{"product_id":"politics-of-occupationcentred-practice-9781444336986","title":"Politics of OccupationCentred Practice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLITICS OF OCCUPATION-CENTRED PRACTICE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Reflections on occupational engagement across cultures \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitics of Occupation-Centred Practice: Reflections on occupational engagement across cultures \u003c\/i\u003eaddresses the cultural aspects of occupational identity and draws out the implications for practice, moving beyond the clinical environment to include the occupational therapist's work in the wider community. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt explores the development of individual occupational narratives, community traditions and their roots in everyday experiences, offering a range of examples from distinctive populations to demonstrate approaches to forming sustainable occupational engagements. Chapters span such key areas as Experiences of Disaster', Social Inclusion', Disability and Participation', and Sexuality, Disability Cultures and Occupation'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis cutting-edge text, coordinated by two distinguished researchers and educators in the global field of occupational therapy and science, is desig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What makes this book exciting is the fresh insights it offers to persistent issues within the occupational therapy.”  (\u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Occupational Therapy\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 February 2013)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“…it is a rare occurrence when one particular book sparks an immediate connection and I really want to read the next bit. That was the case with this particular volume. The editors have crafted an elegant flow between and across chapters that introduces the foundational concepts of the occupational therapy profession, then leads the reader into realms that are less familiar perhaps…A book full of new triggers of interest; a book that presents a fresh and unexpected dissection and synthesis of ‘‘occupation’’ as linked with languages, cultures, and narratives; a book well worth another read and one that can inform with fresh eyes when probing our practice and professional understanding.” (\u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of Occupational Therapy\u003c\/i\u003e, 26 June 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNick Pollard and Dikaios Sakellariou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Language of Occupation 25\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNick Pollard and Dikaios Sakellariou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Occupational Literacy 42\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNick Pollard and Dikaios Sakellariou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Grammar for a Language of Occupation 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNick Pollard and Dikaios Sakellariou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Towards a Transformational Grammar of Occupation 61\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNick Pollard and Dikaios Sakellariou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Narratives of Recognition 72\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDikaios Sakellariou and Nick Pollard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Narratives and Truths 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDikaios Sakellariou and Nick Pollard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Occupation in a Greek Town: Flowing, Emergent, Flexible across Time and Space 92\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Kantartzis, Matthew Molineux and Sally Foster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Indigenous Ainu Occupational Identities and the Natural Environment in Hokkaido 106\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMami Aoyama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 People with Disabilities and Participation: Experiences and Challenges of an Occupational TherapyPractice in the City of São Paulo, Brazil 128\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSandra Maria Galheigo, Fátima Corrêa Oliver, Taisa Gomes Ferreira and Marta Aoki\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Communities of Writing 146\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNick Pollard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Disability, Sexuality and Intimacy 162\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePamela Block, Russell Shuttleworth, Jacob Pratt, Hope Block and Linda Rammler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Models and Human Occupation 180\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNick Pollard and Neil Carver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Participation, Time, Effort and Speech Disability Justice 197\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDevva Kasnitz and Pamela Block\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 A Society Founded on Occupation 217\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNick Pollard and Dikaios Sakellariou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 237\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408390791511,"sku":"9781444336986","price":33.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444336986.jpg?v=1730502726","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/politics-of-occupationcentred-practice-9781444336986","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}