This best-selling textbook now in its Sixth Edition provides the essential strategies and tools that occupational therapists need to design and organize client groups for enhanced theory-based therapeutic interventions for physical mental health and wellness populations. Updated in line with AOTA’s latest Occupational Therapy Practice Framework the book is split into three sections. Section I introduces author Marilyn Cole’s 7-step format for group leadership the cornerstone for the rest of the book. This is followed by chapters on the fundamentals of group dynamics client-centered groups and issues around diversity inclusion and cultural humility. Section II provides an overview of a range of theoretical approaches to group work from psychodynamic biomechanical behavioral/cognitive developmental sensory and occupation-based models. Section III focuses on design of group protocols synthesizing the theories activities or modalities leadership and membership selection guidelines. Revisions include guidelines for using a client-centered group approach with marginalized populations as well as designing occupational therapy groups with wellness and non-traditional populations for student service learning in the community. Thoroughly updated throughout and with new case studies drawn from a range of disciplines this is an essential resource for any student or practitioner in the field of occupational therapy. |Group Dynamics in Occupational Therapy The Theoretical Basis and Practice Application of Group Intervention
