Developing Occupation-Centered Programs for the Community Book

Part I Building a Foundation

Ch. 1: Defining Community

Ch. 2: Occupation and Community Practice

Ch. 3: Identifying Trends and Forecasting Futures

Ch. 4: Program Development: What Skills Will I Need?

Ch. 5: Developing a Time Line for Program Design, Planning, Preparation,

Implementation and Evaluation

Part II Developing the Program: Design and Planning Phase

Ch. 6: Getting Started: Developing the Design

Ch. 7: Profiling the Community, Targeting the Population, and Assessing

the Need for Services

Ch. 8: Researching the “Evidence,” Finding Experts; and Developing

Program Goals

Part III Developing the Program: Preparation and Implementation Phase

Ch. 9: Staffing and Personnel

Ch. 10: Space; Furnishings, Equipment, and Supplies

Ch. 11: Costs and Projected Funding Needs

Ch. 12: Funding Your Program

Part IV Review and Evaluation Phase

Ch. 13: Program Evaluation: How Will Outcomes Be Measured?

Ch. 14: Marketing and Promotion

Part V Program Stories: Program Examples for Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Ch. 15: Programming to Support Meaningful Occupation and Balance for the

Disenfranchised and Homeless: The Development of a Proposal

Ch. 16: Intervention and Support Programming in Day Camps, Sleep-Away

Camps, and Adventures

Ch. 17: Prevention and Wellness Programming Within Existing or Newly

Formed Clubs: Collaboration and Partnering

Ch. 18 Shelter Programming for Persons with HIV/AIDS and Mental

Illness: Prevocational and Vocational Skills

Ch. 19 Programming for the Homeless Adolescent in Transitional Shelter:

Film-Making for High School Credit

*Ch. 20: Promotion of Health, Wellness and Community: Programming for

Older Adults (to be completed)