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Best Practice Occupational Therapy: In Community Service with Children and Families

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Well, I think this book is excellent. As an OT, an instructor of OT, an author in the field and one who has expertise in the area of community services with families and children (plus I'm a parent of a child with special needs) I think I can comment with some authority. Every profession and each professional is obligated to assure they are providing therapies that are aligned with "best practice" and this book helps to inform us to do that. I also appreciate that the book isn't for a novice but instead, those who are committed to expert practice. I highly recommend it. In fact, the way I found it today is that a very senior therapist who has been hired to launch a stand out program for the county asked what books I'd recommend and this one is the first that came to mind.

I couldn't hardly stand reading it. The Author seems to think that the clinic is the place to do research. It is not, our clients or students aren't research guinea pigs.The problem with OT is the fact that there is no research to support our claims, and this is just an excuse to keep trying other things that aren't based on clinical research. For instance, Sensory Integration..........has never been proven clinically, but everyone uses it. Why not try to prove it with research,then use it?