Willard and Spackman's Occupational Therapy

by Glen Gillen, Catana Brown

A foundational book for use from the classroom to fieldwork and throughout practice, Willard & Spackman’s Occupational Therapy, 14th Edition, remains the must-have resource for the Occupational Therapy profession. This cornerstone of OT and OTA education offers students a practical, comprehensive overview of the many theories and facets of OT care, while its status as one of the top texts informing the NBCOT certification exam makes it an essential volume for new practitioners.
 
The updated 14th edition presents a more realistic and inclusive focus of occupational therapy as a world-wide approach to enhancing occupational performance, participation, and quality of life. It aims to help today’s students and clinicians around the world focus on the pursuit of fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all while striving to identify and eliminate barriers that prevent full participation.

1507 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 13, 2023

Reviews

[Maddison Wood · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read this entire book for my Foundations for Occupational Therapy class, and I found it very insightful, informative, and not too dense for being a couple thousand pages long. It was easy to take notes and understand the material to better my practice in the profession, and to do well on the ridiculously difficult quizzes my teacher gave on this book. Four stars instead of five because there were some silly grammatical errors in almost every chapter, my favorite of which was abbreviating the American Occupational Therapy Association as the OATA instead of AOTA toward the end of the book.