Neuropsychology for Occupational Therapists

June Grieve MSc BSc, formerly of the London School of Occupational Therapy, London, UK. Linda Gnanasekaran MSc, BSc(Hons) DipCOT FHEA, Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University, London, UK.

PART 1 Cognition and the Occupational Therapy Process. Chapter 1. Occupation and Cognitive Rehabilitation. Chapter 2. Identifying and assessing cognitive impairments. Chapter 3. Intervention for cognitive impairments. PART 2 Components and disorders of cognition. Chapter 4. Cognition, methods and processes. Chapter 5. Visual perception, recognition and agnosia. Chapter 6. Spatial abilities, construction, body scheme and finding the way. Chapter 7. Attention and unilateral neglect. Chapter 8. Memory and amnesia. Chapter 9. Purposeful movement and apraxia. Chapter 10. Executive functions.