A Practitioner"s Guide to Clinical Occupational Therapy-Second Edition ( ISBN: 9781416404996Everyday, occupational therapists have to make decisions about the type and duration of therapy. Their primary challenge is to create assessments that provide a comprehensive picture of the person-environment interaction and its impact on the person"s occupational performance. In this text, the authors identify the theories and frames of reference that guide their decision-making.This second edition: encourages efficiency in gathering and analyzing data for developing interventions that are grounded in theory aids in developing client-centered, activity-based treatment programs contains information on an array of diagnostic categories frequently seen by occupational therapists addresses clinical issues in the context of family, life span, practice setting, and socio-political perspectives includes current and emerging practice areas and trends such as low vision and posttraumatic stress.