This program is a collection of techniques that Ms. Sheda and Ms. Small have learned from attending workshops and courses and reading books and articles on the treatment and handling of the physically impaired child. The book provides many activities that can be adapted and modified to help the child master a skill required for a purposeful activity.

The recommended activities must be appropriate for the child's present and future daily routine, and they also must be functional and useful throughout the total environment. Thus, this text is a visual translation of many therapy techniques used to promote functional movement in children who are disabled.

The book is organized into nine tab-indexed main sections representing developmental areas such as sitting, creeping, and walking. Each main section is then divided into four subsections, each of which represents an increasingly difficult degree of involvement on the part of the child. For example, activities in the active/assistive sections require the aid of an adult, while the activities in the active movement sections require that the child move alone with assistance only as needed.

This program can be of great value in planning, implementing, and evaluating occupational therapy programs in public schools, nursing homes, and private homes. Individualized activities illustrating the therapy objective can enhance the consistency of programming and facilitate communication and instruction between program providers and the occupational therapist.