Kielhofner's Conceptual Foundations of Occupational Therapy Practice

by Wolske, Jarrett; Fisher, Gail

• ISBN13: 9781719648820
• ISBN10: 1719648824
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781719655484
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2026-02-02
• Publisher: F.A. Davis Company
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Summary

Be prepared to use a multi-model approach to occupational therapy practice! 

New editors and their diverse team of contributors respectfully advance the intellectual heritage and legacy of Dr. Gary Kielhofner to support occupational therapy practice today. 

Highlighting the historical development of the conceptual knowledge base of occupational therapy, the editors then introduce what they have termed occupation-based models, relationship-based models, frames of reference, and domains of related knowledge. Their concluding section ties these concepts together by reasoning through and applying a multi-model approach to practice across settings and populations.

Five Stars.“Excellent resource book for a concise summary of theoretical models of practice.”—Max, Online Reviewer

Five Stars.“If you buy this, don't sell it back! Helpful resource!”—Liane H., Online Reviewer

• New & Updated! Includes recent paradigm shifts, including global perspectives, which influence the conceptual foundations of occupational therapy practice. 
• New! Uses Kielhofner's Scholarship of Practice Model as the foundational connection between theory, research, and practice. 
• New! Addresses the Canadian Model of Occupational Participation, the Kawa Model, the PEOP Model, and the Occupational Adaptation Model as Occupation-Based Models. 
• New! Provides guidance on the multi-model approach, including professional reasoning and application. 
• New! Features case examples for each model and frames of reference that show how real-world clinicians use conceptual foundations across practice settings. 
• New! Showcases why therapists have chosen and used a given conceptual practice model in practice with clients in “Therapist Spotlight.” 
• Offers the most comprehensive coverage of theories in the field to provide a broad overview of occupational therapy. 
• Presents a framework for understanding what kind of knowledge is needed to support practice and critically examines existing knowledge.
• Provides a structure for thinking about and analyzing knowledge in order to compare different approaches. 
• Highlights profession-wide concepts such as dynamic systems, and narrative and occupational form.
• Chronicles the contributions made to occupational therapy's knowledge development throughout the world.

Table of Contents

I. An Overview of Occupational Therapy’s Conceptual Foundations
1. Professional Knowledge
2. The Historical Basis of Occupational Therapy Practice: The Preparadigm and Early
3. The Mid-Twentieth Century of Occupational Therapy Practice: Mechanistic Paradigm
4. The Growth of Occupation-Based Models and Practice: The Occupation-Based Practice
5. The Emerging Contemporary Paradigm: Current and Future Practice
II. Occupation-Based Models
6. The Model of Human Occupation
7. Person-Environment-Occupation (PEO) and Person-Environment-Occupation-Performance (PEOP)
8. Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and Engagement (CMOP-E)
9. Other Occupation-Based Models
III. Relationship-Based Models
10. The Intentional Relationship Model
11. The Functional Group Model
IV. Frames of Reference
12. The Biomechanical Frame of Reference
13. The Motor Control Frame of Reference
14. The Cognition Frame of Reference
V. Domains of Related Knowledge
15. Complex Dynamic Systems Theory
16. The Medical Model
17. Social Model of Disability and Disability
18. Education and Consultation Approaches
VI. Using Conceptual Foundations to Guide Practice
19. Using the Multi-Model Approach for Best Practice
20. The Multi-Model Approach in the Evaluation Process
21. The Multi-Model Approach in the Intervention Process
21. The Multi-Model Approach in the Intervention Process
22. Case Studies