Occupational Therapy in Australia Professional and Practice Issues

This ground-breaking text provides a comprehensive guide to the occupational therapy profession in Australia, from the profession’s role in the health care system to the broad scope and nature of its practice. The book is organised into three sections: the Australian context; professional issues and practice issues. Contributions from 80 Australian occupational therapists working in education, research, policy and practice bring together the most relevant and up-to-date information in this essential book. The authors begin the Australian environment section with an overview of the Australian health care system, a history of occupational therapy in Australia and the role of Australian occupational therapy professional associations and regulatory bodies. The values and philosophy of occupational therapy, ethical and legal aspects of practice and the role of occupational therapy in population health and health promotion are considered next. The professional issues covered in the book include using effective communication skills, client-centred practice principles and a strength-based approach when working with individuals, families, groups, communities, organisations and populations. Additional topics, including occupational science, the education of occupational therapists, research in occupational therapy, evidence-based practice clinical reasoning and occupational therapy models of practice, are also covered in the middle section of the book. Occupational Therapy in Australia: Practice and Process Issues is established as the essential practice reference for students, practitioners and educators in Australia. This second edition has been revised and updated throughout and includes new chapters on communication skills, environmental aspects of occupational therapy practice and decolonising occupational therapy through a strength-based approach to practice.

Part I: The Australian context 1. An introduction to occupational therapy in an Australian context By Helen Bourke-Taylor, Ted Brown, Stephen Isbel, Reinie Cordier & Louise Gustafsson 2. Australia’s health and health care system By Stephen Isbel, Maggie Jamieson, & Craig Greber 3. History of Australian occupational therapy By Anne Cusick & Rosaline Bye 4. The role of occupational therapy professional associations and regulatory bodies in Australia By Lynne Adamson, Rebecca Allen, Julie Brayshaw, Samantha Hunter, Adam Lo, Carol McKinstry, & Anita Volkert 5. The scope of practice of occupational therapists in Australia: roles, responsibilities, and relationships By Kieran Broome & Ann Kennedy-Behr 6. Values and philosophy of occupational therapy By Alison Wicks 7. Ethical and legal responsibilities of occupational therapy practice By Angus Buchanan, Dave Parsons, & Ben Milbourn 8. Occupational therapy in population health and health promotion By Carolynne White, Kate Gledhill & Mong-Lin Yu Part II: Professional issues 9. Skills for effective communication in occupational therapy practice By Luke Robinson, Andrea Robinson & Annette Peart 10. Working with clients: client-centred practice By Priscilla Ennals & Ellie Fossey 11. Decolonising occupational therapy through a strengths-based approach By Jade Ryall, Tirritpa Ritchie, Corrine Butler, Ashleigh Ryan & Chontel Gibson 12. Occupational science in Australia By Mandy Stanley, Matthew Molineux & Gail Whiteford 13. The education of occupational therapists in Australia: academic education and practice education By Louise Farnworth, Mary Kennedy-Jones & Mong-Lin Yu 14. Research in occupational therapy By Helen Bourke-Taylor, Ted Brown, & Lisa O’Brien 15. Evidence-based practice in occupational therapy By Reinie Cordier & Sarah Wilkes-Gillan 16. Clinical reasoning in occupational therapy practice By Justin Scanlan, Jennie Brentall & Carolyn Unsworth 17. Occupational therapy models of practice By Merrill Turpin & Jenniffer Garcia Part III: Practice issues 18. Fundamentals of occupational therapy: understanding the environment By Tammy Aplin, Emma Crawford & Desleigh de Jonge 19. The occupational therapy practice process By Louise Gustafsson, Stephen Isbel & Alexandra Logan 20. Core business: task, activity and occupation analysis By Lynette Mackenzie, Gjyn O’Toole & Louise Gustafsson 21. Understanding human occupations: self-care, productivity, leisure, play, education, sleep, and social participation By Ted Brown, Aislinn Lalor, Luke Robinson, & Alana Hewitt 22. The development of occupations across the lifespan By Reinie Cordier, Annette Joosten, Kylie Wales & Lindy Clemson 23. Occupational therapy practice contexts By Annette Joosten, Susan Darzins, Geneviève Pépin, Natalie Roche, Liana Cahill & Rosamund Harrington 24. Emerging professional practice areas: focus on technology By Marina Ciccarelli, Helen Bourke-Taylor, Claire Morrisby, Ian Cheok, Libby Callaway, Lisa O’Brien & Amy Barrett-Lennard 25. Occupational therapy assessment By Ted Brown & Helen Bourke-Taylor 26. The role of occupational therapy in primary health care in Australia By Annette Peart, Emma George, Kylie Vogt, & Tahnee Elliot 27. Occupational therapy practice in regional, rural & remote Australia By Monica Moran, Carol McKinstry & Michael Curtin 28. Population and community occupational therapy practice and project management in Australia By Lisa Knightbridge, Susan Gilbert-Hunt & Nerida Hyett 29. Advocacy, promotion, leadership and entrepreneurship in the occupational therapy profession in Australia By Michelle Bissett, Sylvia Rodger, Dave Parsons, Angus Buchanan & Angela Berndt 30. Looking forward: occupational therapy in Australia’s future By Ted Brown, Helen Bourke-Taylor, Stephen Isbel, Reinie Cordier & Louise Gustafsson

Ted Brown is Professor and Undergraduate Course Convenor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University—Peninsula Campus, Frankston, Victoria, Australia. Helen M. Bourke-Taylor is Associate Professor and Research Honours Course Coordinator in the Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University—Peninsula Campus, Frankston, Victoria, Australia. Stephen Isbel is Associate Professor & Discipline Lead of Occupational Therapy in the Faculty of Health at the University of Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Reinie Cordier is Professor of Child Mental Health, Welfare and Wellbeing in the Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Louise Gustafsson is Professor of Occupational Therapy in the School of Allied Health Sciences and the Hopkins Centre, at Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Queensland, Australia.