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A leading resource for over a decade, ""Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy"" has provided occupational therapy professionals and students with pertinent information right at their fingertips. Revised and updated into a Fifth Edition, this pocket size resource includes the latest information in the field of occupational therapy. Within the Fifth Edition of ""Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy"", over 3,800 terms are defined (over 230 more than last edition) and 68 appendices are included (including 8 new). ""Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy, Fifth Edition"" by Dr. Karen Jacobs and Laela Jacobs is the only comprehensive dictionary available specifically for occupational therapy. The handy dictionary provides a quick reference to words, their definitions, and important resources that are used in daily practice and academic training. Its convenient size makes it easy to use whether you're in the clinic or at school. The new features of the fifth edition include: glossary of terms from the American Occupational Therapy Association's Occupational Therapy Practice Framework 2; terms from occupational science; glossary of terms from the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists' Enabling II; and expanded and updated appendices - more user-friendly! Some new appendices topics include: Pharmacology; Nutrition Basics; Visual Impairment; and Definitions of Occupational Therapy. Occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistants, clinicians, faculty and students will benefit from the easy-to-use format and updated information that ""Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy, Fifth Edition"" has to offer. It is a must have for all in occupational therapy.

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"""Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy is certainly a helpful and valuable resource for all occupational therapy students and entry-level practitioners. Many will find it useful for the sole purpose of its comprehensive dictionary, while others will find the commonly used documents (e.g., stages, classifications, guidelines) most helpful to have on hand...This book provides a good reference for questions that arise during academics and throughout practice. This is an essential reference for all occupational therapy students."" - Rosanne DiZazzo-Miller, DrOT, OTRL, CDP, Department of Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Activities, Adaptation, and Aging ""I found the definitions in the dictionary to be clearly written and easily understood. Overall the material is pertinent and concise, encompassing a wide variety of areas that occupational therapists deal with daily. I believe that this publication is a useful basic reference book for any therapist or student to own."" -- Bev Franchuk, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy"

I found the definitions in the dictionary to be clearly written and easily understood. Overall the material is pertinent and concise, encompassing a wide variety of areas that occupational therapists deal with daily. I believe that this publication is a useful basic reference book for any therapist or student to own. -- Bev Franchuk, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

I found the definitions in the dictionary to be clearly written and easily understood. Overall the material is pertinent and concise, encompassing a wide variety of areas that occupational therapists deal with daily. I believe that this publication is a useful basic reference book for any therapist or student to own. <br><br> -- Bev Franchuk, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy is certainly a helpful and valuable resource for all occupational therapy students and entry-level practitioners. Many will find it useful for the sole purpose of its comprehensive dictionary, while others will find the commonly used documents (e.g., stages, classifications, guidelines) most helpful to have on hand...This book provides a good reference for questions that arise during academics and throughout practice. This is an essential reference for all occupational therapy students. - Rosanne DiZazzo-Miller, DrOT, OTRL, CDP, Department of Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Activities, Adaptation, and Aging I found the definitions in the dictionary to be clearly written and easily understood. Overall the material is pertinent and concise, encompassing a wide variety of areas that occupational therapists deal with daily. I believe that this publication is a useful basic reference book for any therapist or student to own. -- Bev Franchuk, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy is certainly a helpful and valuable resource for all occupational therapy students and entry-level practitioners. Many will find it useful for the sole purpose of its comprehensive dictionary, while others will find the commonly used documents (e.g., stages, classifications, guidelines) most helpful to have on hand...This book provides a good reference for questions that arise during academics and throughout practice. This is an essential reference for all occupational therapy students. - Rosanne DiZazzo-Miller, DrOT, OTRL, CDP, Department of Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Activities, Adaptation, and Aging

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Karen Jacobs, EdD, OTR/L, CPE, FAOTA, is a past president and vice president of the American Occupational Therapy Association and a 2005 recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Akureyri in Akureyri, Iceland. Dr. Jacobs is a clinical professor and the program director of distance education post-professional programs in occupational therapy at Boston University, Boston, MA. She earned a doctoral degree at the University of Massachusetts, a Master of Science in occupational therapy at Boston University, and a Bachelor of Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Jacobs' research examines the interface between the environment and human capabilities. In particular, she examines the individual factors and environmental demands associated with increased risk of functional limitations among populations of university and middle school-aged students, particularly in notebook computing and backpack use (http: //people.bu.edu/kjacobs/index.shtml). In addition to being an occupational therapist, Dr. Jacobs is also a certified professional ergonomist and the founding editor of the international journal WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation. Dr. Jacobs is a faculty-in-residence and lives in an apartment in one of the dormitories at Boston University. She is the mother of three children--Laela, Joshua, and Ariel--and the amma (grandma in Icelandic) to Sophie Redd. She balances work with occupations such a cross country skiing, kayaking, photography, and travel. Laela Jacobs, OTR/L, received her degree in occupational therapy from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL. She practiced as the rehabilitation coordinator/manager at Maples Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Wrentham, MA for the past 8 years and continues to work for Therapy Resources Management. Laela has expertise in reimbursement and vestibular, neurological, and orthopedic rehabilitation. Laela and her husband, Craig Simon, are the proud parents of Sophie Redd, born May 21, 2008. Laela's interests include travel, theater, and spending time with her family.

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