Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy

Dedication

Acknowledgments

About the Editors

Introduction

Dictionary of Terms

References

List of Appendices

Appendix 1: Acronyms and Abbreviations: General

Appendix 2: Acronyms: Evaluations

Appendix 3: Acronyms: Organizational

Appendix 4: Adaptive Nutrition

Appendix 5: American Occupational Therapy Association Core Values and Attitudes of Occupational Therapy Practice

Appendix 6: American Occupational Therapy Association Statements

Appendix 7: Basic Signs and Tips for Communicating With Individuals With Hearing Impairments

Appendix 8: Bones of the Body

Appendix 9: Braille Alphabet

Appendix 10: Brunnstrom's Stages of Recovery

Appendix 11: Burn Chart—Rule of Nines

Appendix 12: Classifications of Seizures and Epilepsy

Appendix 13: Commonly Used Assessments

Appendix 14: Cranial Nerves

Appendix 15: Definitions of Occupational Therapy

Appendix 16: Diseases, Pathologies, and Syndromes Defined

Appendix 17: Emerging Practice Areas

Appendix 18: Energy Conservation Techniques

Appendix 19: Evidence-Based Practice, Levels of Evidence, Qualitative Research, and Basic Statistics

Appendix 20: Expand Your Knowledge

Appendix 21: Functional Abilities by Spinal Cord Injury Level

Appendix 22: Glasgow Coma Scale

Appendix 23: Grading vs Adapting a Task

Appendix 24: Grading Edema

Appendix 25: Grading for Balance: Graded Posture Movement Ability of Individual

Appendix 26: Grasp and Pinch Averages

Appendix 27: Grip Development and Stages of Writing

Appendix 28: Growth and Development in Early Childhood

Appendix 29: Guidelines for Blood Pressure Management in Adults and Target Heart Rate

Appendix 30: Hand Pathologies

Appendix 31: Health Literacy

Appendix 32: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

Appendix 33: Laboratory Values

Appendix 34: Legislation and Policy Decisions Affecting Rehabilitation

Appendix 35: Levels of Assistance

Appendix 36: Manual Muscle Testing

Appendix 37: Medical Roots Terminology

Appendix 38: Metabolic Equivalent (MET) Values for Activity and Exercise

Appendix 39: Muscles of the Body

Appendix 40: Muscles: Origin/Insertion/Action—Innervation—Blood Supply

Appendix 41: Nutrition

Appendix 42: Pharmacology

Appendix 43: Positive Language

Appendix 44: Rancho Los Amigos Scales of Cognitive Functioning

Appendix 45: Range of Motion

Appendix 46: Range of Motion: Illustrations

Appendix 47: Reflex/Reaction

Appendix 48: Safe Patient Handling and Movement Skills for Occupational Therapy Practitioners and Students

Appendix 49: Splints

Appendix 50: Stages of Alzheimer's Disease: Seven Stages From the Alzheimer's Foundation

Appendix 51: Stages of Decubitus Ulcers

Appendix 52: State Regulatory Entities

Appendix 53: Symbols

Appendix 54: Theories and Frames of Reference Used in Occupational Therapy

Appendix 55: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Appendix 56: Total Hip Precautions

Appendix 57: Useful Apps

Appendix 58: Useful Spanish Phrases

Appendix 59: Useful Spanish Words

Appendix 60: Visual Impairment

Appendix 61: Wheelchair Measurement Procedures

Appendix 62: Workstation Checklist

Biography

Karen Jacobs, EdD, OT, OTR, CPE, FAOTA has worked at Boston University, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College  since 1983. Currently, she is the Associate Dean of Digital Learning & Innovation, a Clinical Professor and the Program Director of the on-line post-professional doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) program.  She is a past president and vice president of the American Occupational Therapy Association, received the 2011 Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship, and was a 2005 recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Akureyri in Akureyri, Iceland. She earned a doctoral degree at the University of Massachusetts, a Master of Science in occupational therapy. In addition to being an occupational therapist, Karen is also a certified professional ergonomist and the founding editor of the international, interprofessional journal WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation. Karen is a faculty-in-residence and lives in an apartment in one of the dormitories at Boston University. She is the mother of three children—Laela, Joshua, and Ariel—and the Amma (grandma in Icelandic) to Sophie, Zachary, Liberty, and Zane. She balances work with occupations such as cross-country skiing, kayaking, photography, and travel.

Laela Simon, OTR/L received her degree in occupational therapy from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, Florida. She has been in clinical practice for more than 20 years, 10 of which was as a rehabilitation coordinator/manager with expertise in vestibular, neurological, and orthopedic rehabilitation. Laela and her husband, Craig, are the proud parents of Sophie and Zachary. Laela balances work with occupations such as music, art, travel, and spending time with her family.