The Meaning of Everyday Occupation

ISBN-13: 9781630914837 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 192 str.

Betty Risteen Hasselkus

Spis treści

• Contents
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Introduction
• Chapter 1    Meaning in Everyday Life
•     Individual and Community Meanings
•     Meaning and Performance in Life
•     How Do We “Know” Meaning?
•     Being Open to Ways of Knowing 
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• Chapter 2    Meaning in Everyday Occupation
•     Defining Occupation
•     Breaking Out of the Box: Doing, Being, Becoming, and Belonging
•     Occupational Justice
• Chapter 3    Space and Place: Sources of Meaning
•     Space and Place in Our Lives
•     Space and Therapy
•     A Place to Call Home
•     Special Places
•     A Geography of Health
• Chapter 4    A Cultural Perspective on Everyday Occupation
•     Culture Defined    
•     Recognizing and Understanding Our Own Culture(s)
•     Encountering “Otherness”
•     Culture in the Therapy Context
• Chapter 5    Everyday Occupation: Source of Well-Being and Development
•     The Essence of Well-Being
•     Synthesis Through Occupation
•     Relative Well-Being
•     Occupation and Lifespan Development
•     Occupation as the Experience of Everyday Living    
• Chapter 6    Occupation as Meaningful Connection
•     Relation and Well-Being    
•     Occupational Forms of Relation
•     Relation and the Professional
•     The Therapeutic Relationship as Connection
•     Occupational Therapy and Connectedness
• Chapter 7    Disability and Occupation
•     Disability as Difference
•     Shifting the Focus to Participation
•     The Faces of Disability
•     Victory and Defeat
•     Occupation as Disability Experience
•     Disability as Occupational Experience
•     Being the Bridge
• Chapter 8    Occupation and the Human Spirit
•     Occupation and the Human Spirit in Everyday Life
•     The Human Spirit in the World of Occupational Therapy
•     Occupation and the Space Within
• Chapter 9    Everyday Creativity as a Source of Meaning
•     Creativity From Without and Within
•     Arising From Chaos
•     Creativity and Health
•     The Dark Side of Creativity
•     To the Dancing Star
• Chapter 10    Occupation Speaks: Final Thoughts
•     The Therapist and the Splint
• Index