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Stroke Survivor
A Personal Guide to Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2006
`Having had a stroke aged 37 years, Andy McCann has written this clear, easily readable account of his experiences, showing insight and the value of his learning along his personal journey…This book would be invaluable for any health professional, including technicians and students, with any level...
by David Fontana
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Personality influences every aspect of our behaviour. Nowhere is this more true than in the workplace. From childhood to retirement, personality helps determine how we relate to others, how we approach our work, the level of our motivation, our ambitions and life goals, and our response to rules and...
Arts Therapists in Multidisciplinary Settings
Working Together for Better Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
In a multidisciplinary setting or team, competing perspectives and principles can be challenging to negotiate, but supportive working relationships and effective collaboration can ultimately lead to an enriched experience and innovative outcomes for both professionals and clients.
Drawing on...
The Social Psychology of Organizations
Diagnosing Toxicity and Intervening in the Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Healthy and successful organizations require the people who work within them to be happy, resilient and creative. Just as a human body is undermined if it suffers from sickness, so an organization can only function fully if the people who work within it feel engagement and well-being, and any toxic...
by Peter Warr
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
Award-winning psychologist Peter Warr explores why some people at work are happier or unhappier than others. He evaluates different approaches to the definition and assessment of happiness, and combines environmental and person-based themes to explain differences in people’s experience. A framework...
Can't Scratch That Itch
A Handbook for People Whose Arms and Hands Don’T Work Anymore
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
Tim, I just finished reading your book. I teared up 3 times and laughed twice. You have done an amazing job! I was thinking to myself how you and Karen are handling all of the changes with such grace. The two of you are such an amazing team and have developed such strong communication skills- you...
Health Promotion in the Working World
In collaboration with World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Rosmarie Erben The International Conference on "Health Promotion in the Working World" was organized by the Federal Centre for Health Education, Col ogne, in collaboration with the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization, Copenhagen. It was held 7-9 October 1985 in...
The Acquisition of Knowledge and Skills for Taskwork and Teamwork to Control Complex Technical Systems
A Cognitive and Macroergonomics Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
This book provides the first comprehensive literature review on the acquisition and retention of complex skills in High Reliability Organizations. Based on this review, it introduces a theoretical model of how skill and knowledge acquisition for complex tasks is accomplished and shows how this model...
by Ruth B. Purtilo, PhD, FAPTA
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Covering strategies for effective communication, Health Professional and Patient Interaction, 8th Edition provides the tools to help you establish positive patient relationships built on respect. Practical examples and scenarios show how to apply respect and professionalism to patients of various...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2003
OT Study Cards in a Box has been completely revised and updated into a comprehensive second edition perfect for both OT & OTA students and clinicians. These convenient, easy-to-carry cards contains over 255 cards inside 13 sections that are designed to be used as: Review cards for OT/OTA students....
Developing Ocular Motor and Visual Perceptual Skills
An Activity Workbook
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2005
With over 20 years of experience, Dr. Kenneth A. Lane has designed Developing Ocular Motor and Visual Perceptual Skills: An Activity Workbook to help occupational therapists, optometrists, and other professionals develop the ocular motor and visual perceptual skills of learning disabled children....
Seating and Wheeled Mobility
A Clinical Resource Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Michelle L. Lange and Jean Minkel have designed this text to support occupational and physical therapists, complex rehabilitation technology suppliers, and even third-party payers who are interested in wheelchair seating and mobility assessment and applications. Seating and Wheeled Mobility provides...
A Handbook of Work and Organizational Psychology
Volume 2: Work Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Work Psychology, the second volume of the Handbook of Work and Organizational Psychology, concentrates on issues related to the direct relationship between the worker and the organization and on his or her task or function. This could be termed the classical tradition of work psychology, including...
by Zuzana Robertson C.Psychol
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2011
This book is aimed at HR Professionals, CIPD and occupational psychology students and those working in Resourcing / Recruitment function. It explains how a psychometric test can be evaluated as an aid to selection and illustrates this with a business scenario (based on a CIPD case study).
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