AOTA Press
AOTA Press is the scholarly publishing arm of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). Our textbooks, assessments, and books support students and clinicians in getting established and growing in the field of occupational therapy. Members can save up to 50% on AOTA Press publications. Check out all our titles or view our latest catalog.
Featured titles
Trauma, Occupation, and Participation
Children and adults with complex trauma histories need to feel safe, be able to regulate emotions, develop relationships, and gain mastery over their environment and important occupations. This book guides occupational therapy practitioners in applying trauma-responsive care with their clients across contexts with evidence-based models of assessment and intervention.
Telehealth and Occupational Therapy in Schools
This text equips practitioners to effectively bridge the digital divide, ensure equitable access to services, determine whether telehealth is an appropriate fit, and work with caregivers for the best possible outcomes.
Best Practices for Occupational Therapy in Early Childhood
This comprehensive text covers all aspects of occupational therapy in early childhood across early intervention, preschools, and health care, providing the most effective, evidence-guided practices to equip practitioners working with young children.
Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process, 4th Ed.
This 4th edition continues its predecessors’ mission to provide structure and guidance for practitioners to demonstrate the distinct value of occupational therapy in the clinic and other settings.
Evaluation and assessment
Hinojosa and Kramer's Evaluation in Occupational Therapy: Obtaining and Interpreting Data, 5th Ed.
Aligned with the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, this updated text describes how to accurately evaluate the factors affecting occupational performance and explains the essential and practical aspects of evaluation.
Screening Adult Neurologic Populations, 3rd Ed.
This update of the classic text is a functional, easy-to-understand instruction manual describing the most common screening methods for clients with neurological disorders. This new edition includes dozens of videos demonstrating and explaining how to do various screens.
Asher's Occupational Therapy Assessment Tools: An Annotated Index, 4th Ed.
Nearly 600 instruments are reviewed in this classic publication, including many developed by occupational therapists. Assessment profiles include title, authors, format, purpose, population, time required to administer, setting or position, materials or tools, brief description, interpretation, reliability and validity, source, additional references, cost, and sample.
Kohlman Evaluation of Living Skills, 4th Ed.
This new edition of the classic assessment determines a patient's or client's ability to function in basic living skills. Easily administered and appropriate for use with many populations and in many settings, this versatile assessment assists in identifying areas in which a person can perform and where he or she needs assistance.
Clinical must-haves
Occupational Therapy in Acute Care, 2nd Edition
Designed for practitioners working in a hospital setting, chapters focus on bodily systems, common conditions, diseases, procedures, and typical medical management, and how they relate to occupational therapy practice.
Occupational Therapy Manager, 5th Edition
This text provides the how-to aspects of creating evidence-based practices; effectively leading and motivating staff; ensuring ethical service delivery; and important day-to-day items such as budgeting, documentation, and reimbursement.
Culture and Occupation, 3rd Edition
Both theoretical and practical, this text explores the sociopolitical structures that reinforce health disparities and provides guidance for client interactions. The Model for Cultural Effectiveness, introduced in this edition, helps readers develop self-awareness, understand power, attain cultural knowledge, improve cross-cultural skills, and create a plan for effectiveness and reflection.
Task Analysis, 3rd Edition
This text expands the understanding of clients to include individuals, groups, and populations and how task analysis applies to each. It aims to provide students and practitioners with a clear understanding of how task analysis applies to everyday occupational therapy practice.
Tools to advance your practice from AOTA Press
AOTA Press offers a variety of tools to help you in your practice, whether you're a student, a clinician, or a researcher. Take a look around and see what we have to offer!
Educators: Use AOTA texts in your classroom
AOTA Press textbooks are the essential resource in your classroom to provide students with a strong foundation for getting established in their careers. To help support you, AOTA Press makes complimentary copies of a limited number of AOTA Press books available to educators for course adoption review. These books are provided in ebook format. Instructors who assign books obtained via course review to their students are eligible for a free desk copy of either the print book or the ebook.
Please visit the Educator Resources section of AOTA’s Online Store to see the books that are available for course adoption review. Visit AOTA’s Online Store to see all AOTA Press books. To request a course adoption review copy of a publication not displayed in the Educator Resources section, please send a written request to AOTA Press.
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