Using environments to enable occupational performance / edited by Lori Letts, Patty Rigby, Debra Stewart.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sect. 1. Occupational Therapy and Environment: Conceptual Underpinnings -- Ch. 1. The Environment: Paradigms and Practice in Health, Occupational Therapy, and Inquiry / Debra Stewart and Mary Law -- Ch. 2. Environment and Occupational Performance: Theoretical Considerations / Patty Rigby and Lori Letts -- Sect. 2. Using Environments to Enable Occupational Performance at the Community and Societal Level -- Ch. 3. Changing Institutional Environments to Enable Occupation Among People With Severe Physical Impairments / Karen Whalley Hammell -- Ch. 4. Occupation, Health Promotion, and the Environment / Ann Wilcock and Gail Whiteford -- Ch. 5. Enabling Citizen Participation of Older Adults Through Social and Political Environments / Lori Letts -- Ch. 6. Culture as Environment: Complexity, Sensitivity, and Challenge / Sue Baptiste -- Ch. 7. Universal Design of the Built Environment to Enable Occupational Performance / Laurie Ringaert -- Sect. 3. Using Environments to Enable Occupational Performance With Communities, Groups, and Individuals -- Ch. 8. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Environmental Intervention Ecology of Human Performance / Melisa Rempfer, Wendy Hildenbrand, Kathy Parker and Catana Brown -- Ch. 9. Creating Supportive Work Environments for People With Mental Illness / Susan Strong and Karen Rebeiro -- Ch. 10. Enabling Young Children to Play by Creating Supportive Play Environments / Patty Rigby and Lorrie Huggins -- Ch. 11. Enabling Student Participation Through Occupational Therapy Services in the Schools / Mary Muhlenhaupt -- Ch. 12. Peer Mentorship as an Environmental Support for Adolescents and Young Adults With Disabilities / Debra Stewart -- Ch. 13. An Environmental Approach to Evaluation and Treatment in an Upper Extremity Injury Clinic / Carol Anderson and Jean Spencer -- Ch. 14. Home Modifications That Enable Occupational Performance / Susan Stark -- Ch. 15. Accessible Transportation: Novel Occupational Therapy Perspectives / Susanne Iwarsson, Agneta Stahl and Gunilla Carlsson -- Ch. 16. Therapeutic Design of Environments for People With Dementia / Barbara Acheson Cooper and Kristen Day -- Ch. 17. Expanding Environments Through Technology / Linda Petty -- Sect. 4. Conclusion -- Ch. 18. Using Environments in Occupational Therapy Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Directions / Lori Letts, Patty Rigby and Debra Stewart -- App. A. Typology of Mental Health Vocational Programs -- App. B. Explanation of Key Terms Related to the Environment.

"Using Environments to Enable Occupational Performance is a unique new text that specifically focuses on how environments (physical, social, cultural, institutional) can be used by occupational therapists to enable occupational performance with all types of clients. This informative text provides a framework to think about how environments fit into occupational therapy theory and practice. Examples of different approaches to occupational therapy intervention involving environments are demonstrated in a comprehensive format. Community settings, institutions, mental health, pediatrics, hand rehabilitation, health promotion, and gerontology are just a few of the areas covered inside. Each chapter contains "real world" scenarios from occupational therapists about how the environment can be used to optimize occupational performance. Review questions are also included that ask the reader to apply the learned knowledge in a variety of settings. These features, along with the shared expertise of contributing authors, are beneficial to both students and clinicians in reinforcing the theory-practice link."--Publisher description.

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