Developing Occupation-Centered Programs for the Community: A Workbook for Students and Professionals

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles. Textbook, for students and therapists, presents practical information on everything from assessing community needs, to setting up a practice, to writing a business plan, to marketing a new program. Features learning objectives, key terms, exercises, summaries, and references. Softcover.

FEATURES:

• Introduces a wide variety of exercises to aid readers in applying concepts and developing new programming.
• Presents transregional and cross-cultural examples of successful, effective programming to demonstrate occupational programming at work in the community.
• Discusses the skills readers need to be successful in community practice, such an communication, negotiation and advocacy, management, and ethics.
• Provides a practical approach for determining community needs and how to balance them with the programmer's skills and resources.
• Guides readers through the process of writing program goals and objectives and developing individualized client goals and objectives.