Documentation in a SNAP, Fourth Edition
Whether you are a new student or an experienced therapist who works in a nursing home, this book will help you improve your documentation skills. The 2012 edition includes information for MDS 3.0 and changes to the survey process. The purpose of this book is to create a system of documentation that supports the delivery of resident care. The clinical record may be either handwritten or electronic, but its purpose is to provide ... (read more)

Long Term Care for Activity Professionals and Recreational Therapists, Sixth Edition
MDS 3.0 has brought many changes to long-term care. Even in facilities that are not required to meet OBRA standards, there are changes underway to meet the goals of person-centered programming. The sixth edition of Long-Term Care covers these changes and provides you with the information you need to provide outstanding care for your residents and participants. The book is down to earth and easy to understand. It will to answer your difficult questions ... (read more)

Measurement for Leisure Services and Leisure Studies
Measurement for Leisure Services and Leisure Studies tells you how to gather the information you need to run successful programs in leisure, recreation and parks, corporate recreation, hospitality, and health care settings. Professionals reading this book will learn how to accurately and meaningfully measure the success of their programs and discover ways to improve the services they provide. Students will learn how to evaluate existing assessments and create new assessments that meet validity and reliability ... (read more)

When Food is Family: A Loving Approach to Heal Eating Disorders
This is the first book to illustrate how the eating disorder is used as a metaphoric voice — sometimes the only voice available to a person with an eating disorder — when relationships break down. It is a hands-on, working guide to eating disorder recovery that will help families understand causes of eating disorders and the impact they have on relationships. They will learn ways to work together to heal, repair, and rebuild positive interactions. ... (read more)

Living Through Personal Crisis
This book is about the small and large losses that happen to people, experiences that plunge them into a state of adjustment. It’s for those moving through the mourning process and for those who are struggling with depression and other symptoms of distress as they start to realize that they are grieving their loss. It is also for the families and friends of those who have suffered a loss. Topics include deaths and divorces; ... (read more)

Assessment Tools for Recreational Therapy and Related Fields, 4th Edition
Since its first edition in 1990, this has become the standard reference book on assessment in Recreational Therapy. As with the earlier editions, the purpose of this book is to provide both the therapist and the student with specific, critical information about the assessment process, specific tools, and specific standards related to assessment. The information on national assessments, such as the RAI/MDS for long-term care, is especially important to therapists. The fourth edition ... (read more)