Book Description
Adaptation Through Occupation: Multidimensional Perspectives by Drs. Lenin Grajo and Angela Boisselle provides in-depth perspectives of occupation and adaptation that can be used to teach courses on foundational and theoretical perspectives in occupational therapy, occupational science undergraduate and graduate programs, and as a critical module in teaching Neuroscience to occupational therapy students. This text also aims to facilitate new bodies of research to define and apply the concept of adaptation in relation to occupational performance and participation.
Some perspectives covered inside include:
- Historical and theoretical perspectives on occupation and adaptation
- Neural mechanisms of occupational adaptation
- Occupational science perspectives and international and lived-experience perspectives
Instructors in educational settings can visit www.efacultylounge.com for additional materials to be used in the classroom.
Adaptation Through Occupation: Multidimensional Perspectives opens the gates for new ways of understanding occupational adaptation and adds necessary information to the existing knowledge in the occupational therapy profession.
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Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
Contributing Authors
Foreword by Sally W. Schultz, PhD, OT, LPC-S
Introduction
Section I Conceptual Evolution of Occupational Adaptation
Overview
Angela K. Boisselle, PhD, OTR, ATP
Lenin C. Grajo, PhD, EdM, OTR/L
Chapter 1 Defining the Construct of Occupational Adaptation
Lenin C. Grajo, PhD, EdM, OTR/L
Angela K. Boisselle, PhD, OTR, ATP
Elaina DaLomba, PhD, MSW, OTR/L
Chapter 2 Adaptation as a Measure of Occupational Participation
Lorrie George-Paschal, PhD, OTR/L, ATP
Lenin C. Grajo, PhD, EdM, OTR/L
Section II Neuroscience Perspectives on Occupational Adaptation
Overview
Angela K. Boisselle, PhD, OTR, ATP
Lenin C. Grajo, PhD, EdM, OTR/L
Chapter 3 Neural Basis of Adaptation: Neuroplasticity and Movement Sciences
Dawn M. Nilsen, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Angela K. Boisselle, PhD, OTR, ATP
Chapter 4 Neural Basis of Adaptation: Motivation, Intention, Resilience, and Goal-Directed Behaviors
Katherine Dimitropoulou, PhD, OTR
Mary Frances Baxter, PhD, OT, FAOTA
Section III Occupational Adaptation in Occupational Therapy Theories and Models
Overview
Lenin C. Grajo, PhD, EdM, OTR/L
Angela K. Boisselle, PhD, OTR, ATP
Chapter 5 Occupational Adaptation as a Normative and Intervention Process: New Perspectives on Schkade and Schultz’s Professional Legacy
Lenin C. Grajo, PhD, EdM, OTR/L
Chapter 6 Formation of Identity and Occupational Competence: Occupational Adaptation in the Model of Human Occupation
Patricia Bowyer, EdD, MS, OTR, FAOTA
Chapter 7 Adaptation From a Sensory Processing Perspective
Lauren Little, PhD, OTR/L
Winifred Dunn, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Chapter 8 Adaptation as a Transaction With the Environment: Perspectives From the Ecology of Human Performance Model
Evan E. Dean, PhD, OTR
Anna Wallisch, PhD, OTR/L
Winifred Dunn, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Section IV Occupational Adaptation in Occupational Science
Overview
Lenin C. Grajo, PhD, EdM, OTR/L
Angela K. Boisselle, PhD, OTR, ATP
Chapter 9 An Occupational Science Perspective on Occupation, Adaptation, and Participation
Rebecca M. Aldrich, PhD, OTR/L
Kendra Heatwole Shank, PhD, OTR/L
Chapter 10 The Lived Experience of Occupational Adaptation: Adaptation in the Wake of Adversity, Life Transitions, and Change
Mandy Stanley, PhD
Financial Disclosures
Index
Reviews
“This is the first comprehensive book to explore occupational adaptation. The authors provide an excellent basis for their audience to gain knowledge of
adaptation through distinctive representations that are foundational for occupational therapy and occupational science. This is an exemplary book that
will continue to provide layers of professional reflection across the span of one's career.”
About the Editors
Dr. Grajo is elected Chairperson of the Education Special Interest Section of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) and a voting member of the Commission on Education of AOTA from 2016-2019. He is a multi-awarded educator who has taught in the Philippines and the United States.
Angela K. Boisselle, PhD, OTR, ATP, has 18 years’ experience as a pediatric occupational therapist and assistive technologist. She currently works at Cook Children’s Health Plan as the Therapy Supervisor of Utilization Management. Her practice and research background include pediatric complex care, occupational adaptation, neuromuscular diseases, creativity, international occupational therapy, and assistive technology.
Dr. Boisselle is active with the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) and World Health Organization Global Cooperative on Assistive Technology (GATE). Dr. Boisselle has also served as a research consultant with University of Texas at Arlington Computer Science and Engineering Department since 2009. She has collaborated on several projects, including robotics, human computer interaction, and virtual rehabilitation.