Psychosocial Strategies for Athletic Training - Hardcover

· Focuses on the practical application of research and technique to clinical practice.

· Features contributions from an expert team of authors, all specialists in the field.

· Provides activities to help you apply theory to practice, including case studies with critical-thinking questions, directed  role-play activities with follow-up reflection questions, development of psychological skill ‘scripts’ for use with injured  athletes/patients, and out-of-class activities.

· Ties the objectives of each chapter to the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) 5th Edition competencies.

· Presents testing and applied exercises throughout each chapter or at end of each chapter.

· Features sidebars that highlight important information, including “Virtual Field Trip,” “Quick Tip,” and “What to Look For.”

· Uses mini-case studies to illustrate the practical application of theories and techniques.

· Addresses a wide range of psychological interventions such as mental imagery, positive self-talk and relaxation techniques.

· Student Resources online at DavisPlus. (Redeem the Plus Code inside new, printed texts to access these DavisPlus resources.)

     · Davis Digital Version, the complete text online with search, bookmarking, and highlighting functionality.

     · Activities that reinforce the content in the text.