Social Participation in Occupational Contexts: In Schools, Clinics and Communities

Marilyn B. Cole MS, OTR/L, FAOTA; Mary V. Donohue PhD, OTL, FAOTA 

Social participation naturally occurs in everyday life in combination with daily occupations, such as when people interact while eating, playing, carpooling, and working. Throughout Social Participation in Occupational Contexts: In Schools, Clinics and Communities, Professors Marilyn B. Cole and Mary V. Donohue explain how social interactions and environments can facilitate occupational performance or can create barriers to participation from an occupational perspective.

The book features:

• Occupational focus emphasized through an extension of International Classification of Functioning and the American Occupational Therapy Association Practice Framework
• Role-playing scenarios in each chapter provide participatory learning techniques
• Includes thought-provoking questions and learning activities
• Applies theories from several fields to occupational contexts
• Provides evaluations and interventions to address social participation issues 
• International sources in the theory and research provide a global perspective of the concept of social participation 
• Faculty members will enjoy an instructor's manual and a PowerPoint presentation in a 14-week semester format

The Texture of Life: Purposeful Activities in Occupational Therapy

Edited by Jim Hinojosa, PhD, OT, FAOTA, and Marie-Louise Blount, AM, OT, FAOTA

Occupational therapy is based on the principle that engaging in occupations and their inherent activities can powerfully affect a person's health and well-being. Practitioners must continually find ways to provide activity-based interventions that clients find personally meaningful, socially satisfying, and culturally relevant.

This new edition of The Texture of Life presents a theoretical foundation for the idea of occupation, framed within historical and current practice and developed from within the occupational therapy profession. Using language from the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process, 2nd Edition, and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, updated chapters detail aspects of occupation such as activity analysis, activity synthesis, and clinical reasoning and explore how to apply activity across various settings.

Other Publications

Following is a list of notable publications. Please click on a headline for more information.

• Frames of Reference for Pediatric Occupational Therapy, 3rd Edition
• Evaluation: Obtaining and Interpreting Data, 3rd Edition
• Perspectives in Human Occupation: Participation in Life