Author(s): Anne A. Poulsen and Monica Cuskelly Jenny Ziviani
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication Date: 15 Nov. 2012
Edition: Illustrated
Language: English
Print length: 296 pages
ISBN-10: 1849051259
ISBN-13: 9781849051255
Book Description
The authors’ groundbreaking approach to working with children and their parents or carers places motivation at the heart of all encounters and therapeutic activities. The book provides readers with both a theoretical and practical understanding of methods for engaging and working successfully with children with a range of difficulties, from physical disabilities to learning disabilities and emotional and behavioural difficulties. The authors present an innovative new paradigm – the model of Synthesis of Child, Occupational Performance and Environment – In Time (SCOPE-IT) – for working with these groups to enhance motivation and engagement and to achieve the best possible treatment outcomes. The challenges professionals may face are clearly addressed, and the contributors also explain how the therapist’s use of language may influence motivation. Engaging clinical examples bring to life the SCOPE-IT model, and the book closes with an extended case study of the therapeutic journey of one individual, his parents and a therapist, placing the key concepts from the preceding chapters in a richly human and personal context. Combining research-based theory with a wealth of tools and strategies for practice, this book will be inspiring reading for all those working therapeutically with children and young people, including occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, counsellors, psychologists and psychotherapists.
Editorial Reviews
Review
The key theory and model that underpin the entire book are: Self Determination Theory (SDT) and The Synthesis of Child Occupational Performance and Environment-In Time (SCOPE-IT)… Many practitioners may have used principles of the SDT and SCOPE-IT without knowing it. Both the theory and model are explained in great detail with clear references to research and best practice. The book will help practitioners look afresh at key factors in creating and working in a therapeutic relationship. — Child and Adolescent Mental Health
The book is excellently laid out and highly accessible. Theory, practice, personal experience and referencing is seamlessly interwoven…This book for professionals who work therapeutically with children and their families. It is especially useful for those who are looking to extend their skills to take account of the diversity of both the nature of their work and their client groups, and to consider perhaps a different framework for the evaluation of their interventions and reflections of their practice. — Debate
I congratulate the editors and their authors on producing an impressive, timely volume that addresses a key set of challenges confronting clinicians. They skilfully highlight the motivational factors that do make a difference to outcome…I found myself captive to the “flow” of ideas fuelling my intrinsic motivation to read on! I am confident that others will be similarly captured! — Professor Alan Hayes, Director of the Australian Institute for Family Studies
This book is a breath of fresh air, bringing together concepts grounded in motivational research but clearly demonstrating how they can be used by the practitioner in everyday practice. It should be a standard text for all therapists who want to ensure that the child’s views and goals are always at the centre of interventional approaches. — Professor Amanda Kirby, The Dyscovery Centre, University of Wales
Book Description
Evidence-based model for keeping children motivated to actively participate in the therapeutic process
About the Author
Jenny Ziviani is Professor of Children’s Allied Health Research, a joint appointment between the University of Queensland, Australia, and Queensland Health. She previously worked as an occupational therapist, academic and allied health researcher. She has an extensive publication record, and has been commended by the Australian Association of Occupational Therapists for excellence in research. Anne A. Poulsen is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Queensland. Her research focuses on motivation, self-concept and life satisfaction. Monica Cuskelly is Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Queensland. She previously worked as a psychologist, initially in clinical roles and later as an educational psychologist. Her research focuses on cognitive development, mastery, motivation and self-regulation in vulnerable populations, particularly individuals with learning disabilities, and on the experiences of families with a child with a disability.
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