Human Occupation Contemporary Concepts and Lifespan Perspectives

Section One - Overview of Human Occupation

Chapter One – Introduction to Human Occupation: Contemporary Concepts and Lifespan Perspectives

Ted Brown, Stephen Isbel, Louise Gustafsson, Sharon Gutman, Diane Powers Dirette, Bethan Collins, and Tim Barlott

Chapter Two – Overview of Human Occupation: Concepts and Principles

Matthew Molineux

Chapter Three – Overview of Occupation-centered Practice

Louise Gustafsson and Matthew Molineux

Chapter Four – Person-centered Care in Occupation-based Practice

Diane Powers Dirette and Sharon Gutman

Chapter Five – Models of Practice that Focus on Human Occupation

Ellie Fossey, Gayle Restall, Mary Egan, and Sandra Moll

Chapter Six – Participation and (Human) Occupation

Daniela Castro de Jong, Wilson Verdugo Huenumán, Andrea Yupanqui-Concha, Carolina Vásquez Oyarzun, and Cristian Aranda-Farías

Chapter Seven – Practice Reasoning in Occupational Therapy: Introducing the Model of Occupational Therapy Reasoning

Craig Greber, Stephen Isbel, Justin Scanlan, and Jenniffer Garcia-Rojas

Section Two - Contemporary Perspectives on Human Occupation

Chapter Eight – Bringing Critical Perspectives into Occupation-based Practices

Lisette Farias, Gail Teachman, Rebecca M. Aldrich, Roshan Galvaan, and Debbie Laliberte Rudman

Chapter Nine – The Situated Nature of Human Occupation

Rebecca M. Aldrich, Lisette Farias, Roshan Galvaan, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, and Gail Teachman

Chapter Ten – Equity, Disadvantage, Justice, and Human Occupation

Sharon Gutman

Chapter Eleven – Undoing Coloniality: An Indigenous Occupation-based Perspective

Isla G. Emery-Whittington

Chapter Twelve – Critical Disability Studies Perspectives on Human Occupation

Marjorie Désormeaux-Moreau, Bethan Collins, Laura Yvonne Bulk, Susan Mahipaul, Stephanie LeBlanc-Omstead, and Tal Jarus

Chapter Thirteen – Occupation and Social Sanctioning

Niki Kiepek, Cristian Mauricio Valderrama Núñez, Tanya Elizabeth Benjamin-Thomas, Michael Palapal Sy, and Marcel Nazabal Amores

Chapter Fourteen – Creativity, Hope, and Collective Emancipatory Experimentation: Tools for Social Transformation through Occupational Therapy

Vagner Dos Santos and Gelya Frank

Chapter Fifteen – Social Occupational Therapy: Contributions to Design a Field of Knowledge and Practices

Roseli Esquerdo Lopes, Denise Dias Barros, and Ana Paula Serrata Malfitano

Chapter Sixteen – Pragmatism: Current and Future Influence on Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science

Jacob Østergaard Madsen, Rodolfo Morrison, Vagner Dos Santos, and Tim Barlott

Chapter Seventeen – Gender and Human Occupation

Jens Schneider, Aiko Hoshino, Daniel Swiatek, Gunilla M. Liedberg, Mathilda Björk, Heather Baglee, Gustavo Artur Monzeli, and Ted Brown

Chapter Eighteen – Technology and Human Occupation

Emma M. Smith, Christopher Trujillo, Stephanie Lancaster, Caroline Fischl, Rosalie H. Wang, and Ted Brown

Chapter Nineteen – Human Occupation and Environmental Sustainability

Lisa C. Lieb , Tenelle Hodson, and Camille Dieterle

Section Three - Principal Concepts

Chapter Twenty – Key Occupational Concepts: Occupational Engagement, Occupational Balance, Occupational Adaptation, and Participation

Jane A. Davis, Carita Håkansson, and Kim Walder

Chapter Twenty-one – Person Factors: Values, Beliefs, Spirituality, Body Functions, and Body Structures

Barbara M. Doucet and Carrie A. Ciro

Chapter Twenty-two – Performance Skills: Motor, Process, and Social Interaction

Karina M. Dancza, Anita Volkert, Karen P. Y. Liu, and Louise Gustafsson

Chapter Twenty-three – Performance Patterns: Habits, Routines, Rituals, and Roles

Heather Fritz

Chapter Twenty-four – Evolving and Pluralistic: Understanding the Environment in Occupational Therapy

Tammy Aplin, Ana Paula Serrata-Malfitano, and Tim Barlott

Section Four - Human Occupation across the Lifespan and Life Course

Chapter Twenty-five – Human Occupations of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Rondalyn V. Whitney

Chapter Twenty-six – Occupations of School-aged Children

Evguenia S. Popova, Jane C. O’Brien, Mong-Lin Yu, Jarrett Wolske, Adam DePrimo, and Ted Brown

Chapter Twenty-seven – Human Occupations of Adolescence and Youth

Sandra L. Rogers

Chapter Twenty-eight – Human Occupations of Early Adulthood

Louise Gustafsson

Chapter Twenty-nine – Human Occupations of Middle Adulthood (Ages 40–65)

Rosanne DiZazzo-Miller, Louise Gustafsson, and Tomomi McAuliffe

Chapter Thirty – Human Occupations of Late Adulthood

Emily J. Balog

Chapter Thirty-one – Future Considerations and Conclusion

Sharon Gutman and Ted Brown

Section Five - Domains/Types of Human Occupation

Chapter Thirty-two – Activities of Daily Living and Self-Care as Human Occupation

Bethan Collins, Karen Whalley Hammell, and Vicky McQuillan

Chapter Thirty-three – Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Health Management as Human Occupation

Claire Pearce, Stephen Isbel, and Susanne Guidetti

Chapter Thirty-four – Work, Productivity, and Volunteering as Human Occupation

Mary W. Hildebrand

Chapter Thirty-five – Education as Human Occupation

Lorry Liotta-Kleinfeld, Margaret Newsham Beckley, Shelley Wright, Bryan Gee, and Ted Brown

Chapter Thirty-six – Play as Human Occupation

Helen Lynch, Ann Kennedy-Behr, Sylvie Ray-Kaeser, Laurette Olson, and Ted Brown

Chapter Thirty-seven – Leisure and Recreation as Human Occupation

Benita Powrie, Szu-Wei Chen, Barbara Prudhomme White, and Ted Brown

Chapter Thirty-eight – Social Participation as Human Occupation

Luke Robinson and Lisa O’Brien

Chapter Thirty-nine – Sleep and Rest as Human Occupation

Whitney Lucas Molitor, Lorena Leive, Ben Sellar, Belkis Landa-Gonzalez, and Ted Brown

Chapter Forty – Sexuality as Human Occupation

Breanne Grasso

Biography

Ted Brown is 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 is Professor of Occupational Therapy 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 is the Head of Occupational Therapy at the University of Salford, UK. Bethan completed her primary degree in Occupational Therapy and her PhD at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Tim Barlott is an 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.