Recommended book list for BSc Occupational Therapy Course.
There are 3 lists below:
1) CORE TEXT BOOK LIST: this includes core books that will be useful throughout the course and beyond into your career as an Occupational Therapist. It is anticipated that some of these books will be available to purchase with a 10% discount during Freshers' Week in September. A small number (those with an asterisk) are available electronically through the university library. You will be able to access these when term starts. You may find others on the list are electronically available (not through out library) so do investigate this.
2) INTRODUCTORY BOOKS / GUIDES: may be useful to read before September and / or be able to refer to during the next 3 / 4 years
3) RECOMMENDED BOOKS & FILMS: these are about different peoples' experiences of illness, disability, cultural difference and everyday living. All of which can inform our understanding of occupation, health and well being. You may like to read or see these before you start the course.
CORE TEXT BOOK LIST:
· Alsop A, Ryan S (1999) Making the Most of Fieldwork Education: A Practical Approach. London, Chapman & Hall.· *Alsop A (2000) Continuing Professional Development, A Guide for Therapists. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. This book is available electronically
· Boyt Schell, B., Schell, J. (2008) Clinical and Professional Reasoning in Occupational Therapy. USA: Wolters Kluwer Health/ Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
· Cole, M. B. (2012) Group Dynamics in Occupational Therapy (4th edition) Thorofare, New Jersey: Slack Inc.
· Creek, J., Lougher, L. (2008) Occupational therapy in mental health. 4th edition. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
· Creek, J. (2010) The core concepts of occupational therapy: a dynamic framework for practice. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Library has this available electronically
· Crepeau, E., Cohn, E., & Boyt Schell B. (2008) Willard & Spackman’s Occupational Therapy. 11th edition. USA: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
· Curtin M, Molineux M, & Supyk-Mellson (2009) Occupational therapy and physical dysfunction. 6th ed. Edinburgh: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.
· Duncan EAS. (ed) (2009) Skills for Practice in Occupational Therapy. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
· Gross, R. (2010) Psychology: Science of Mind & Behaviour. 6th edition. Oxford: Hodder & Stoughton.
· Hicks, C. (2009) Research methods for clinical therapists. 5th edition. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
· * Grieve J & Gnanasekaran L (2008) Neuropsychology for Occupational Therapyists: cognition in occupational performance. (3rd edition) Oxford. Blackwell Publishing. Library has this available electronically.
· Johns, C. (2009) Becoming a reflective practitioner. 3rd edition. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
· Reynolds, F. (2005). Communication and clinical effectiveness in rehabilitation. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann
· Sumsion T (2006) Client-centred practice in occupational therapy: a guide to implementation. (2nd edition). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
· Taylor, M. (2007) Evidence-based practice for occupational therapists. 2nd edition. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
· Tortora, G., Derrikson, B. (2011) Principles of anatomy and physiology. 13th edition. New Jersey: Wiley Publishers.
· Tyldesley B, & Grieve J (2012) Muscles, nerves and movement in human occupation. 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
· Waugh A and Grant A (2006) Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and illness (10th edition). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingston.
· World Health Organisation (2001) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Geneva: WHO This is also available online via WHO
2) BOOKS / GUIDES: may be helpful by way of introduction to the different topic areas you will be studying and for developing academic study skills.
Rae Siegfreid D (2002) Anatomy & Physiology for Dummies. London. Wiley (especially useful if you are unfamiliar with anatomy and physiology and biology)
Short guides and introductions to:
Pocket Atlas of the moving body by M Cash. Ebury Press.
The Brain by Michael O'Shea. Oxford University Press.
Library has this available electronically
Psychology by Gillian Butler & Freda McManus. Oxford University Press.
Not text books but study guides and guides to help with study and writing skills:
Study Skills Handbook (3rd edition) by Sheila Cottrell. Palgrave Macmillan.
Study Skills for speakers of English as a second language by M Lewis and H
Reinders. Palgrave Macmillan
Students guide to writing by J Peck and M Coyle. Palgrave Macmillan
Mature Students guide to Writing by Jean Rose. Palgrave Macmillan
3) RECOMMENDED Books to read and films to see before or after September. These cover topics that are associated with client groups or societal issues occupational therapists need to have an understanding of.
Books
Iris by John Bailey (biography)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (novel)
Out of IT: the story of a boy who went to bed with a headache and woke up three years later by Simon Hattenstone (biography)
My Left Foot by Christy Brown (biography & film)
Joni by Joni Eareckson Tada (1977 publication biography)
Growing Old Disgracefully New ideas for getting the most out of life by Hen Co-op. Narrative of group of older women entering older age (post retirement)
Fracture: Adventures of a Broken Body by Anne Oakley (a personal narrative but with academic / theoretical concepts) Library has this available electronically.
Films
¨ A Beautiful Mind
¨ Freda
¨ Iris
¨ Away from her
¨ East is East
¨ Bend it like Beckham
¨ The story of the weeping camel
¨ What is eating Gilbert Grape?
¨ Inside I am dancing
¨ Children of a lesser god.
¨ Social Networking