Developing Occupation-Centered Programs With the Community

Introduction Part I. Building a Foundation 1. Understanding Community 2. Practicing Occupation in the Community 3. Program Design and Development: What Skills Will I Need? 4. Getting Started: Where Do Ideas Come From? Selecting a Population for Programming 5. Identifying Trends and Forecasting Futures Part II. Developing Your Program: Design and Planning Phase 6. Developing a Timeline for Program Design, Planning, Preparation, Implementation, and Evaluation 7. Developing the Profiles of Your Population and the Community, Researching the Supporting Literature, Finding Evidence, and Identifying Experts: The Beginning of the Assessment of "Need" 8. Continuing the Needs Assessment in the Community 9. Identifying and Building Assets, Developing Community Capacity, Knowing Your Stakeholders, and Sustaining Programming 10. Developing and Finalizing the Projected Impact and Outcomes for Your Population, Developing Program-Specific Goals and Objectives, and Choosing a Guiding Theory Part III. Developing the Program: Preparation and Implementation Phase 11. Supporting Your Programming: Staffing and Personnel 12. Supporting Your Programming: Space, Furnishings, Equipment, and Supplies 13. Examples of line-item budgeting 14. Funding Your Program 15. Promoting Your Program: Marketing Part IV. Review and Evaluation Phase 16. Program Evaluation: Measuring Programming Goals, Objectives, Outcomes, and Impact Part V. Programming Stories: Program Examples for Children, Adolescents, Adults, and Older Adults 17. Programming to Support Engagement in Meaningful Occupation and Balance for the Disenfranchised and Homeless: The Development of a Community Programming Proposal 18. Intervention and Support Programming in Day Camps, Sleep-Away Camps, and "Adventures" 19. Prevention and Wellness Programming Within Existing or Newly Formed Clubs: Collaboration and Partnering with Stakeholders 20. Shelter Programming for Homeless Persons with HIV/AIDS and Mental Illness: Exploring Skills and Knowledge Supporting Employment 21. Programming for the Homeless Adolescent in Transitional Shelter: Filmmaking for High School Credit 22. Promotion of Health, Well-Being, and Community: A Culturally Relevant Intergenerational Program for Older Adults Living in a Senior-Care Facility Part VI. What Now? Responding to Trending Issues: Stories in the Making 23. Health Promotion and Wellness Programming for Older Adults Living in the Community: Sexuality, Sexual Functioning, and Intimacy 24. Human Trafficking and Exploitation : Considerations for Community Programming 25. Exploring Programming for Returning Combat Veterans and Families of Veterans 26. Community-Based Arts: Opportunities for Occupation-Centered Practitioners. Part VII. Diversity and Identity 27. Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Children and Adults