Clinical Research in Occupational Therapy - Softcover

This work is a mentor between covers for occupational therapy students entering the research phase of their educational career. The "forest and the trees" of selecting, designing and evaluating research is provided in theoretical and practical detail. Students are guided through literature review, protocol development, outcome measure selection and report writing. The vital skill of constructing reliable and valid instruements is honed in a section on developing questionnaires and surveys. Also, statistics are demystified, with step-by-step procedures for descriptive and inferential data analysis included. Keywords: Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapist, OT, Research

Franklin Stein is Professor Emeritus of Occupational Therapy at the University of South Dakota and founding editor of Occupational Therapy International. Prior to coming to the University of South Dakota he was the Director of the School of Medical Rehabilitation at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, Director of the Occupational Therapy Program at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and Associate Professor, Graduate Division at Sargent College, Boston University. He is the co-author of several textbooks and has written over 50 articles in journals and books related to rehabilitation and psychosocial research. He has presented more than a hundred seminars, workshops, institutes, short courses and research papers at national and international conferences. Susan K. Cutler, Ph.D., NCSP, ABSNP, received a Ph.D. in special education with a minor in neuropsychology from the University of New Mexico in 1993. Although she has recently retired from teaching at the university level, she will continue to work in private practice as a school psychologist. At present, she assesses students in an Ojibwe tribal school and at charter schools in Northern Minnesota. She holds national certification in school psychology and is pursuing further training in the field of school neuropsychology. Dr. Cutler is a national and international conference speaker in the field of special education, and assessment. Her focus is on helping parents and teachers use formal and informal assessment to develop appropriate educational programs and interventions for students who struggle in school. She has co-authored three books with Frank Stein.