Adaptation, Coping, and Resilience in Children and Youth: A Comprehensive Occupational Therapy Approach

Adaptation, Coping, and Resilience in Children and Youth: A Comprehensive Occupational Therapy Approach is a groundbreaking text that offers a different perspective on addressing the ways children and youth with conditions and personal contexts can have more optimized participation in everyday life. It provides a comprehensive, strength-based approach to assessing and intervening with children's ability to adjust to challenges across multiple environments and contexts. The book includes best and evidence-based practices, collaborative approaches with families, global perspectives, case applications, and essential considerations for occupational therapists. It also covers underexplored contexts such as bullying, LGBTQ and gender expansive children, children of color, migrant families, and those who have lived with and through adverse childhood experiences.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2023
Publisher: SLACK Incorporated

Drs. Lenin C. Grajo and Angela K. Boisselle, renowned experts in occupational therapy, present a groundbreaking text that delves into the realm of adaptation, coping, and resilience in children and youth. This comprehensive occupational therapy approach offers a fresh perspective on enhancing the participation of children and youth with diverse conditions and personal contexts in their everyday lives. With its emphasis on strength-based practices, the book provides a valuable resource for occupational therapy graduate students, instructors, and pediatric clinicians.

The authors, Drs. Lenin C. Grajo and Angela K. Boisselle, adopt a collaborative approach with families, emphasizing the importance of building relationships through interprofessional collaboration. They explore global perspectives on adaptation, coping, and resilience, incorporating case applications and essential considerations for occupational therapists. The text also addresses underexplored contexts, such as those who have experienced bullying, children and youth who identify as LGBTQ and gender expansive, children and youth of color, those living as members of migrant families, and those who have lived with and through adverse childhood experiences.

Adaptation, Coping, and Resilience in Children and Youth: A Comprehensive Occupational Therapy Approach is a timely and essential text that provides occupational therapy students and professionals with the most effective assessment and intervention practices. It offers a comprehensive framework for understanding and addressing the unique challenges faced by children and youth, fostering their adaptation, coping, and resilience in various contexts. By embracing this text, occupational therapy practitioners can play a vital role in improving the lives of children and youth and promoting their optimal participation in society.

Weight: 703g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781630918545