Theoretical Basis of Occupational Therapy

Mary Ann McColl, PhD, MTS, is a Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy and Health Services and the Policy Research Institute at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.

I. INTRODUCTION 1. What is theory? 2. Knowledge needed to be an occupational therapist 3. Occupation and occupational performance problems 4. The complexity of occupation 5. The consequences of occupation 6. The occupational therapy filing cabinet 7. Conceptual models in the filing cabinet 8. Models of practice in the filing cabinet 9. The filing cabinet in action II. THE DETERMINANTS OF OCCUPATION 10. The socio-cultural determinants of occupation 11. The psychological-emotional determinants of occupation (with Terry Krupa) 12. The physical determinants of occupation (with Briano DiRezze and Tara Packham) 13. The cognitive-neurological determinants of occupation (with Setareh Ghahari) 14. The environmental determinants of occupation (with Mary Law) 15. Review of determinants of occupation III. OCCUPATION-FOCUSED MODELS 16. Model of Human Occupation 17. Occupational Adaptation 18. Ecology of Human Performance 19. Six descriptive models of occupation, person, and environment 20. Review of occupation-focused models IV. LIVES AND TIMES IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY THEORY 21. LIVES – Eight people who changed how we think about occupation 22. TIMES – Occupation in the 20th century and beyond (with Penny Bryden) 23. Conclusion