Human Occupation
Contemporary Concepts and Lifespan Perspectives
1st Edition
Published on 13. August 2024
Book
Hardback
648 pages
978-1-032-79073-2 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive textbook provides occupational therapy and science students and practitioners with a complete overview of the key human occupation concepts, as well as a range of perspectives through which occupational therapy and occupational science can be viewed and understood.
Comprising 40 chapters, the book is divided into five sections:
- Section 1: Overview of Human Occupation Introducing the occupational therapy field and its conceptual landscape, including different models of therapeutic practice and practice reasoning
- Section 2: Contemporary Perspectives on Human Occupation Including critical perspectives on disability and race and the philosophical foundations of occupational science.
- Section 3: Principal Concepts Explaining the conceptual language of human occupation across key person, social, psychological, physical, performance, and environmental issues.
- Section 4: Human Occupation Across the Lifespan and Life Course Covers human occupation from infancy to later adulthood.
- Section 5: Domains/Types of Human Occupation From sleep to play, sexuality to social participation, and education to work.
Uniquely international in scope, each chapter in this edited book includes learning objectives, key terms, summary dot points, review questions and a list of additional online resources for readers to refer to. This is a complete resource for anyone beginning an occupational therapy course, clinicians seeking an accessible reference work to support their practice, or occupational scientists needing to refer to contemporary occupational concepts.
Comprising 40 chapters, the book is divided into five sections:
- Section 1: Overview of Human Occupation Introducing the occupational therapy field and its conceptual landscape, including different models of therapeutic practice and practice reasoning
- Section 2: Contemporary Perspectives on Human Occupation Including critical perspectives on disability and race and the philosophical foundations of occupational science.
- Section 3: Principal Concepts Explaining the conceptual language of human occupation across key person, social, psychological, physical, performance, and environmental issues.
- Section 4: Human Occupation Across the Lifespan and Life Course Covers human occupation from infancy to later adulthood.
- Section 5: Domains/Types of Human Occupation From sleep to play, sexuality to social participation, and education to work.
Uniquely international in scope, each chapter in this edited book includes learning objectives, key terms, summary dot points, review questions and a list of additional online resources for readers to refer to. This is a complete resource for anyone beginning an occupational therapy course, clinicians seeking an accessible reference work to support their practice, or occupational scientists needing to refer to contemporary occupational concepts.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional Reference
Illustrations
27 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 17 s/w Zeichnungen, 39 s/w Tabellen, 44 s/w Abbildungen
39 Tables, black and white; 17 Line drawings, black and white; 27 Halftones, black and white; 44 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-032-79073-2 (9781032790732)
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Persons
Ted Brown is a Professor of Occupational Therapy and undergraduate course director in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Monash University - Peninsula Campus, Australia. Prior to this, he worked as an occupational therapy clinician for 16 years in Canada and Australia primarily in the area of pediatrics.
Stephen Isbel leads the Occupational Therapy program at the University of Canberra, Australia. He has worked in the USA, the UK, and Australia primarily in the areas of aged care, community care, and adult neurological rehabilitation.
Louise Gustafsson is Professor and Lead of the Occupational Therapy Program at Griffith University, Australia. Her research aims to address occupational issues of older adults and individuals with neurological conditions.
Sharon Gutman is a professor at Rutgers University in the Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program. Her body of work has primarily addressed the development and assessment of interventions designed to help sheltered homeless people transition from homelessness to supported housing.
Diane Powers Dirette is a professor in the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences PhD Program at Western Michigan University, and her research interests are focused on treatments for people with acquired brain injuries.
Bethan Collins (she/her) is Head of Occupational Therapy in the University of Salford, UK. Bethan completed her primary degree in Occupational Therapy and her PhD in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Tim Barlott is Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Alberta. His work pursues theory, practices, and collective processes that can be liberating for psychiatrized and other marginalized people.
Stephen Isbel leads the Occupational Therapy program at the University of Canberra, Australia. He has worked in the USA, the UK, and Australia primarily in the areas of aged care, community care, and adult neurological rehabilitation.
Louise Gustafsson is Professor and Lead of the Occupational Therapy Program at Griffith University, Australia. Her research aims to address occupational issues of older adults and individuals with neurological conditions.
Sharon Gutman is a professor at Rutgers University in the Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program. Her body of work has primarily addressed the development and assessment of interventions designed to help sheltered homeless people transition from homelessness to supported housing.
Diane Powers Dirette is a professor in the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences PhD Program at Western Michigan University, and her research interests are focused on treatments for people with acquired brain injuries.
Bethan Collins (she/her) is Head of Occupational Therapy in the University of Salford, UK. Bethan completed her primary degree in Occupational Therapy and her PhD in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Tim Barlott is Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Alberta. His work pursues theory, practices, and collective processes that can be liberating for psychiatrized and other marginalized people.
Content
Section One - Overview of Human Occupation. 1.Introduction to Human Occupation: Contemporary concepts and lifespan perspectives. 2.Overview of Human Occupation: Concepts and Principles. 3.Overview of Occupation-centered practice. 4.Person-centered Care in Occupation-based Practice. 5.Models of Practice that Focus on Human Occupation. 6.Participation and (Human) Occupation. 7.Practice Reasoning in Occupational Therapy: Introducing the Model of Occupational Therapy Reasoning. Section Two - Contemporary Perspectives on Human Occupation. 8.Bringing Critical Perspectives into Occupation-based Practices. 9.The Situated Nature of Human Occupation. 10.Equity, Disadvantage, Justice, and Human Occupation. 11.Undoing Coloniality: An Indigenous Occupation-Based Perspective. 12.Critical Disability Studies Perspectives on Human Occupation. 13.Occupation and Social Sanctioning. 14.Creativity, Hope, and Collective Emancipatory Experimentation: Tools for Social Transformation Through Occupational Therapy. 15.Social Occupational Therapy: Contributions to Design a Field of Knowledge and Practices. 16.Pragmatism: Current and Future Influence on Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science. 17.Gender and Human Occupation. 18.Technology and Human Occupation. 19.Human Occupation and Environmental Sustainability. Section Three - Principal Concepts. 20.Key Occupational Concepts: Occupational Engagement, Occupational Balance, Occupational Adaptation, and Participation. 21.Person Factors: Values, Beliefs, Spirituality, Body Functions, and Body Structures. 22.Performance Skills: Motor, Process and Social Interaction. 23.Performance Patterns: Habits, Routines, Rituals, and Roles. 24.Evolving and Pluralistic: Understanding the Environment in Occupational Therapy. 25.Activities of Daily Living and Self-Care as Human Occupation. Section Four - Human Occupation Across the Lifespan and Life Course. 26.Human Occupations of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers. 27.Occupations of School-aged Children. 28.Human Occupations of Adolescence and Youth. 29.Human Occupations of Early Adulthood. 30.Human Occupations of Middle Adulthood (ages 40-65). 31.Human Occupations of Late Adulthood. 32.Future Considerations and Conclusions. Section Five - Domains/Types of Human Occupation. 33.Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Health Management as Human Occupation. 34.Work, Productivity, and Volunteering as Human Occupation. 35.Education as Human Occupation. 36.Play As Human Occupation. 37.Leisure and Recreation as Human Occupation. 38.Social Participation as Human Occupation. 39.Sleep and Rest as Human Occupation. 40.Chapter Forty - Sexuality as Human Occupation.