Occupation by Design : Building Therapeutic Power

Interactive approach allows readers to use their own personal occupational experience as a basis for understanding the use of occupation as a therapy Defines the seven phases of the design process: motivation, investigation, definition, ideation, idea selection, implementation, and evaluation Provides opportunities for students to practice these seven steps through "Power Builder" exercises that enhance their creative thinking and problem-solving skills, thus strengthening their ability to provide therapeutically and create significant interventions Fully explores the productive, pleasurable, and restorative dimensions of the occupational experience Examines how to design intact interventions -- the concept of working in the natural settings of clients -- by understanding the temporal, spatial, and sociocultural context of the occupational experience Emphasizes the design of highly accurate interventions for therapists to implement precise services with goals that are collaborative and evidence based relative to the client's personal skills, knowledge, and experiences The summary chapter, "You Are What You Do," challenges readers to think about what kind of occupational therapist they want to be