Occupational Therapy Without Borders
Spirit of Surivors

Frank Kronenberg , Lecturer in occupational therapy at universities in Sweden, Denmark and Spain

Salvador Simó Algado , lecturer in occupational therapy, Universitat de Vic/Catalunya, Spain Mr Nick Pollard Dip cot, SRN MA MSc

Paperback ˇ 250 Pages ˇ 25 Illustrations
Forthcoming Title (September 2004)

It will be a landmark book for occupational therapy students, faculty, and practitioners around the world. The book will challenge occupational therapists, members of a still small and rather invisible profession, to more fully realize the profession's social vision of a more just society where disability, old age, and other marginalizing conditions and experiences are addressed by involving people in helping themselves to (re)gain the capacity and power to construct their own destinies through their participation in daily life. The book will explore the new idea of occupational apartheid - the separation between those who have meaningful, useful occupations and those who are deprived of, isolated from, or otherwise constrained in their daily life.

Features

links philosophy with practical examples of engaging people in the ordinary occupations of daily life as a means of enabling them to transform their own lives rather than remain dependent and marginalized allows the voices of survivors to be heard includes contributions from worldwide leaders in occupational therapy research and practice describes concrete initiatives with under-served and neglected populations questions generally accepted assumptions and key concepts of the profession looks at social and political mechanisms that influence people's access to useful and meaningful occupation

Contents

Introduction. Section 1 - Spirit of Survivors stories / Voices for our Future : Once a street child, now a United Nations Ambassador; The right to be blind, without being disabled; An inside look at daily life dominated by drugs; The spirit of a poet overcoming severe physical disability; Being homeless in Stockholm. Section 2 - Philosophical and theoretical foundations : Philosophical principles that guide the development of occupational therapy roles with marginalized populations. Spirituality reconsidered. Overcoming occupational apartheid. Occupational therapy and the social field - presenting some theoretical considerations and frames of reference. Occupational therapy and society. Occupational injustice - a framework for raising invisible injustices in daily life. The model of human occupation. The Canadian model of occupational performance. Section 3 - Educational and Research Foundations : Educational storytelling - University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Educational storytelling - University of Cape Town. Developing competence for partnerships: the voice of occupational therapy students in Cape Town. Educational storytelling - the Metuia Project. Educational storytelling - University of Vic, Catalonia. Critical approaches to qualitative and quantitative research. Participatory action research. Occupational restriction; the live-in domestic workers' experience of occupational engagement in Cape Town. Occupational apartheid, children and a psychiatric hospital. Section 4 - Occupational Therapy Interventions Without Borders : The link between health and social justice: a Lebanon experience. The child survivors of the Kosovo war. Juggling with survivors of the streets in Guatemala. The challenge of working for change: occupational therapy with the children of Viet Nam. Homelessness as an occupational dilemma. The essential is invisible to eyes. Exploring play as a health-giving occupation for children living with HIV/AIDS. The development of occupational therapy programs in Zimbabwe and a community-based rehabilitation project in Cuba. The return of the corn man. Networking. Conclusions. Epilogue. Bibliography. Index.