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Lessons Learned: An Open Letter to Recreational Therapy Students and Practitioners
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Austin, David R. – Sagamore Publishing LLC, 2010
"Lessons Learned" provides a personalized approach and a fresh, bold guide for students and practitioners in recreational therapy. This thought-provoking, inspiring, and accessible text will help the next generation of recreational therapists to find purpose, meaning, and fulfillment in their own lives and to bring health and happiness to their…
Descriptors: Social Psychology, Methods, Recreational Activities, Therapeutic Recreation
AMTA Monograph Series. Effective Clinical Practice in Music Therapy: Music Therapy for Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Mental Disorders
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Crowe, Barbara, Ed. – American Music Therapy Association, 2007
Whether new to the profession or an experienced clinician, this text provides a wealth of state-of-the-art information for undergraduates, graduates and professionals. This volume covers the wide range of mental disorder diagnoses and addresses specific populations such as forensic and drug and alcohol rehabilitation. How music therapy is used…
Descriptors: Music, Mental Disorders, Psychotherapy, Music Therapy
Faculty and Student Challenges in Facing Cultural and Linguistic Diversity.
Clark, Lynne W., Ed.; Waltzman, Dava E., Ed. – 1993
This volume on strategies for meeting the challenges of cultural and linguistic diversity is designed to help faculty and administration in the professional education programs of the allied health professionals. The book's 11 chapters are divided among 3 main parts. The first section offers an introduction to the challenges before faculty and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, American Indians, Asian Americans
Community Child Health: An Action Plan for Today.
Palfrey, Judith S. – 1995
Targeted at all professionals working in the area of child health, this book aims to consolidate information and place it within the theoretical frame of "community child health." Part 1 focuses on the community and the changes within it which have resulted in macro- and microenvironmental influences on child health outcomes. It also…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Child Advocacy, Child Health, Child Welfare
Handbook of Health Professions Education. Responding to New Realities in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Allied Health, and Public Health.
McGuire, Christine H.; And Others – 1983
The evolution, present status, future directions, and external forces affecting health professions education are reviewed in this 25 chapter book. Guidelines are set forth for sound practices and policies for innovative and responsive health care. The authors assess how major economic, social, political, demographic, and technological changes are…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions)
Shaping Flexibility in Vocational Education and Training: Institutional, Curricular and Professional Conditions.
Nijhof, Wim J., Ed.; Heikkinen, Anja, Ed.; Nieuwenhuis, Loek F. M., Ed. – 2002
This collection of essays, which is arranged in four sections, concerns flexibility in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems of Europe. The first section, "Introduction," includes the following chapter: "Shaping Conditions for a Flexible VET" (Nieuwenhuis et al.). The second section, "Institutional and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Change
I Make a Difference: Making the Transition from Clinician to Educator!
Hudson, Larry, Ed.; And Others – 1993
Intended for the vocational health occupations (VHO) teacher during the transition from clinician to teacher, this practical handbook offers advice on bridging the gap between practice and teaching. Chapter 1 addresses defining one's new role. Chapter 2 on classroom instruction looks at student motivation, teaching techniques, student feedback,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Beginning Teachers, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques
Caring and Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Nursing. AAHE's Series on Service-Learning in the Disciplines.
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Norbeck, Jane S., Ed.; Connolly, Charlene, Ed.; Koerner, JoEllen, Ed. – 1998
This volume is part of a series of 18 monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines. These essays focus on nursing, examining partnerships between education and service, nurse and person, and profession and community. Chapters describe both theoretical and experiential ways in which nursing has begun to incorporate service-learning…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Case Studies, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Clinics
Practical Approaches to Using Learning Styles in Higher Education.
Dunn, Rita, Ed.; Griggs, Shirley A., Ed. – 2000
The focus of this collection of essays is on new approaches to teaching in higher education. Selections are organized in five sections; the first section focuses on learning styles, while the remaining sections focus on applications in various academic disciplines. The chapters include: (1) "Capitalizing on College Students' Learning Styles:…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Faculty, College Students