Group Protocols A Psychosocial Compendium [Paperback]

Here is a valuable book intended to help those occupational therapists working in mental health settings to refine their critical thinking about the group activities they select and the protocols they design. Experts focus on practicing sound clinical reasoning and clinical decision making to ensure careful assessment of which activities, structured in what fashion, are appropriate for particular populations.

They also address the topic of providing services that are relevant, practical, have already delineated goals and objectives, produce outcome data, and can be replicated across settings. Group Protocols: A Psychosocial Compendium offers readers a systematic approach to the assessment and design of group protocols, plus a wide variety of sample protocols from which treatment strategies may be drawn. Because this volume represents a style of thinking rather than a singular theoretical frame of reference, it will be useful to any occupational therapist for whom groups are an essential aspect of professional practice.ContentsForeword

• Preface: Selecting Group Protocols: Recipe or Reasoning?
• I. Evaluation and Orientation Services
• Activity Therapy Evaluation Clinic
• Newcomers Group
• II. Expressive Art Therapy
• Art Therapy
• Dance/Movement Therapy
• III. Health Management
• Human Sexuality/Adolescent
• Mental Health Discussion
• Womens Issues
• Mens Issues
• IV. Independent Living Skills
• Apartment Living
• Cooking
• Occupational Therapy Lifeskills
• Discharge Planning
• V. Leisure Services
• Community Reintegration
• Leisure Planning
• Leisure Education
• Leisure Counseling
• Relaxation Training
• Social Recreation
• Stress Management
• VI. Patient Government
• Patient Activities Committee (PAC)
• Hall Council
• VII. Physical Activity
• Womens Physical Activity
• Mens Physical AlC