4th Edition

Theoretical Basis of Occupational Therapy

By Mary Ann McColl Copyright 2025
236 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The fourth edition of this popular student-friendly textbook provides a thorough and detailed exploration of the key theoretical approaches that inform occupational therapy in the 21st century. It provides a comprehensive overview of how occupation can be used therapeutically, and of both the determinants and consequences of occupation. The book uses the familiar filing cabinet metaphor to... Read more

I. INTRODUCTION

  1. What is theory?
  2. Knowledge needed to be an occupational therapist
  3. Occupation and occupational performance problems
  4. The complexity of occupation
  5. The consequences of occupation
  6. The occupational therapy filing cabinet
  7. Conceptual models in the filing cabinet
  8. Models of practice in the filing cabinet
  9. The filing cabinet in action
  10. II. THE DETERMINANTS OF OCCUPATION

  11. The socio-cultural determinants of occupation
  12. The psychological-emotional determinants of occupation (with Terry Krupa)
  13. The physical determinants of occupation (with Briano DiRezze and Tara Packham)
  14. The cognitive-neurological determinants of occupation (with Setareh Ghahari)
  15. The environmental determinants of occupation (with Mary Law)
  16. Review of determinants of occupation
  17. III. OCCUPATION-FOCUSED MODELS

  18. Model of Human Occupation
  19. Occupational Adaptation
  20. Ecology of Human Performance
  21. Six descriptive models of occupation, person, and environment
  22. Review of occupation-focused models
  23. IV. LIVES AND TIMES IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY THEORY

  24. LIVES – Eight people who changed how we think about occupation
  25. TIMES – Occupation in the 20th century and beyond (with Penny Bryden)
  26. Conclusion

Biography

Mary Ann McColl, PhD, MTS, is a Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy and Health Services and the Policy Research Institute at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.