Human Occupation

<p>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.</p><p>Comprising 40 chapters the book is divided into five sections:</p><ul> <li> <b>Section 1: Overview of Human Occupation. </b>Introducing the occupational therapy field and its conceptual landscape including different models of therapeutic practice and practice reasoning</li> <li> <b>Section 2: Contemporary Perspectives on Human Occupation. </b>Including critical perspectives on disability and race and the philosophical foundations of occupational science</li> <li> <b>Section 3: Principal Concepts. </b>Explaining the conceptual language of human occupation across key person social psychological physical performance and environmental issues</li> <li> <b>Section 4: Human Occupation across the Lifespan and Life Course. </b>Covers human occupation from infancy to later adulthood</li> <li> <b>Section 5: Domains/Types of Human Occupation. </b>From sleep to play sexuality to social participation and education to work</li> </ul><p>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 occupation-related concepts.</p><p><strong>Please note: Section 5 of this book can be accessed on the book's page on Routledge.com by clicking on 'Support Material' then the link to 'Routledge Resource Centre'. </strong></p><p><strong>For the PowerPoint slides please click on 'Instructor and Student Resources'.</strong></p>