Category Archives: CEHS

The programs (majors) in the College of Education and Human Services

It’s all in how the Body Moves

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Dynamic Human Anatomy, Second Edition, covers concepts not found in traditional anatomy texts and helps students apply those concepts.

Formerly titled Dynatomy, this introductory to upper-level biomechanics text sets itself apart from other texts by connecting biomechanical principles with applications in sports and dance, strength training, work settings, and clinical settings. Dynamic Human Anatomy offers applied dance- and sport- specific information on how the body performs the dynamic movement, providing students with an understanding of the body’s structure and function as it explores the elegance and complexity of the body’s functional movement anatomy.

This text explores the potential of the human body to express itself through movement, making it a highly valuable text for students who have taken, or are taking, introductory anatomy and who need a more detailed exposure to concepts in human movement anatomy.

OT Therapy Approach

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A transition is a passage from one life state, stage, or place to another. Occupational therapy practitioners increasingly serve clients at critical times of transition as people experience planned and unplanned transitions throughout their lifespan. This comprehensive text is the first to offer an occupational therapy approach to clients’ transition needs, from the neonatal intensive care unit and school to ageing and end of life. Aligned with the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, this work explores the various transitions people experience and the ways in which occupational therapy can facilitate better intervention outcomes as clients face changes and challenges in their lives.

As health care systems are currently undergoing many changes, occupational therapy practitioners need to understand how to communicate, document, and plan within transitional contexts for the best possible client outcomes.

Improve Student Behavior and Achievement

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In Designing Effective Classroom Management, Jason E. Harlacher gives teachers and school administrators a research-based look at instructional strategies that can improve student behaviour and achievement in the classroom. Harlacher presents a step-by-step, practical guide to proactive classroom management, specifying five components to help enhance student achievement and decrease classroom problems. Each chapter details a different necessary component of the proactive approach to classroom management.

Part of The Classroom Strategies Series, this clear, highly practical guide follows the series format, first summarizing key research and then translating it into recommendations for classroom practices.

First Textbook on OT Doctorate Capstone

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The purpose of The Entry Level Occupational Therapy Doctorate Capstone is to provide a step-by-step guide for the development, planning, implementation, and dissemination of the entry-level occupational therapy doctoral capstone experience and project.

The first entry-level occupational therapy doctorate program was established in 1999, but even now there is a scarcity of occupational therapy resources to guide faculty, prepare students, and socialize mentors to the capstone experience and project. Each chapter provides sample resources and useful documents appropriate for use with occupational therapy doctoral students, faculty, capstone coordinators, and site mentors.

The Social-Emotional Learning Approach Children Deserve

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“I’ll show you detailed strategies that prevent and minimize difficulties with students, so you can focus on constructive action that will have a lasting, positive impact.” Gianna Cassetta

Positive, supportive relationships with children help them develop socially and emotionally and helps you to effectively manage your classroom, Gianna Cassetta states. Her approach creates a positive environment that can actually be planned, taught, and supported from the first day of school—or anytime.

Classroom Management Matters shifts you away from draining rewards-and-consequences systems. Instead of tips and techniques for controlling the uncontrollable, Gianna presents a plan for explicitly teaching children how to be effective learners and accountable members of the classroom.

With reflection questions, classroom examples, and summaries of supporting studies from researcher Brook Sawyer, Classroom Management Matters helps you be a learning leader in the classroom instead of an authority.

Now in its 7th Edition

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This reputable textbook is an ideal introduction to the study of human movement and an excellent reference encouraging and directing further study. For the first time, there is a chapter dedicated to measuring and understanding physical activity, recognizing the importance of this area to many health and sports professionals. More time is spent explaining the basic principles of biomechanics and the way they can be used to improve practice, including tissue mechanics and movement analysis techniques.

An Introduction to Human Movement and Biomechanics is the perfect guide for students and professionals all around the world to consolidate learning and apply to real clinical/sports situation. Information is given in a clear and accessible way, with case studies, illustrations, text boxes and practical examples.

Learning and Growth of Students Themselves

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Teacher research is an extension of good teaching, observing students closely, analyzing their needs, and adjusting the curriculum to fit the needs of all. In this completely updated second edition of their definitive work, Ruth Shagoury and Brenda Miller Power present a framework for teacher research along with an extensive collection of narratives from teachers engaged in the process of designing and carrying out research projects to inform their instruction.

This edition includes a greater variety of short contributions from a wide range of teacher-researchers—novices and veterans from all backgrounds and parts of the country—who speak to the growing diversity in today’s classrooms. Threaded throughout the chapters and narratives is a discussion of the emergence of digital tools and their effect on both teaching and the research process, along with an expanded number of reacher designs.

Living the Questions: A Guide for Teacher-Researchers will take you step-by-step through the process of designing, implementing, and publishing your research. Along the way, it will introduce you to dozens of kindred spirits who are finding a new passion for teaching by “living the questions” every day in their classrooms. You will be reminded of why you became a teacher yourself.

Black Youth and Neighborhood Trauma in Chicago

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Dexter R. Voisin provides a compelling and social-justice-oriented analysis of current trends in neighbourhood violence in light of the historical and structural factors that have reproduced entrenched patterns of racial and economic inequality. Built around the powerful voices and insights of black youth in Chicago and their parents and communities, Voisin interweaves their narratives with data, research findings, and historical accounts that provide context for their experiences. He highlights the broad historical, political, economic, and racial factors that shape the construction, concentration, and narratives of violence in black neighborhoods. Voisin explores these forces and the violence they produce; the behavioral health consequences of repeated exposures to neighborhood violence; and the ways youth, families, and communities cope with such traumas. 

“Voisin writes with conviction, clarity, and conscience in connecting the dots between big ideas (racism, violence, resilience) and daily life through his personal story and those of the folks he has interviewed. America the Beautiful and Violent will help you understand how African American youth can not only survive, but thrive.” Lois Takahashi, University of Southern California

OT Masters Books

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Our new Occupation Therapy books for the master’s program are in various areas to prepare OT’s for whatever future work they are in.

Children with Disabilities (8th Edition): Call Number 618.928588 B334C 2019

Low Vision Rehabilitation (2nd Edition): Call Number 617.712 W624L 2016

Clinical Research in Occupational Therapy (6th Edition): Call Number 615.8515 R495C 2019

Coming Home from the NICU: A Guide for Supporting Families in Early Infant Care and Development: Call Number 618.92011 V227C

Best Practices for Occupational Therapy in Schools: Call Number 615.8515083 F929B 2019

Movement or Bust!

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“An enormous volume of research and new knowledge has been assembled in the scientific literature in the past decade. In the information age, it is difficult to keep abreast of these developments. Specialization and new disciplines are continually added under the broad umbrella of exercise science. This evolution has led to challenges for the editors and authors. We needed to decide what to include, how to transition chapters to be more contemporary, and what new developments needed to be included, especially innovative applications for exercise and sports scientists. This edition has retained chapters covering foundation knowledge…The 4th edition has identified and included advancements in foundation knowledge for today’s exercise science students. Modern ways to evaluate health status, movement capacities and the use of point-of-care technologies have been added…A total of 39 authors from around the world have contributed to the 4th edition of Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology” (from Preface).

A fully updated and revised edition, this 4th edition offers the best theoretically contextualized, practical resource for instructors and students available. Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology incorporates substantial sections on kinanthropometry, exercise physiology, energy systems, and the application of science in health. There is also an online resource (exercisesciencetoolkit.com) that has access to newly developed exercise science measurement tools.

Call Number: 599.94 N882K 2019