This exciting book provides entry-level users in rehabilitation disciplines such as occupational therapy and physical therapy with an overview of normative life tasks and roles across the
lifespan. In addition, it considers the
impact of disease and disability on these normative roles. Written by an occupational therapist and a physical therapist, this comprehensive book has many chapters by leading experts in human development, giving users cutting-edge information and a wide range of perspectives. It integrates information from the World Health Organization?s
International Classification of Function and Disability (ICF) with a developmental life-task perspective, giving those new to the
This book includes lots of information on development, from the perspective of families and persons in community settings. It has much practical applied information with contemporary examples. For