Maximum ord count is 4000. Course assignment topic: ‘With consideration to the social construction of a community, identify how group of occupational therapists are able to situate themselves in a community to become valued professionals that could bring change in the lives of persons with disability?’ Reading List/Required Texts 1. Schell, B. A., Gillen, G., Scaffa, M., & Cohn, E. S. (2013). Willard and Spackman’s occupational therapy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2. Christiansen, C., & Townsend, E. A. (Eds.). (2010). Introduction to occupation: the art and science of living: new multidisciplinary perspectives for understanding human occupation as a central feature of individual experience and social organization. Pearson. 3. Clutton, S. Y. L. V. I. A., Grisbrooke, J. A. N. I., & Pengelly, S. (2006). Occupational Therapy in Housing. Building on Firm Foundations. West Sussex: Whurr Publ. 4. Curtin, M., Molineux, M., & Webb, J. A. (2009). Occupational therapy and physical dysfunction: enabling occupation. Elsevier Health Sciences. 5. Banks, S., & Head, B. (2004). Partnering occupational therapy and community development. The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy,71(1), 5. 6. Baum, C., & Law, M. (1998). Community health: A responsibility, an opportunity, and a fit for occupational therapy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 52(1), 7-10.
