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Occupational Therapy and Life Course Development: A work book for Professional Practice in Health and Social Care
By: Ruth Wright , Leoni SugarmaneBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons
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Occupational Therapy and Life Course Development relates the various aspects of life course theory to occupational therapy practice, emphasizing the life course as an organizing framework. Each section demonstrates a theory, shows how it can be applied to practice, and gives the reader an opportunity to experiment with the theory in the light of their own occupational therapy practice. In each section activities related to OT practice are included, followed by discussion questions, a summary of key points, and case studies.
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| Title of eBook: Occupational Therapy and Life Course Development: A work book for Professional Practice in Health and Social Care | |
| Release Date: 02-11-2009 | |
| Publisher: John Wiley & Sons |
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Occupational Therapy and Life Course Development: A work book for Professional Practice in Health and Social Care
Chapter One
The Life Course as an Organizing Framework
Whoever your clients are, one thing we can be sure of is that they will be somewhere on the path from cradle to grave, and that where they are in this journey is going to affect their needs. To have an understanding of this journey through the life course, and to be able to use the theories that describe and explain it in order to organize and enhance your interventions, can only be helpful. This chapter introduces the idea of the life course as an organizing framework for thinking about clients' lives. It presents a number of theoretical ideas and practical tools.
By 'the life course' (Cohler & Hostetler, 2003; Elder et al., 2003), we mean the rhythmic and fluctuating pattern of human life over time, marked out by expected and unexpected life events and interactions between the self and the environment. It covers the journey through life from start to finish, including all the stages, roles and key events that the person experiences, along with the reactions of the person to these experiences and the meanings which they attach to them. To adopt a life course framework is not to adhere to a particular, well-defined theory. Instead, it is to take on a world view or perspective that posits an active and agentic individual interacting with and moving through an influential and modifiable physical and interpersonal environment (McAdams, 1993). The specifics of what this means are spelt out in less abstract terms in Box 1.1, and can be thought of as a manifesto for the life course (or lifespan) perspective. You should look at these statements before reading on, and reflect on the
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