Book Info
The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN. Textbook examines the 'how-to' aspects of documentation and the ethical, legal, and language issues related to occupational therapy. Presents the new Framework for Occupational Therapy and includes chapter exercises for reinforcing important concepts. Softcover. DNLM: Occupational therapy--methods.

From the Back Cover
A groundbreaking book that every occupational therapist needs!     Here is what people are saying:   “The depth and breadth…clearly outshines any other work on the subject I have seen.”–William R. Croninger, MA, OTR/L University of New England    “The author has a style that is entertaining, yet factual.  She manages to make a potentially deadly topic interesting, funny and informative.”–Cathy Nielson, MPH, OTR/L, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   “This text provides a complete knowledge base of information related to documentation that will serve readers well throughout their professional careers.” —Kathy Clark Tuminski, MA, OTR/L  University of Kentucky     Taking a global look at documentation, Documenting Occupational Therapy Practice examines both the technical, “how-to” aspects of clinical, school-based, and administrative documentation, and the ethical, legal and language issues related to occupational therapy documentation.  Chapters on terminology, frames of reference, jargon and abbreviations address the language that is necessary for good documentation.  SOAP notes as well as other forms of documentation are discussed throughout.   This is an ideal book for use both in the occupational therapy curriculum as well as in the field!   Features include: Presents the new Framework for Occupational Therapy Practice (AOTA). Different forms of documentation--in a variety of clinical and school settings--are provided throughout. Exercises in every chapter reinforce learning.  Suggested answers to these activities are provided within Appendix A. Sample reproducible forms are included in Appendix G can be used for hands-on practice. Appendix B:  ‘Grammar and Spelling Review’ points out the most common grammar and spelling mistakes to help the user provide accurate and effective documentation.  

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For many years, I wished for a book that could be used by students to learn about documentation, while at the same time be used by clinicians to improve the quality of documentation in the field. Eventually, I realized that I could, and should, write that book. As a college professor, I spend a great deal of time reading written work produced by occupational therapy students. As a peer reviewer, I read client charts that insurance companies are unsure about; the charts that are so poorly written that the insurers cannot decide whether the services are medically necessary and appropriate. For these reasons, I decided to begin the long and challenging task of writing this book. It has taken over three years from the time I started talking about writing it to the actual printing of the book. Federal rules and professional standards changed while I was writing this book, forcing me to revise and add topics as the book evolved. During the process of writing this book, I learned even more about writing. I learned that I write better in the morning than in the afternoon. I learned that I have difficulty knowing when to use the word "that" (refers to a specific object) as opposed to the word "which" (not specific to an object). I learned the difference between "assure" (to convince or to promise) and "ensure" (to make certain). I learned about comma and semicolon placement in sentences. Just because I pause when I speak the sentence out loud does not mean that rules of proper punctuation call for a comma. I learned the difference between a hyphen, an em dash, and an en dash. Finally, I learned to say "finally," instead of "lastly." My hope for this book is that it gets used; that it is not simply put up on a shelf. I want it to be written in, to have pages flagged, and to have the spine well broken from repeated use. Normally, I would be appalled at the vision of food-stained, rumpled pages in a textbook. But I think this book is different. If it retains its original pristine condition, then it hasn't served its reader well.

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