal and professional focus to include adults with intellectual disability. There are few books available which address the unique needs of this population and only one text published by the American Occupational Therapy Association is written by and for occupational therapy practitioners. Books from the fields of Developmental Disabilities Psychology Education and even Philosophy exist to present issues related to these persons from an historical developmental behavioral or neurological perspective. However there exists a need for a book that is dedicated to an occupational perspective strengthening our consideration of and belief in the worth of adults with intellectual disability and their need for living meaningful lives that are enriched by engagement in occupationally relevant pursuits. Adults with intellectual disability deserve both the compassion and critical reflexivity that comes from an educated and inclusive approach to understanding and believing in the possibilities for this population. This book will foster the development of an occupational perspective for their enhanced quality of life social well-being role competence occupational identity self-advocacy and occupational justice. Occupational therapy practitioners and students alike will be challenged to serve and empower individuals with intellectual disability their families and caregivers toward a more self-determined authentic life in our society — Occupational Therapy for Adults With Intellectual Disability provides occupational therapy practitioners and students with occupation-based solutions to serve and empower individuals with intellectual disabilities as well as their families and caregivers towards more self-determined authentic lives. 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 evidence-based 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 many different settings.