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Series IX: Pediatrics, 1945 - 1983

 Series

Scope and Contents

This series includes writings by both occupational therapists and other professionals on child development, and on the education and rehabilitation of disabled children. Publications by occupational therapists include a 1959 student manual on occupational therapy in pediatrics, proceedings of a 1965 conference on the occupational therapy of multiply handicapped children, and proceedings of a 1966 occupational therapy seminar on children with perceptual and emotional developmental deviations. Other writings by occupational therapists can be found in the 1968 proceedings of an American Physical Therapy Association symposium on children with chest disorders, and in a 1979 monograph by the Developmental Disabilities Specialty Section of the AOTA. Also included are a 1945 Children's Bureau publication on child development for parents, a 1963 Columbia University Teachers College publication on reflex therapy for children with cerebral palsy, a 1974 guide to social competency for visually handicapped young people, and a 1977 guide to gross motor activities for children with delays. The series also contains several publications that focus on learning and children in educational settings. These include a 1948 Federal Security Agency Bulletin on "crippled children" in school, materials published by AOTA (ca.1980) on occupational therapy educational management, and a 1980 paper on the role of occupational therapy in the education of the learning disabled student, containing an extensive bibliography with abstracts and related reprints. Also in this series is a packet of materials dating ca.1970-1980 related to occupational therapy and public schools that contains reprints, brochures and materials published by AOTA and POTA.

Dates

  • 1945 - 1983

Extent

From the Collection: 16 Linear Feet (29 boxes)

Language

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

Related materials in other series: Series V contains the proceedings of a symposium on the future of pediatric occupational therapy from 1986.

Books from the collection that are related to this series are: Abercrombie, M.L.J. Perceptual Visuomotor Disorders in Cerebral Palsy, 1964. Bobath, Karel. The Motor Deficit in Patients with Cerebral Palsy, 1966. Banus, Barbara Sharpe. The Developmental Therapist: A Prototype of the Pediatric Occupational Therapist, 1971 and 1979 editions. Knickerbocker, Barbara. A Holistic Approach to the Treatment of Learning Disorders, 1980.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Thomas Jefferson University - Archives and Special Collections Repository

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