Table of Contents

• Childhood Occupational Roles
• Occupation and Participation: The Heart of Pediatric Occupational Therapy
• Kids Want to do Kid Things
• Voices of Children
• Kids Talk About Being Kids
• Children at Play
• Can I Play, Too?
• Early Intervention
• Getting Off to a Good Start
• Preschool
• I'm Learning Now!
• School
• Participating in More Than Just the Classroom
• Transitioning to Adulthood
• What Will I Be When I Grow Up
• Self-Care: A Primary Occupation
• I Can Do It Myself!
• Building Intervention from Theory
• From LEGOs and Tinkertoys to Skyscrapers
• Ecocultural Theory: Everyday Cultures of Children
• Living in a Lot of Different Worlds
• Cultural Competence
• When the Rules are Different
• Pediatric OT in the United States
• Understanding Laws, Policies and Regulations for Practice
• Pediatric OT in Canada
• Grounding Practice in the Rights of Equality
• Pediatric OT in the United Kingdom
• Focusing Practice on the Health and Welfare of Children
• Pediatric OT in Australia
• Recognizing Multiculturalism in Policy
• >Overview of the Intervention Process
• Pediatric Therapy Teams
• How Many Perspectives are on the Team?
• Services in Emerging Practice Arenas
• What's an OT Doing Here?
• Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation
• Why Can't I Do What Everyone Expects Me To Do?
• Setting Goals that Express the Possibilities
• If We Don't Know Where We're Going, How Will We Know When We Get There?
• Direct Intervention
• What Should We Play Today?
• Indirect Intervention: Teaching Therapeutic Techniques
• The OT Doesn't Do It All
• Consultation
• Can I Talk to You a Minute?
• Pediatric Conditions and Their Impact on the Lives of Children
• Disorders of Eating and Feeding, and Disorders Following Prenatal Substance Exposure
• Why Won't My Baby Eat?
• Sensory Processing Disorders
• Feels Awful and Doesn't Sound Very Good, Either!
• Disorders
• Can I Learn To Walk?
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Isn't a'Spectrum' Like a Rainbow?
• and Behavioral Disorders
• Hey, Lady, Can't You Control Your Kid?
• Learning Disabilities and Intellectual Disabilities
• Why Is This So Hard For Me?
• Visual and Auditory Disorders
• What Does Soft Look Like?
• Multitraumatic Injuries
• From Emergency to Rehabilitation
• Putting It All Together
• Cases as Synthesis
• The Lessons Kids Teach OTs
• Reflections on Pediatric Practice
• Love Working with Kids!