Franklin Stein - Occupational Therapy: A Guide for Prospective Students, Consumers and Advocates

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Stein, Franklin, author. | Reed, Kathlyn L., author.

Title: Occupational therapy : a guide for prospective students, consumers, and advocates / Franklin Stein, Kathlyn L. Reed.

Description: Thorofare, NJ : SLACK Incorporated, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020041772 (print) | LCCN 2020041773 (ebook) | ISBN 9781630918163 (paperback) | ISBN 9781630918170 (epub) | ISBN 9781630918187

Subjects: MESH: Occupational Therapy | Vocational Guidance

Classification: LCC RM735.3 (print) | LCC RM735.3 (ebook) | NLM WB 555 | DDC 615.8/515--dc23

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We dedicate this book to the hundreds of thousands of occupational therapists throughout the world who strive to help people with physical and psychological disabilities of all ages to become as independent as possible in their daily living activities.

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opening photo (p. 7) reprinted with permission from 1990 American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Calendar.

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We acknowledge our mentors, colleagues, and students in occupational therapy who have shaped our philosophy and thoughts regarding clinical practice.

Franklin Stein, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is professor emeritus of occupational therapy at the University of South Dakota, founding editor of Annals of International Occupational Therapy, and life member of the American Psychological Association. He earned his Bachelor of Science in psychology from Brooklyn College, and his certificate and masters degree in occupational therapy and his PhD in counseling psychology from New York University.

Early in his career, he worked as a social worker for the New York City Department of Welfare, an occupational therapist in the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and the director of occupational therapy at the Brooklyn Day Hospital. He has been a consultant to the Hayden Residential School for Disadvantaged Youth in Boston, United Cerebral Palsy in Massachusetts, the Walter E. Fernald Developmental Center in Boston, as well as a part-time occupational therapist at Bird S. Coler Rehabilitation Hospital in New York City. He also worked as a counseling psychologist at Queens College in New York City. Previously, he was the director of the School of Medical Rehabilitation at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada; director of the Occupational Therapy Program at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; and associate professor, graduate division, at Sargent College, Boston University.

He is the first author with Kristine Haertl of Pocket Guide to Interventions in Occupational Therapy, Second Edition (2019); second author with Martin Rice and George Tomlin of Clinical Research in Occupational Therapy, Sixth Edition (2019); first author with Ingrid Soderback, Susan Cutler, and Barbara Larson of Occupational Therapy and Ergonomics: Applying Ergonomic Principles to Everyday Occupation in the Home and at Work (2006); first author with Susan Cutler of Psychosocial Occupational Therapy: A Holistic Approach, Second Edition (2002); first author with Becky Roose of Pocket Guide to Treatment in Occupational Therapy (2000); author of Stress Management Questionnaire (2003); and more than 50 publications in journals and books related to rehabilitation and psychosocial research. He has also presented more than 100 seminars, workshops, institutes, short courses, and research papers at national and international conferences in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, England, Finland, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, and Trinidad.

Franklin has been married to Jennie for more than 50 years and has three children: David, a physician; Jessie, an artist; and Barbara, an occupational therapist.