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Australian Occupational Therapy ourna Editor-in-Chief Janet Fricke VOLUME 52 2005 D), Blackwell Publishing Australian Occupational Therapy Journal Editor Viewpoint: Louise Farnworth, La Trobe University, Janet Fricke, La Trobe University, Melbourne Melbourne Thesis Abstracts: Sonya Girdler, Curtin University of Associate Editors Technology, Perth Management: Susan Griffin, University of Sydney, Critically Appraised Papers: Annie McCluskey, Sydney University of Western Sydney, Sydney Promotions: Gail Whiteford, Charles Sturt University, Editorial Advisory Board Albury Michael Iwama, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Manuscript Development: Ellie Fossey, La Trobe Mike Lyons, University of Newcastle, Newcastle University, Melbourne Tanya Packer, Curtin University of Technology, Perth Referee Management: Lynette Mackenzie, University of Doris Pierce, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Newcastle, Newcastle USA Department Editors M Clare Taylor, Coventry University, Coventry, UK Book and Media Reviews: Chris Lloyd, University of Margaret Wallen, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Queensland, Brisbane Sydney Aims and Scope: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal is the official Address for Editorial Correspondence: Australian Occupational Therapy journal of OT AUSTRALIA Australian Association of Occupational Journal, PO Box 378, Carlton South, Vic. 3053, Australia (fax: +61 3 8359 Therapists Inc. 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Lovell and Kay J. Russell RESEARCH ARTICLES Cultural Safety and professional practice in occupational therapy: Developing a worker role: Stories of four people with mental illness A New Zealand perspective Mary Kennedy-Jones, Joanne Cooper Marion Gray and Kathryn McPherson and Ellie Fossey Resident and therapist views of animal-assisted therapy: Injured workers’ perspectives of their rehabilitation process under Implications for occupational therapy practice the New South Wales Workers Compensation System Beth P. Velde, Joseph Cipriani and Grace Fisher Lorraine Sager and Carole James Occupational therapists’ perception of usage of information Female and male occupational therapists: A comparison of and communication technology (ICT) in Western Australia and their job satisfaction level the association of availability of ICT on recruitment and retention lan Meade, G. Ted Brown and Judith Trevan-Hawke of therapists working in rural areas Richard Taylor and Hoe Lee Towards facilitating change in service delivery: An illustrative example REVIEW ARTICLE Kobie Boshoff Review of tests contributing to the occupational therapy off-road LITERATURE REVIEW driver assessment Interventions for improving self-awareness following Carolyn A. Unsworth, Robin K. Lovell, Nichola S. Terrington and Shane A. Thomas acquired brain injury Sarah E. Lucas and Jennifer M. Fleming IN PRACTICE CRITICALLY APPRAISED PAPERS Occupational therapy in treating children with developmental delays who have been abused or neglected: A case study Use of a multisensory environment (Snoezelen) in a palliative Tui Anderson day-care setting resulted in a small immediate reduction in reported anxiety, but had no effect on quality of life VIEWPOINT Meryl Lovarini and Gail Eva Australian and New Zealand fieldwork: Charting the territory for People with a life-threatening illness who attend a day future practice hospice program value being involved in occupation Yvonne Thomas, Merrolee Penman and Peter Williamson Michael Curtin and Gail Eva CASE STUDY THESIS ABSTRACT Regaining childhood: A case study BOOK REVIEWS Rowena Scaletti CRITICALLY APPRAISED PAPERS An energy conservation program for people with cancer produced Volume 52, Issue 3, September 2005 small changes in fatigue Annie McCluskey and Sally Bennett EDITORIAL Occupational therapists working with indigenous Australians use 179 Changing face of entry to occupational therapy practice: communication strategies, assessment tools and assistive devices Some personal reflections from a Person Environment Occupation that are more culturally appropriate for this population perspective Annie McCluskey and Josephine Gwynn Sue Baptiste Contents FEATURE ARTICLES FEATURE ARTICLES Exploration of Australian and New Zealand indigenous people's The environment and falls prevention: Do environmental spirituality and mental health modifications make a difference? Samson Tse, Chris Lloyd, Leon Petchkovsky and Wiremu Manaia Tamara Tse Cultural differences: The experience of establishing an Achieving a restorative mental break for family caregivers of occupational therapy service in a developing community persons with Alzheimer’s disease Helen Bourke-Taylor and Dawn Hudson Janet H. Watts and Jodi Teitelman Improving handwriting without teaching handwriting: The The introduction and evaluation of an occupational therapy consultative clinical reasoning process wimps! V2 Nosh Rhoda P. Erhardt and Vickie Meade Sessa ELEN ARCO SCIONS Cultural awareness among Queensland undergraduate RESEARCH ARTICLES occupational therapy students The meaning of professional excellence for private practitioners in Tanya M. Rasmussen, Chris Lloyd and Trish Wielandt PONE ACA RESEARCH ARTICLES Michelle Courtney Profile of paediatric occupational therapy practice in Australia Occupational therapy in acute hospitals: The effectiveness of a pilot Syn Reith Ge: Seed Winans wid Malia ei program to maintain occupational performance in older clients Lisa Eyres and Carolyn A. Unsworth A systematic and critical review of the literature: The effectiveness ; of Occupational Therapy Home Assessment on a range of > Workers’ compensation insurance agents’ satisfaction with outcome measures occupational therapy activities of daily living assessments ; ; Sarah Barras Rachael Mason, Susan Darzins and Jean Cromie Dynamic Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment for Children: Occupational therapy managers’ perceptions of challenges faced in Perceived utility in Australian occupational therapy practice early intervention service delivery in South Australia Sylvia Rodger, Emma Daley, Kate Hughes and Jenny Ziviani Kobie Boshoff, Erna Alant and Esther May Effects of occupational therapy intervention on activities of daily Perceptions of social stigma and its effect on interpersonal living and awareness of disability in persons with intellectual relationships of young males who experience a psychotic disorder disabilities Chris Lloyd, Dan Sullivan and Philip Lee Williams Monica Hallgren and Anders Kottorp IN PRACTICE IN PRACTICE Enabling model for assessing overseas-trained occupational The Deakin experience: Using national competency standards to therapists seeking to work in Australia drive undergraduate education Brenton Kortman and Esther May Michelle Courtney and Ann Wilcock Maintaining and developing friendships following severe traumatic RESEARCH AWARDS brain injury: Principles of occupational therapy practice 2005 OT Australia Research Awards Libby Callaway, Sue Sloan and Dianne Winkler Rebecca Allen ee CRITICALLY APPRAISED PAPERS A ansnwoies inecmeeion therapy program for people with early People with stroke who received up to seven occupational therapy rheumatoid arthritis increased the use of some self management sessions at home over 3 months were 1.72 times more likely to get strategies but did not improve pain or perceived health status over out of the house as often as they wanted 2 years Natasha Lannin, Annie McCluskey and Karl Schurr Margaret Wallen and Esther Steultjens Men who have had a stroke have difficulty managing their time Women who were recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when discharged home experienced a transformative process triggered by their illness, Michael Curtin and Glen Gillen which limited their occupations but taught them to value The use of strategy training for people with a left hemisphere and use self-caring strategies more stroke and apraxia improved ADL functioning at 8 weeks but not Annie McCluskey and Mary Grant after 5 months, and had no effect on apraxia or motor function There is evidence that joint protection education and Tammy Hoffmann and Thérése Jackson comprehensive occupational therapy Five screening and three assessment tools are recommended for enhances functional outcomes in adults with rheumatoid arthritis measuring unilateral spatial neglect poststroke Margaret Wallen, Elizabeth Martin and Katherine Baggaley Meryl Lovarini and Deirdre Cooke 266 BOOK REVIEWS LETTER TO THE EDITOR ‘bleh; ius Volume 52, Issue 4, December 2005 Publishing critically appraised papers Mary Clark Green EDITORIAL THESIS ABSTRACTS 269 Inspiring future generations of occupational therapists BOOK REVIEWS Lynne Adamson : REFEREES