Human Occupation

Ted Brown is a 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.

This comprehensive textbook provides occupational therapy and science students and practitioners with a complete overview of the key human occupation concepts, as well as a range of perspectives through which occupational therapy and occupational science can be viewed and understood.

Section One - Overview of Human Occupation. 1.Introduction to Human Occupation: Contemporary concepts and lifespan perspectives. 2.Overview of Human Occupation: Concepts and Principles. 3.Overview of Occupation-centered practice. 4.Person-centered Care in Occupation-based Practice. 5.Models of Practice that Focus on Human Occupation. 6.Participation and (Human) Occupation. 7.Practice Reasoning in Occupational Therapy: Introducing the Model of Occupational Therapy Reasoning. Section Two - Contemporary Perspectives on Human Occupation. 8.Bringing Critical Perspectives into Occupation-based Practices. 9.The Situated Nature of Human Occupation. 10.Equity, Disadvantage, Justice, and Human Occupation. 11.Undoing Coloniality: An Indigenous Occupation-Based Perspective. 12.Critical Disability Studies Perspectives on Human Occupation. 13.Occupation and Social Sanctioning. 14.Creativity, Hope, and Collective Emancipatory Experimentation: Tools for Social Transformation Through Occupational Therapy. 15.Social Occupational Therapy: Contributions to Design a Field of Knowledge and Practices. 16.Pragmatism: Current and Future Influence on Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science. 17.Gender and Human Occupation. 18.Technology and Human Occupation. 19.Human Occupation and Environmental Sustainability. Section Three - Principal Concepts. 20.Key Occupational Concepts: Occupational Engagement, Occupational Balance, Occupational Adaptation, and Participation. 21.Person Factors: Values, Beliefs, Spirituality, Body Functions, and Body Structures. 22.Performance Skills: Motor, Process and Social Interaction. 23.Performance Patterns: Habits, Routines, Rituals, and Roles. 24.Evolving and Pluralistic: Understanding the Environment in Occupational Therapy. 25.Activities of Daily Living and Self-Care as Human Occupation. Section Four - Human Occupation Across the Lifespan and Life Course. 26.Human Occupations of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers. 27.Occupations of School-aged Children. 28.Human Occupations of Adolescence and Youth. 29.Human Occupations of Early Adulthood. 30.Human Occupations of Middle Adulthood (ages 40-65). 31.Human Occupations of Late Adulthood. 32.Future Considerations and Conclusions. Section Five - Domains/Types of Human Occupation. 33.Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Health Management as Human Occupation. 34.Work, Productivity, and Volunteering as Human Occupation. 35.Education as Human Occupation. 36.Play As Human Occupation. 37.Leisure and Recreation as Human Occupation. 38.Social Participation as Human Occupation. 39.Sleep and Rest as Human Occupation. 40.Chapter Forty - Sexuality as Human Occupation.