Introduction to Occupational Therapy: Key Reading
The following introductory list of selected key texts, journals, websites about, or related to occupational therapy, is intended for prospective undergraduate occupational therapy students and those returning to practice.
Occupational Therapy Theory
Client-centered occupational therapy
Editor: Law M
Year: 1998
Publisher: Slack
ISBN: 1556422644
Diverse roles for occupational therapists
Editors: Clewes J, Kirkwood R
Year: 2016
Publisher: M&K Publishing
ISBN: 9781910451069
The meaning of everyday occupation
Author: Hasselkus BR
Year: 2011
Publisher: Slack
ISBN: 9781556429347
An occupational perspective of health
Authors: Wilcock AA, Hocking C
Year: 2015
Publisher: Slack
ISBN: 9781617110870
Occupational science: the evolving discipline
Editors: Zemke R, Clark F
Year: 1996
Publisher: F A Davis
ISBN: 0803601387
Occupational therapies without borders: integrating justice with practice
Editors: Sakellariou D,Pollard N
Year: 2017
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 9780702059209
Occupational therapies without borders vol 2: towards an ecology of occupation-based practices
Editors: Kronenberg F, Pollard N, Sakellariou D
Year: 2011
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 9780702031038
Occupational therapy: new perspectives
Editor: Creek J
Year: 1998
Publisher: Whurr
ISBN: 1861560885
Occupational therapy without borders: learning from the spirit of survivors
Editors: Kronenberg F, Algado SS, Pollard N
Year: 2005
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 0443074402
Theoretical basis of occupational therapy
Authors: McColl MA, Law M, Stewart D
Year: 2015
Publisher: Slack Incorporated
ISBN: 9781617116025
Occupational Therapy History
Occupation for health: a journey from prescription to self health (volume 2)
Author: Wilcock AA
Year: 2002
Publisher: British Association and College of Occupational Therapists
ISBN: 0953937526
Occupation for health: ajourney from self health to prescription(volume 1)
Author: Wilcock AA
Year: 2001
Publisher: British Association and College of Occupational Therapists
ISBN: 0953937518
Occupational Therapy Education
Becoming an occupational therapist: is occupational therapy really the career for you?
Authors: Wright C, McKenna C
Year: 2012
Publisher: BPP Learning Media
ISBN: 9781445397306
Occupational Therapy Practice
Client-centred practice in occupational therapy: a guide to implementation
Editor: Sumsion T
Year: 2006
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 044310171X
Code of ethics and professional conduct
Author: College of Occupational Therapists
Year: 2015
Publisher: College of Occupational Therapists
ISBN: 9781905944507
The current Code of Ethics should be read together with the ‘Professional standards for occupational therapy practice’
Creek’s occupational therapy and mental health
Editors: Bryant W, Bannigan K, Fieldhouse J
Year: 2014
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier
ISBN: 9780702045899
Measuring occupational performance: supporting best practice in occupational therapy
Editors: Baum C, Dunn W, Law M
Year: 2017
Publisher: Slack
ISBN: 9781630910266
Occupational therapy and physical dysfunction: enabling occupation
Editors: Curtin M, Molineux M, Supyk-Mellson J
Year: 2010
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier
ISBN: 9780080450841
Occupational therapy and physical dysfunction: principles, skills and practice
Editors: Turner A, Foster M, Johnson SE
Year: 2002
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 0443062242
Occupational therapy for children
Author: Case-Smith J
Year: 2001
Publisher: Mosby
ISBN: 0323007643
Occupational therapy for children and adolescents
Editors: Case-Smith J, O’Brien JC
Year: 2015
Publisher: Mosby Elsevier
ISBN: 9780323169257
Occupational therapy interventions: function and occupations
Authors: Meriano C, Latella D
Year: 2016
Publisher: Slack
ISBN: 9781617110559
Politics of occupation-centred practice: reflections on occupational engagement across cultures
Editors: Pollard N, Sakellariou D
Year: 2012
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell.
ISBN: 9781444336986
Professional standards for occupational therapy practice
Author: College of Occupational Therapists
Year: 2017
Publisher: College of Occupational Therapists
ISBN: 9781905944620
The Professional standards for occupational therapy practice should be read together with the current Code of Ethics
Tools for practice in occupational therapy: a structured approach to core skills and processes
Author: Hagedorn R
Year: 2000
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 0443061599
Willard and Spackman's occupational therapy
Authors: Boyt Schell BA, Scaffa ME, Gillen G
Year: 2014
Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
ISBN: 9781451189070
Journals - Occupational Therapy
- American Journal of Occupational Therapy
- Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy
- Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
- Health and Social Care in the Community
- International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
- Journal of Occupational Science
- New Zealand Journal of Occupational Therapy
- Occupational Therapy in HealthCare
- Occupational Therapy International
- Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
- Open Journal of Occupational Therapy
- OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health
- Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics
- Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
- Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
- Work: a Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation
Websites: Occupational Therapy and Related Organisations
(All accessed 10.06.17)
American Occupational Therapy Association
Australian Association of Occupational Therapists
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
Health & Care Professions Council
Health & Care Professions Council–Occupational Therapists
Royal College of Occupational Therapists
World Federation of Occupational Therapists
Websites: Health & Social Care
(All accessed 10.06.17)
NICE Evidence
Social Care Online
RCOT Library & Information Service
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