An excellent introductory tool for occupational therapy students and practitioners, this second edition continues to prepare readers to expand their practice into community settings, bul with new and more comprehensive information to ensure program viability. The book presents practical information on everything from assessing community needs, to developing a program, to locating and accessing funding sources, to marketing and promotion.
• Workbook format is ideal for classroom or independent field use.
• Cross-generational and cross-cultural examples of effective program designs demonstrate occupation-centered programming in multiple communities.
• Describes the skills and information readers need to be successful in community practice, such as communication, negotiation and advocacy, collaboration, management, and ethics.
• Guides readers through the processes of first finding funding sources and then applying for grants and gifts to support programs.
• Provides exercises in trends tracking and forecasting potential programming futures.
• Discusses the processes of program evaluation and outcomes measurement to help programs remain viable.