This market-leading text and reference provides the most current, comprehensive presentation of occupational therapy concepts and practice. Following the authors' clear guidance and expertly crafted exercises, readers will learn how to apply a client-centered, occupational and evidence-based approach across the full gamut of practice settings.

Completely updated and revised, this Eleventh Edition reflects a greater emphasis on evidence and the growing focus on occupation as the basis for practice. Plus, this edition has greatly expanded its first-person narratives, offering unique insights into the experience of living with disease or disability. A new unit, Occupation and Health in Society, addresses social and health policy, health promotion, community integration, and occupational justice.

A companion website offers student and instructor ancillaries.

UNIT ONE

Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science: Past, Present, and Future 2

UNIT TWO

Persons Seeking Occupational Therapy 46

UNIT THREE

Occupational Therapy Practitioners: The Occupational Therapist and the Occupational Therapy Assistant 128

UNIT FOUR

Establishing the Therapeutic Alliance 154

UNIT FIVE

Analyzing Occupation and Activity 186

UNIT SIX

Conceptual Basis for Practice 200

UNIT SEVEN

Occupational Therapy Evaluation 276

UNIT EIGHT

Occupational Therapy Intervention 450

UNIT NINE

Diagnostic Considerations for Infants, Children, and Adolescents 688

UNIT TEN

Diagnostic Considerations in Adult and Older Adult Practice 754

UNIT ELEVEN

Issues in Service Provision 884

UNIT TWELVE

Professional Issues 950 Appendices 981

Glossary 1025

Index 1037