Neuropsychology for Occupational Therapists is a bestselling, comprehensive guide to the assessment and rehabilitation of impaired cognitive function and brain damage.  Divided into two parts, the first introduces the fundamental role cognition has in occupational performance, before moving on to examine the theoretical frameworks behind cognitive rehabilitation.  The second part covers the key components of each cognitive function, including attention, visual perception, movement, memory, and executive functions, and the disorders associated with them.

Revised throughout, this invaluable new edition includes:

• Updated theory and evidence base of neuropsychology
• Frameworks and guidelines for assessment and intervention in practice
• Updated content on attention, memory and executive functions
• A new chapter on cognitive function in later years, and working with people to maintain cognitive health.

Part I Cognition and the Occupational Therapy Process 1

1 Occupation and Cognitive Rehabilitation 

2 Assessment and Measuring Change 17

3 Intervention for Cognitive Impairments and Evaluating Outcomes 33

Part II Cognition: Understanding Function and Working with People with Impairments 51

4 Cognition: Methods and Processes 53

5 Attention 71

6 Visual Perception, Recognition and Agnosia 89

7 Complex Perceptual Functions: Body Scheme and Agnosia, Constructional Skills and Neglect 113

8 Memory 123

9 Purposeful Movement and Apraxia 149

10 Executive Functions 165

11 Cognitive Function in the General Population: Maintaining Cognitive Health in Later Years 177