Bücher der Reihe Therapy in Practice Series

Aimed at professionals who are concerned with the day-to-day help and support of those with multiple sclerosis, this text emphasizes the relationship between practitioner and patient. It provides information and guidance on the most effective approaches to patient management.

Group work is a major dimension of an occupational therapist's role. This book aims to explore the theory and practice of group work in psycho-social occupational therapy.

Part of a series, this book argues that most people have the personal experience to enable them to help others to improve their interpersonal skills. This book is aimed at anyone in the health professions who is concerned about enhancing their own or others' interpersonal competence.

In the Child Development Centre at Y ork, a multidisciplinary team attempts to define as accurately as possible the nature and severity of the problems facing a child, but the child's predicament and how to solve or alleviate it remains the key issue.

The aim of this book is to present an holistic approach to the management of rheumatoid disease, considering first, the ways in which rheumatoid disease can affect a person's life and then looking at the approaches and techniques used by therapists to minimize these effects.

Most community practi tioners have had to learn 'on the job' with inadequate support and supervision from senior staff, who of ten have less direct experience of working with this client group than themselves.

When you write a book like this you put yourself on the line: you run the risk of people reading what you have written and saying 'he's saying one thing and doing another'. to write for some time but was always This is a book I have wanted nervous of writing, so here it is: an introduction to some of the ways and means of writing.

The concept of elder abuse and neglect as a social problem continues to remain illusive. A major impediment has been the absence of research and clear definition of the problem, and a book which summarizes what is known about elder abuse has been needed for a long time. Drawing on examples from the US and the UK, this book is a contribution to research and information currently available.

Addresses both the practice of acupuncture and demonstrates its practical application in clinical treatment. The book is divided into three sections which are: basic concepts of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM); western acupuncture; and applying TCM and western medicine to clinical practice.

Rehabilitation of adults with acquired neurological impairment is a vast area of clinical practice. This book describes in practical terms how health care professionals can work together to identify and meet the client's needs.

It is a relatively unexplored field having received scant attention until recent years, but the quality of the work included here gives a clear indication that the area should move from the periphery into a main stream position in the education and practice of speech therapists.

The philosophy of normalization and promotion of the plight of children and adults with mental handicaps has drawn more public attention in recent years.

In the current era of cost awareness and the pressure to free hospital beds as rapidly as possible, coupled with the move towards community care, there is increasing emphasis on returning and main taining disabled people in the community.

It is both a pleasure and a privilege to be invited to contribute a foreword to this book, which deserves - and needs - to be read by virtually everyone who is concerned with the treatment and subse quent welfare of the victims of severe injuries of the brain.

This book is written with occupational therapy students in mind, as a guide to newly qualified occupational therapists and for those returning to work after a break in service.

No amount of talking, on its own, can really make a difference if people do not end up doing something as a result of counselling. Counselling Skills for Health Professionals is not just a 'how to do it' book: people are probably too complicated for that approach to be of much use.

In the early years of this century a syndrome manifested by perceptuo-motor difficulties was described. Many school teachers were unaware of the existence of such problems and so were unable to make allowances for the gross and fine motor difficulties and perceptual problems encountered by some pupils during the course of the school day.

Draws together the key issues related to pre-school identification and screening of children with speech and language impairment, examining the complexities inherent in identifying these children. Coverage includes early communication development, cognitive skills, behaviour problems and hearing.

My aim in writing this book was to provide a guide to management for student occupational therapists and practitioners in the field.

As part of the pre-registration education for students who intend to enter health care work, periods of work experience are bullt into the curriculum. Students are placed in work settings, generally termed clinical settings, for specified periods, ranging from single days to extended periods of time.

Focuses on practical ways of enhancing communication between health professionals and their patients or clients and between those professionals and their colleagues. Covered are educational, therapeutic, organizational and personal skills, and each section contains a skills checklist.

This book is both an introductory text to the rehabilitation of stroke for student therapists and a reference text for qualified therapists. These chapters provide an introduction to the condition of stroke itself, the problern therapists face in assessing and treating stroke patients and therapeutic approaches in occu pational therapy.

Taking a broad perspective, this book offers an educational approach to spinal cord injury managment in which the client becomes an active participant.

High standards of interpersonal communication are fundamental to effective health care delivery. Communication Skills Training for Health Professionals succeeds in providing the sound theoretical basis and practical approach needed to implement a higher standard of care through better communication.

An increasing emphasis on community care and quality of life has important implications for the many people with learning disabilities who are increasingly participating in and contributing to life in local communities.

The client group referred to as the long-term mentally ill, the persistently severely mentally distressed, the chronically psychotic ill, or people with long-term mental health problems have generally received a poor deal from the traditional psychiatric services.

The majority of amputations in the western world today are due to vascular disease. Despite the advances in surgical treatment of this disease, particularly by reconstruction, it is a sad fact that the number of amputations performed in these countries each year for vascular disease is increasing.

The decision to write this book was taken by a group of practising speech therapists who worked with bilingually language handi capped children in the UK.