Product Review

• Comprehensive activity analysis of crafts to elaborate and validate the skills tapped by such work


• Guidance for documentation to obtain reimbursement of crafts interventions.


• 75 crafts for a wide range of interventions that support functional outcomes for clients with psychosocial, physical, cognitive, and sensory conditions and that can be implemented with limited resources and budgets.


• Detailed guidelines for each craft intervention, including photographs and drawing illustrating patterns and diagrams, the completed craft, potential adaptations, and group work in process


• Ideas for modifications to grade particular crafts up or down to support the specific needs of a client who may require adjustments in order to participate, including the use of the use of technology when appropriate


• Learning activities such as cases, stories, illustrative photographs, and critical-thinking exercises to foster clinical reasoning in the use of crafts


• Historical and evidence-based practice boxes to connect current use of crafts to the rich history of crafts in OT and to recent evidence of its efficacy


• Alignment with the PEO practice model


• Use of universally recognized language from the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework (OTPF) to reflect the current language of OT practice