Ebook Measuring occupational performance (3/E): Part 1

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Law
Baum
Dunn

THIRD EDITION

As the profession of occupational therapy continues to mature and expand its practice, the measurement of occupational performance is one of the key avenues that all practicing clinicians will need to explore and master. Measuring
Occupational Performance: Supporting Best Practice in Occupational Therapy, Third Edition summarizes the measurement tools needed to assess client occupational performance, to provide the best intervention, and to document
the efficacy of that intervention. These measurement tools are not just a compilation of all tools that are available for
measurement relevant to occupational therapy; they are an elite group of tools carefully selected by the editors through a
process of rigorous theoretical, clinical, and scientific reasoning.

Features of the Third Edition:
• Offers insight into the importance of measuring functional performance, methodologies, measurement
issues, and best approach for outcome measurement

• Explains the technical aspects of measurement development and methodologies and which components
of functioning are to be measured and how

• Conveys a broad focus on occupational performance
and offers examples from a wide range of practice settings and from multiple ages throughout the lifespan

• Develops an understanding of the theoretical aspects
and evidence for both standardized tests and nonstandardized tests

New in the Third Edition:
• Focus on strengths-based approaches

• New chapter focused on school-based practice

• Measures health and disability at both individual and
population levels using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)

• New content on reliability, validity, and
responsiveness
• New content on goal attainment
• Additional material on decision making in practice

In this changing health care environment, Measuring Occupational Performance: Supporting Best Practice in
Occupational Therapy, Third Edition explains how core values and beliefs can be put into everyday practice and is
the essential reference manual for the evidence-based occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant student
and practitioner.

THIRD EDITION

In this Third Edition, Drs. Mary Law, Carolyn Baum, and Winnie Dunn have updated current chapters and added new
topics that have not been covered in past editions, such as a chapter on measuring school performance, a key area of
practice. Also included is a chapter on measurement principles and development to highlight the concepts common to
all the measures included in the text. The Third Edition also has a focus on the best measures and measures that are used
most frequently.

Supporting Best Practice in Occupational Therapy

Supporting Best Practice in
Occupational Therapy

Measuring Occupational Performance

Measuring
Occupational
Performance

• An emphasis on evidence-based practice and using
evidence from other disciplines, not just from occupational therapy

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THIRD EDITION

Measuring
Occupational
Performance
Supporting Best Practice in
Occupational Therapy

Instructors in educational settings can visit www.efacultylounge.com for additional material to be used for teaching
in the classroom.

Mary Law • Carolyn Baum • Winnie Dunn
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Law, Mary C., editor. | Baum, Carolyn Manville, editor. | Dunn,
Winnie, editor.
Title: Measuring occupational performance : supporting best practice in
occupational therapy / [edited by] Mary Law, Carolyn Baum, Winnie Dunn.
Description: Third edition. | Thorofare, NJ : SLACK Incorporated, [2017] |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016046472 (ebook) | ISBN 9781630914165 (epub) | ISBN
9781630914172 (web)
Subjects: | MESH: Occupational Therapy--standards | Outcome Assessment
(Health Care) | Practice Guidelines as Topic | Evidence-Based Medicine
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DEDICATION

CONTENTS


Instructors: Measuring Occupational Performance: Supporting Best Practice in Occupational Therapy, Third Edition Instructor’s
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS



ABOUT THE EDITORS



CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS



PREFACE



FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION
FOUNDATIONS OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MEASUREMENT PRACTICE

Mine the Gold

Become Systematic

Use Evidence in Practice

Make Occupational Therapy Contribution Explicit


Engage in Occupation-Based, Client-Centered Practice

References


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PHILOSOPHICAL INFLUENCES ON
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Law M, Baum C, Dunn W, eds. Measuring Occupational Performance:
Supporting Best Practice in Occupational Therapy, Third Edition (pp 1-16).
© 2017 SLACK Incorporated.



IMPACT OF SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS
ON OUR FOCUS ON OCCUPATION

Occupational Performance

CENTRAL CONCEPTS FOR
CONTEMPORARY OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY PRACTICE: OCCUPATION