Role Emerging Occupational Therapy: Maximising Occupation Focused Practice iswritten for an audience of occupational therapy practitioners, educators and students.This text offers an exploration of emerging innovative directions forthe profession of occupational therapy with a focus upon the theory and application of role emerging placements The book affords the reader an opportunity to explore how occupation focused practice can be applied to a wide variety ofsettings and circumstances in order to improve the health and well-being of adiverse range of people. Chapters cover relevant theory as well as offering practical guidance with examples drawn from the experiences of university educators, occupational therapists, setting/service providers and students.The bookdescribes, explores and discusses both the potential and ramifications of role emerging practice on the occupational therapy profession and offers a visionfor the future of the profession that reflects current occupational, social and health needs. INDICE: Acknowledgements. Preface. Notes on contributors. Part I: Background to OT, and philosophy of OT and emergence/re-emergence of occupation focussed practice. 1 Emerging occupational therapy practice: Building on the foundations and seizing the opportunities (Matthew Molineux & Sue Baptiste). 2 Modelsof role emerging placements (Mary Edwards & Miranda Thew). Part II: Current examples of emerging practice for occupational therapists. 3 Successful role emerging placements: It is all in the preparation (Yvonne Thomas & Sylvia Rodger0. 4 The student experience of a role emerging placement (Philippa Gregory, Lydia Quelch & Elisha Watanabe). 5 Promoting well-being in a large organisation:Challenges and opportunities (Miranda Thew). 6 An occupational perspective ofa disability-focused employment service (Sally Hall). 7 Promoting occupational therapy in a community health centre (Barry Trentham & Lynn Cockburn). 8 Occupational therapy: Can it make a difference in community cardiac failure? (Emma Brown & Barbara Gurney). 9 Community development (Deborah Windley). Part III: Part Three Future of the profession. 10 Using policy and government drivers to create role emerging opportunities (Lori Letts & Julie Richardson). 11 The way forward? (Sue Baptiste & Matthew Molineux). Index.
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-9782-3
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 176
- Fecha Publicación: 25/03/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés