The Core Concepts of Occupational Therapy

by Creek, Jennifer; Lawson-porter, Anne

• ISBN13: 9781849050074
• ISBN10: 1849050074
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-15
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub

Summary

The profession of occupational therapy has a highly specialized language, but until now there have been no standard definitions of its key terms.

Author Biography

Jennifer Creek is a freelance occupational therapist and a Mental Health Act Commissioner for the Care Quality Commission. She has been writing and speaking about occupational therapy theory and terminology for over 20 years, and has been working with the ENOTHE terminology group since 2003.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Preface	p. 11
Introduction	p. 15
The ENOTHE Terminology Project	p. 17
The Language of Occupational Therapy	p. 32
The conceptual framework	p. 41
The Performer's Perspective	p. 61
Forms of Action	p. 63
Action	p. 84
Structuring Action	p. 100
Boundaries to Action	p. 114
Personal Requisites for Action	p. 135
Energy Source for Action	p. 154
Social Contract for Action	p. 173
Place for Action	p. 189
The Observer's Perspective	p. 205
Understanding Action	p. 206
Measuring Action	p. 222
Facilitating Action	p. 235
Subject Index	p. 248
Author Index	p. 254
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