Books by College of Health & Human Services Faculty

The goal is to record most books written or edited by Western Michigan University faculty, staff and students. There is a WMU Authors section in Waldo Library, where most of these books can be found. With a few exceptions, we do not have the rights to put the full text of the book online, so there will be a link to a place where you can purchase the book or find it in a library near you.

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Conditions in Occupational Therapy : Effect on Occupational Performance

Ben Atchison and Diane Dirette

Conditions in Occupational Therapy, 4th edition, is a title, focusing on chronic conditions and the impact that they have on the occupational performance of patients. Twenty-one chapters cover the most often diagnosed conditions such as autism spectrum disorders, dementia, diabetes, and muscular dystrophy, explaining them from the perspective of what occupational therapists need to know, without using medical jargon. For each condition, a leading expert has provided content on description and definition, etiology, incidence and prevalence, signs and symptoms, course and prognosis, and medical/surgical management, followed by the impact on occupational performance, and ending with ease studies.
Conditions in Occupational Therapy

Ben J. Atchison and Diane Dirette

Now in its 5th Edition, Conditions in Occupational Therapy: Effect on Occupational Performance is now fully aligned with the DSM-5 and Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, 3rd edition, reflects the most current research and brings in 5 new chapters covering conditions your students will see in practice. This with new features and tools further help enhance this essential book.

Each chapter of the 5th Edition follows a consistent format—an opening case, followed by definition and descriptions, incidence and prevalence, signs and symptoms, course and prognosis, medical/surgical management, impact on occupational performance, and finally, two case illustrations. This format helps students to prepare for what they will see in practice.

With new instructor resources and case studies that connect up-to-date content to practice, this is an essential resource for both occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant students.
Conditions in Occupational Therapy: Effect on Occupational Performance

Ben J. Atchison and Diane K. Dirette

his Third Edition focuses on chronic health problems and their impact on an individual's physical, cognitive, psychological, and social capabilities. Readers learn how the patient's age, life tasks, and living environment affect occupational therapy needs, and how to determine what occupational therapy services to provide. Chapters present the etiology, symptoms, prognosis, and progression of conditions frequently encountered in practice. Case studies at the end of every chapter help students apply the content to real-life clinical situations.

This edition includes new chapters on anxiety disorders and cardiopulmonary disorders. The expanded art program includes more photos, drawings, charts, and graphs.
Physical Activities for Improving Children's Learning and Behavior

Billye Ann Cheatum and Allison Hammond

Fewer things cause more concern for teachers and parents than to be told that a child has a learning problem or behavior disorder. It is even more difficult when no specific cause or reason for the problem is given. Activities for Improving Children's Learning and Behavior can help you identify underlying causes for a child's difficulty and discover fun-filled activities that can greatly help them. Authors Cheatum and Hammond, who together have worked in the special physical education field for more than 40 years, explain the complexities of sensory motor development in easily understood language. And they include more than 130 photos and illustrations of developmental processes and activities to help you understand and implement the information presented. Interwoven throughout the book are 99 physical activities and games designed to help reduce the effects of sensory motor problems. All activities can be used in the classroom or at home and require little or no equipment. Whether a child shows signs of clumsiness, motor skills below age level, or hyperactivity, Cheatum provides activities proven to help them be successful in and out of the classroom!
A Smart Girl's Guide to Friendship Troubles

Patti Kelley Criswell

Learn what's new when it comes to being a good friend--our popular advice title now features fresh content and new illustrations! Friends are important to girls; they're the icing on their cake, the rainbow in their sky. But even best friends have trouble getting along sometimes. This guide will help girls deal with the pitfalls of interpersonal relationships, from backstabbing and triangles, to other tough friendship problems. It features fun quizzes, practical tips, and stories from real girls who've been there--and are still friends.
What would you do?

Patti Kelley Criswell

The original favorite has been updated! This version features a new cover and trim size. We asked American Girl magazine readers to tell us how they would handle everyday problems from What would you do if someone told a lie about you?to Would you tell your teacher if you knew a classmate was cheating? What Would You Do? is filled with quizzes that ask real-life questions and give answers that help girls understand their own problem-solving skills.
Hand Grasps and Manipulation Skills : Clinical Perspective of Development and Function

Sandra J. Edwards

Hand Grasps and Manipulation Skills: Clinical Perspective of Development and Function, Second Edition is an expertly designed and logically organized text that provides an accurate and clear depiction of the development of hand grasps and the taxonomy of functional hand grasp. Hand Grasps and Manipulation Skills, Second Edition by Sandra J. Edwards, Donna B. Gallen, Jenna D. McCoy-Powlen, and Michelle A. Suarez is full of concise and user-friendly text that is written to assist in understanding complex information. The photographs, illustrations and charts have been expanded in this Second Edition and present new content areas for students and clinicians to use in education and practice. Hand Grasps and Manipulation Skills, Second Edition is unique in that it is also the only text on the market that contains this comprehensive pictorial information about hands and their grasps. Additional unique features include rare information about in utero development of the hand, left handedness, scissor skill development, in hand manipulation skills, and extensive information regarding clinical application. Hand Grasps and Manipulation Skills, Second Edition is a text that can be used as a career long reference. It provides all the pertinent and comprehensive information for students to learn about the development of the hand in one place, and is expertly and thoroughly referenced with the latest research. Hand Grasps and Manipulation Skills: Clinical Perspective of Development and Function, Second Edition provides clear information on a very specific subject, which makes it the ideal reference for occupational therapy professors, students and clinicians; mechanical engineers, computer software instructors, and engineers working in robotics; medical students and orthopedic hand surgeons.
Developmental and Functional Hand Grasps

Sandra J. Edwards, Donna J. Buckland, and Jenna D. McCoy-Powlen

At last! A reference that has organized grasps into a concise, beautifully illustrated text for clarity and accuracy.

Developmental and Functional Hand Grasps is designed to identify, illustrate, and describe the complexity of grasps in a clear, user-friendly manner. Faculty, clinicians, and students will find that this accurate and comprehensive text addresses essential developmental, precision, and power grasps as well as handwriting grasps for use in evaluation, treatment, and research. The functional aspects of grasps, anatomical features, and interesting facts are highlighted in the chapter, “Functional Hand Grasps.”

Developmental and Functional Hand Grasps is a significant book with information on 48 grasps, taxonomy of the hand, structure of the hand, and how to observe the hand. The text’s format has a clear, accurate photo and a detailed description of each grasp. An additional feature inside this essential resource is the comprehensive spreadsheets, which summarize grasps and the numerous references by authors past and present. An extensive reference list completes this unique and necessary text.
Evaluation for Social Workers

Peter Gabor, Yvonne A. Unrau, and Richard M. Grinnell Jr.

This book has been written with an eye on the realities prevailing in social work and the human services field. Pressure for accountability has never been greater, resources are being reduced while expectations for quality and effectiveness are rising. There is wide-spread interest in the field in evaluation which is increasingly viewed as a key means of meeting accountability requirements . Under current circumstances, professionals at various levels within the organization are assuming a greater role in designing and implementing evaluation and quality improvement systems. The underlying theme of this book is that social workers and other human service workers can easily use evaluation procedures to improve the quality of their practice and programs. This book aims at providing a conceptual understanding of evaluation practice and also at providing the basic knowledge and skills required to understand and contribute to an organization's quality improvement efforts. This book is for social workers, but can also be used by anyone in the human service fields.
Neuropsychological Assessment of Adults with Visual Impairment

John T. Gallagher and Katherine A. Burnham

This book is the only text of its kind to cover the area of neuropsychological testing of persons without vision or with limited vision. A thorough survey of the existing instruments for assessment of the blind is provided, with reviews of those assessments to help clinicians identify effective tools for assessment work with this population. In addition, new assessment instruments are presented, with instructions for how to administer these assessments and reproducible materials for clinician use. These instruments have been found to be psychometrically sound, with reliability and validity data, collected from over 500 adults, described. Specific case examples in chapters make the process of assessment come alive and allow procedures to be easily understandable. After reading this book, clinicians will be prepared to provide assessments for the visually impaired in the areas of:* Vocation* Academics* Personality* Intelligence, both Verbal and Non-Verbal* Neuropsychology* Executive Functioning* Spatial Ability* Memory, both Verbal and Non-Verbal* Special clinical populations, including those with low birthweight, with a new pervasive developmental disorder definedClassic tests are updated and new tests introduced to represent the cutting edge of assessment of individuals with vision issues. Readers will be equipped to administer a variety of assessments, including:* Tactual Formboard Test (Stoelting Catalog #)* Pattern of Search Test (Stoelting Catalog #)* Adapted Token Test* Auditory Cancellation Test* Michigan Mathematics Test for the Blind* Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test* Haptic Intelligence Scale Subtests, adapting popular cognitive subtests for use as tactile-based assessments. This book is the comprehensive guide for neuropsychological assessment of those without vision or limited vision!
Essential Adolescent Medicine

Donald Greydanus, Dilip Patel, and Helen Pratt

This book sets forth the principles of clinical and psychosocial adolescent medicine clearly and concisely, at a price the market will bear. Includes numerous tables, charts, lists, and algorithms for easy access to the spectrum of clinical considerations.
Program Evaluation for Social Workers : Foundations of Evidence-Based Programs

Richard M. Grinnell Jr., Peter A. Gabor, and Yvonne Unrau

Now in its sixth edition, this popular student-friendly introduction to program evaluation provides social workers with a sound conceptual understanding of how to use basic evaluation techniques in the evaluation of their cases (case-level) and programs (program-level). Eminently approachable, straightforward, and practical, this edition includes the fundamental tools that are needed in order for social workers to fully appreciate and understand how case- and program-level evaluations will help them to increase their effectiveness as contemporary data-driven practitioners.
Program Evaluation for Social Workers: Foundations of Evidence-Based Programs

Richard M. Grinnell, Peter A. Gabor, and Yvonne Unrau

Now in its seventh edition, this comprehensive text once again provides beginning social work students and practitioners with a proven, time-tested approach to help them understand and appreciate how to use basic evaluation techniques within their individual cases (case-level) and the programs where they work (program-level). As with the previous six editions, this text is eminently approachable, accessible, straightforward, and most importantly, practical.
Program Evaluation for Social Workers: Foundations of Evidence-Based Programs

Richard M. Grinnell Jr., Peter A. Gabor, and Yvonne A. Unrau

Over the course of 20 years and eight editions, the goals of the book have remained the same: to prepare students to participate in evaluative activities within their organizations, become beginning critical producers and consumers of the professional evaluative literature, and reap the benefits of more advanced evaluation courses and texts. The authors aim to meet these objectives by presenting a unique approach that is realistic, practical, applied, and user friendly. Unlike other textbooks on the market, Program Evaluation for Social Workers presents both program-level evaluation and case-level evaluation methods; assuming that neither of these two distinct approaches alone adequately reflects the realities of the field, the book demonstrates how they can instead complement each other. This integration of approaches provides an accessible, adaptable, and realistic framework for students and beginning practitioners to more easily grasp and implement in the real world.
Social Work Research and Evaluation: Foundations of Evidence-Based Practice

Richard M. Grinnell Jr. and Yvonne Unrau

This book is the longest standing and most widely adopted text in the field of social work research and evaluation. As stated in the book's preface, it is intended for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate social work students in a one-semester research methods course. Since the first edition in 1981, this edition is designed to provide social work students with the basic methodological foundation they need in order to successfully complete more advanced research courses that focus on single-system designs or program evaluations. With its customarily straightforward user-friendlywriting style by renowned educators, this edition will continue to maintain its notoriety as the premier social work research methods text. Thoroughly revised and updated, the chapters offer a wealth of new research examples and references, accessible diagrams of essential concepts and processes, and extended coverage of core social work research methods and recent developments. For example, with the inclusion of four new chapters on the evidence-based approach to social work practice, the book emphasizes how important this approach has become, and provides a rock-solid foundation for understanding how to evaluate and interpret research findings that have been derived from research studies-the minimal skills needed for evidence-based social work practitioners.
Social Work Research and Evaluation: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

Richard M. Grinnell Jr. and Yvonne Unrau

This book is the longest standing and most widely adopted text in the field of social work research and evaluation. Since the first edition in 1981, it has been designed to provide beginning social work students the basic methodological foundation they need in order to successfully complete more advanced research courses that focus on single-system designs or program evaluations. Its content is explained in extraordinarily clear everyday language which is then illustrated with social work examples that social work students not only can understand, but appreciate as well. Many of the examples concern women and minorities, and special emphasis is given to the application of research methods to the study of these groups. Without a doubt, the major strength of this book is that it is written by social workers for social work students. The editors have once again secured an excellent and diverse group of social work research educators. The 31 contributors know firsthand, from their own extensive teaching and practice experiences, what social work students need to know in relation to research. They have subjected themselves to a discipline totally uncommon in compendia-that is, writing in terms of what is most needed for an integrated basic research methods book, rather than writing in line with their own predilections.
Social Work Research and Evaluation: Foundations of Evidence-Based Practice

Richard M. Grinnell Jr. and Yvonne A. Unrau

Over thirty years of input from instructors and students have gone into this popular research methods text, resulting in a refined ninth edition that is easier to read, understand, and apply than ever before. Using unintimidating language and real-world examples, it introduces students to the key concepts of evidence-based practice that they will use throughout their professional careers. It emphasizes both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research, data collection methods, and data analysis, providing students with the tools they need to become evidence-based practitioners.
Program Evaluation for Social Workers: Foundations of Evidence-Based Programs

Richard M. Grinnell Jr, Yvonne Unrau, and Peter Gabor

This text presents a practical and tested approach of how to do case- and program-level evaluations within social service programs. It provides an unintimidating conceptual understanding of how programs can become more accountable by incorporating uncomplicated evaluation strategies into their day-to-day service delivery activities. With the above in mind, this edition has been completely updated, revised (some chapters have been totally rewritten), and re-arranged in an effort to present the essential ingredients for programs to become evidence based. The result is a text eminently suited for social work program evaluation courses, administration courses, program planning courses, and program design courses.

* The book is student-friendly and written in a straightforward manner

* Emphasis on ethics, diversity, stakeholder involvement, and logic models reflected throughout the entire book

* Each chapter illustrates how its contents can be incorporated into evidence-based programs

* Its unique perspective blends case- and program-level evaluation techniques

* It highlights the monitoring approach to evaluation

* The book has a logical and flexible learning plan that allows a range of customization possibilities

* Prepares students to become accountable and competent social work practitioners and future program administrators

* Numerous, figures, tables, and boxes bring content to life Visit the companion website at www.oup.com/us/swevaluation for student and instructor resources
Statistics for Social Workers

Richard M. Grinnell Jr and Robert Weinbach

Now in its eighth edition, this widely used text covers the types of statistical analyses that are most likely to be encountered by social work practitioners and researchers. It requires no prior knowledge of statistics and only basic mathematical competence.
Social Work Research and Evaluation : Foundations of Evidence-Based Practice

Richard Grinnell and Yvonne Unrau

Over thirty years of input from instructors and students have gone into this popular research methods text, resulting in a refined ninth edition that is easier to read, understand, and apply than ever before. Using unintimidating language and real-world examples, it introduces students to the key concepts of evidence-based practice that they will use throughout their professional careers. It emphasizes both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research, data collection methods, and data analysis, providing students with the tools they need to become evidence-based practitioners.
Research Methods for BSW Students

Richard Grinnell, Yvonne Unrau, and Margaret Williams

This introductory research methods text is intended for BSW students as their first introduction to social work research methodology, data analyses, and report writing. The contents have selected and arranged so that it can be used in an undergraduate one-semester social work research methods course. As in the previous editions, the book's goal is to produce a "user-friendly," straightforward introduction to social work research methods couched within the quantitative and qualitative traditions-the two approaches most commonly used to generate relevant social work knowledge.
Full Cup, Thirsty Spirit: Nourishing the Soul When Life's Just Too Much

Karen Horneffer-Ginter

It seems that everyone is busy these days. The world is full of information, full of obligations, full of friends and family, full of everything - except fulfillment. Rushing has become a national epidemic. And even if you're rushing between good things - if you have a happy family and a good job, if you have great friends and wonderful colleagues - you can feel drained and exhausted.In Full Cup, Thirsty Spirit, psychologist Karen Horneffer-Ginter reaches out to readers who are feeling overwhelmed by the sheer volume of life. In this beautifully written book, she helps readers understand that it is this volume, this busyness, that creates a disconnect between their outer lives and inner selves. This separation causes our souls to wilt, and prevents us from experiencing joy and hearing our own wisdom about what needs to happen in our lives. With an elegant narrative voice and the ability to inspire both laughter and compassion, Horneffer-Ginter takes readers on a journey to help them live more fully by exploring six shifts - learning to pause, turn within, fill up, come back to life, remember lightness and embrace difficulty. Through a weave of personal stories, client experiences and practical exercises, readers will learn to find balance in the swirl of daily life while reconnecting with what matters most.
Orientation and Mobility: Techniques for Independence

Steven J. La Grow and Richard Long

Orientation and mobility (O&M) refers to the skills and techniques required by those who are blind or have low vision to safely and purposefully traverse environments of varying complexity.

The content and style of instruction used to teach O&M is dependent upon the learner's needs, abilities and long range goals. The skills, techniques and sequence of instruction presented in this book are those which may be required by individuals who have experienced a loss in independence following the onset of a significant vision impairment and wish to regain the ability to travel independently across a range of environments.

Human guide, self-protective, directional, familiarization and cane techniques are described, as are strategies for indoor and outdoor travel, including those required for crossing streets, planning routes and using public transport.

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The writing lab approach to language instruction and intervention

Nickola Wolf Nelson, Christine M. Bahr, and Adelia M. Van Meter

This guidebook gives educators an exciting new approach to improving language and writing skills for all students. Developed through a decade of work with elementary and middle school children, the Writing Lab Approach uses computer-supported activities to encourage student progress in each stage of the writing process, from organizing to editing. The book focuses on three key components -- writing process instruction, computer supports, and inclusive practices -- and gives readers a primer on how children develop proficiency with language, a complete guide to setting up a writing lab, a discussion of software features and programs, instructions on using scaffolding to respond to individual needs, and an assessment tool the authors developed to analyze student writing samples. This book is an essential tool for helping all children, including English language learners and students with learning disabilities, become skillful writers and communicators.
Designing and planning programs for nonprofit and government organizations

Edward J. Pawlak and Robert Vinter

Designing and Planning Programs for Nonprofit and Government Organizations is a comprehensive guide for practitioners who must carry out program planning projects in nonprofit or government human service organizations. Authors Edward J. Pawlak and Robert D. Vinter experts in the field of program planning show how planning is a goal-directed activity that will succeed when its tasks are carried out in orderly, progressive stages. In this important resource, the authors walk practitioners and students through the entire process from initiation to completion of planning projects and examine the relationship between planning, implementation, and program operations.