by Linda Fazio
The updated Third Edition of
Developing Occupation-Centered Programs With the Community continues to
provide an excellent step-by-step workbook approach to designing and
implementing a program for the community.
Inside
Developing Occupation-Centered Programs With the Community, Third
Edition, Dr. Linda Fazio includes the importance of community asset
identification and development toward sustainability.
The
Third Edition includes new and updated content on evidence-based
practice; program evaluation at multiple levels; funding; nonprofits and
social entrepreneurship. Additionally, new trending issues of interest
to programmers include human trafficking, post-combat programming for
military veterans and their families, arts-based programming for all
ages, and programming to meet current needs of the well-elderly.
Features of the Third Edition:
- Workbook
format offers the instructor and the student options for how to use the
text in a classroom or independently in an internship or residency.
- The
order of the programming process, chapter content order, summaries, and
format of exercises has been retained to ease transition for
instructors using previous editions of the text.
- The
program “story” section has been retained, along with author’s notes on
what is currently happening with these programs and other related topic
areas
- New content has been added
in program sustainability, the assessment and building of community
assets, and consensus organizing in communities.
- More
developed content is offered about the structure and function of
nonprofit organizations as well as the role and function of the social
entrepreneur who does programming for these organizations.
Included with the text are online supplemental materials for faculty use in the classroom.
Developing
Occupation-Centered Programs With the Community, Third Edition is an
excellent introductory tool and is a valuable resource for occupational
therapy students at all levels, as well as experienced practitioners in a
clinical setting.