Role Emerging Occupational Therapy: Maximising Occupation Focused
Practice is written for an audience of occupational therapy
practitioners, educators and students.
This text offers an exploration of emerging innovative
directions for the profession of occupational therapy with a focus
upon the theory and application of role emerging placements.
The book affords the reader an opportunity to explore how
occupation focused practice can be applied to a wide variety of
settings and circumstances in order to improve the health and
well-being of a diverse range of people. Chapters cover relevant
theory as well as offering practical guidance with examples drawn
from the experiences of university educators, occupational
therapists, setting/service providers and students.
The book describes, explores and discusses both the potential
and ramifications of role emerging practice on the occupational
therapy profession and offers a vision for the future of the
profession that reflects current occupational, social and health
needs.
