Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy

The best-selling text, Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy has been revised and updated into a Third Edition! This exciting text is designed specifically for the occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant student. It assists the knowledge base of the student and is a handy reference for practitioners.Keeping with its user-friendly pocket size, the third edition has been greatly expanded from the foundation of the past two editions. This exceptional third edition has been expanded and updated and now includes more than 3200 words (765 more than the last edition) and 52 appendices (17 more than the last edition). This handy dictionary provides a quick reference to words, their definitions, and important resources that are used in daily practice and academic training. It also features important updated AOTA references.With an additional editor, the Third Edition has the combined expertise of a practicing clinician that recently passed the NBCOT certification exam and an academician with over eighteen years of clinical and teaching experience. Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy, Third Edition is the perfect companion for school, fieldwork, preparation for the certification exam, and occupational therapy practice!

Karen Jacobs, EdD, OTR/L, CPE, FAOTA, is an occupational therapist and an ergonomist as well as a clinical professor of occupational therapy at Boston University, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Boston, MA. She is a former president and vice president of the American Occupational Therapy Association, an author of texts on work practice, the founding editor of the interdisciplinary and international journal, WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation (IOS Press, The Netherlands), and is widely published. She is internationally recognized as an expert in ergonomics and health care marketing and has presented numerous workshops, keynote addresses, and training programs on these subjects.

Professor Jacobs, who lives in Andover, MA, is married to Matthew Gold and is the mother of three children—Laela, Joshua, and Ariel. She balances work with occupations such as kayaking, gardening, travel, photography, and cross-country skiing.

Laela Jacobs OTR/L, is currently practicing as a Rehab Manager at a sub-acute facility in Wrentham, MA. She received her degree in occupational therapy from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL.

Laela, her husband Craig Simon, and their two dogs live in North Attleboro, MA. Her interests include theater, travel, gardening, and most importantly spending time with her family.a