Occupational Therapy without Borders

Introduction Section 1 - Spirit of Survivors Stories / Voices for our Future 1.A Beginning. 2.Once a Street Child, Now a Citizen of the World 3.The Right to be Blind Without Being Disabled 4.Occupation under Occupation: Days of Conflict and Curfew in Bethlehem 5.A Beginner Writer is Not a Beginner Thinker Section 2 - Philosophical and Theoretical Arguments 6.Occupational Apartheid 7.Occupational Therapy and Social Field: Clarifying Concepts and Ideas 8.The Art of Occupational Therapy: Engaging Hearts in Practice 9.A Participatory Occupation Justice Framework: Population-Based Processes of Practice Occupational therapy and society 10.Situated Meaning: An Issue of Culture, Inclusion and Occupational Therapy 11.Social Occupational Therapy: a Socio-Historical Perspective 12.The Presence of Child Spirituality: Surviving in a Marginalized World 13.Challenges for Occupational Therapy in Community-Based Rehabilitation: Occupation in a Community Approach to Handicap Development 14.The Model of Human Occupation as a Conceptual Tool for Understanding and Addressing Occupational Apartheid 15.Countering Disability-Related Marginalization Using Three Canadian Models 16.The Kawa (River) Model: Nature, Life Flow and the Power of Culturally Relevant Occupational Therapy Section 3 - Occupational Therapy Practice Without Borders 17.Connecting Health and Social Justice: A Lebanese Experience 18.Occupational Therapy Intervention with Children Survivors of War 19.Juggling with survivors in the streets of Guatemala 20.To Practice to Learn: Occupational Therapy with the Children of Viet Nam 21.Voices Talk and Hands Write 22.Transcending Practice Borders Through Perspective Transformation 23.Unlocking Spirituality: Play as a Health-Promoting Occupation in the Context of HIV/AIDS 24.Inclusive Education in Pakistan: An Occupational Therapist's Contribution to Teacher Education 25.The Return of the Corn Men: An Intervention Project with a Mayan Community of Guatamalan 'Retornos' 26.Muffled Cries of Occupational Injustices in Japanese Society 27.The Occupational Therapy International Outreach Network: Supporting Occupational Therapists Working Without Borders Section 4 - Critical Education and Research 28.Reflections on Occupational Justice as a Subtext of Occupation-Centred Education 29.Politics in Occupational Therapy Education: A South African Perspective 30.The Metuia Project in Brazil: Ideas and Actions Which Bind Us Together 31.Domestic Workers' Narratives: Transforming Occupational Therapy Practice 32.Participatory Action Research: Creating New Knowledge and Opportunities for Occupational Engagement Epilogue Bibliography Index