Preceded by: Activity analysis, creativity, and playfulness in pediatric occupational therapy : making play just right / Heather Miller Kuhaneck, Susan L. Spitzer, Elissa Miller. 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Answering the Big Questions About Play -- Contributions of the Profession of Occupational Therapy to the Understanding of the Phenomenon of Play as an Occupation -- Examining Play in Our Pediatric Clients : Formal Assessments -- Informal Play Assessment and Activity Analysis -- The Occupational Therapist as a Tour Guide to the Land of "PLAY" -- Being Playful : Therapeutic Use of Self in Pediatric Occupational Therapy -- Selecting Play Activities through Sound Professional Reasoning -- Adapting Activities for Play and Therapy -- Playful Play Spaces -- Play in School-Based Occupational Therapy -- Parent-Child Play and Attachment : Promoting Play within Families -- Play to Promote Mental Health in Children and Youth -- Creative Play and Leisure for Adolescents -- Improving Social Play and Friendships through Play in Groups -- Perspectives on the Meaning of Play: International, Cultural, and Individual Contexts -- Creatively Negotiating Play Dilemmas

"At the heart of Making Play Just Right: Activity Analysis, Creativity, and Playfulness in Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Second Edition is the belief that occupational therapists must incorporate play into interventions with children in order to ensure that pediatric occupational therapy is maximally effective. This text provides the background, history, evidence, and general knowledge needed to use a playful approach to pediatric occupational therapy, as well as the specific examples and recommendations needed to help therapists adopt these strategies. The authors provide a number of case examples and companion videos to allow the reader to engage in learning activities to improve understanding of the content"-- Provided by publisher.