Part I: The Australian context
1. An introduction to occupational therapy in an Australian context
2. Australia’s health and health care system
3. History of Australian occupational therapy
4. The role of occupational therapy professional associations and regulatory bodies in Australia
5. The scope of practice of occupational therapists in Australia: roles, responsibilities, and relationships
6. Values and philosophy of occupational therapy
7. Ethical and legal responsibilities of occupational therapy practice
8. Occupational therapy in population health and health promotion
Part II: Professional issues
9. Skills for effective communication in occupational therapy practice
10. Working with clients: client-centred practice
11. Decolonising occupational therapy through a strengths-based approach
12. Occupational science in Australia
13. The education of occupational therapists in Australia: academic education and practice education
14. Research in occupational therapy
15. Evidence-based practice in occupational therapy
16. Clinical reasoning in occupational therapy practice
17. Occupational therapy models of practice
Part III: Practice issues
18. Fundamentals of occupational therapy: understanding the environment
19. The occupational therapy practice process
20. Core business: task, activity and occupation analysis
21. Understanding human occupations: self-care, productivity, leisure, play, education, sleep, and social participation
22. The development of occupations across the lifespan
23. Occupational therapy practice contexts
24. Emerging professional practice areas: focus on technology
25. Occupational therapy assessment
26. The role of occupational therapy in primary health care in Australia
27. Occupational therapy practice in regional, rural & remote Australia
28. Population and community occupational therapy practice and project management in Australia
29. Advocacy, promotion, leadership and entrepreneurship in the occupational therapy profession in Australia
30. Looking forward: occupational therapy in Australia’s future
Ted Brown is Professor and Undergraduate Course Convenor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University—Peninsula Campus, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
Helen M. Bourke-Taylor is Associate Professor and Research Honours Course Coordinator in the Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University—Peninsula Campus, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
Stephen Isbel is Associate Professor & Discipline Lead of Occupational Therapy in the Faculty of Health at the University of Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Reinie Cordier is Professor of Child Mental Health, Welfare and Wellbeing in the Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Louise Gustafsson is Professor of Occupational Therapy in the School of Allied Health Sciences and the Hopkins Centre, at Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Queensland, Australia.
"This is a text that will have many editions and document the evolution of the profession for decades to come." - Professor Carolyn M. Baum, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, USA"Truly a valuable resource for all Australian occupational therapy students and practitioners." - Professor Jenny Ziviani, Children's Allied Health Research, The University of Queensland, Australia
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