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This workbook provides a basic guide to the development of occupation-centered programs in the community.  It offers what the novice needs to know to initiate and further develop programs for community populations.  Only a few programs and populations are selected as examples to showcase the process as it has provided primarily service learning opportunities for entry-level occupational therapy students at both the occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant levels of education.  The populations selected are available everywhere, to every student; in many ways they reflect needs that are global.

Part I    Building a Foundation

            Ch. 1:   Defining Community

            Ch. 2:   Occupation and Community Practice

            Ch. 3:   Identifying Trends and Forecasting Futures

            Ch. 4:   Program Development: What Skills Will I Need?

            Ch. 5:   Developing a Time Line for Program Design, Planning, Preparation,

                        Implementation and Evaluation

Part II  Developing the Program: Design and Planning Phase

            Ch. 6:   Getting Started: Developing the Design

            Ch. 7:    Profiling the Community, Targeting the Population, and Assessing

                          the Need for Services

            Ch. 8:    Researching the “Evidence,” Finding Experts; and Developing

                          Program Goals

Part III  Developing the Program:  Preparation and Implementation Phase

            Ch. 9:    Staffing and Personnel

            Ch. 10:  Space; Furnishings, Equipment, and Supplies

            Ch. 11:  Costs and Projected Funding Needs

            Ch. 12:   Funding Your Program

Part IV  Review and Evaluation Phase

Ch. 13:   Program Evaluation:  How Will Outcomes Be Measured?

            Ch. 14:   Marketing and Promotion

Part V  Program Stories:  Program Examples for Children, Adolescents, and Adults

            Ch. 15:  Programming to Support Meaningful Occupation and Balance for the

                          Disenfranchised and Homeless:  The Development of a Proposal

            Ch. 16:  Intervention and Support Programming in Day Camps, Sleep-Away

                         Camps, and Adventures

            Ch. 17:  Prevention and Wellness Programming Within Existing or Newly

                          Formed Clubs: Collaboration and Partnering

            Ch. 18   Shelter Programming for Persons with HIV/AIDS and Mental

                          Illness: Prevocational and Vocational Skills

            Ch. 19   Programming for the Homeless Adolescent in Transitional Shelter:

                         Film-Making for High School Credit

           *Ch. 20:  Promotion of Health, Wellness and Community: Programming for

                                Older Adults  (to be completed)

Occupational Therapy (Occupational Therapy)
Occupational Therapy Assistant (Occupational Therapy)
Community Based Therapy (Occupational Therapy)

Linda S. Fazio received the 1999 Occupational Therapy Association of California Award of Excellence for significant contributions to occupational therapy. She holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration, Student Services and Counseling from the University of North Texas as well as an MS in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a BS in Occupational Therapy from Texas Woman's University. She consults widely on occupational therapy academic curriculum development, curriculum design, and community program design and development.

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