In case no one else has gotten to your email (I'm a little slow) A great book is Development of Hand Skills in the Child.
Elizabeth Thiers, OTR/L FECTS [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kimberly Masker > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 9:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OTlist] Need some good references > > > Hi all. I have a family member who is looking for some good > references and contact on development of the hand and its > function. I am a hand therapist, and have been able to help > some, but she really needs to speak to someone who is doing > pediatrics and/or school system. She has written several > books on crochet and doll making, and had been using these as > an activity in the schools where she works as a functional > activity with the students. In the process she became > fascinated with the meaning of the hand in respect to a > child's physical and psychological development. She is > coming at her new book as a layperson, but needs some good > contacts to explore the foundations of that topic. Even > though she is not writing this directed toward OT's or any > other health profession (she is directing more toward > teachers and parents, I believe), from what she has told me > so far I think that there will be some OT's interested in > this book when she finished. Anyway, to get back to the > topic, can anyone out there throw out some good references > that I can give her or even some experts in that field that > she might be able to contact? > > Thanks for your help! > > Kim Masker, MS, OTR/L > > > -- > Unsubscribe? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Change options? > www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com > > Archive? > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > Help? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
