Using Occupational Therapy Theory in Practice

Dr Gail Boniface is Senior Lecturer & Programme Manager at Cardiff University. She has been teaching theory since 1987. She developed student handouts and teaching material into short courses on models of occupational therapy. These courses included definitions of terms related to theory and were delivered across Wales and England. They were then turned into a module on the MSc in Cardiff University for qualified practitioners. She also delivered similar key note lectures and courses in Germany, Sweden, Croatia and Poland. In more recent years she has worked with Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust to instil theory and the use of a model in the occupational therapy service there. Alison Seymour is Lecturer & Admissions Tutor at Cardiff University and currently teaches the use of models on the postgraduate diploma in occupational therapy. Over a 19 year career in occupational therapy practice in mental health she has used the Activities Therapy Model, Model of Adaptation through Occupation and The Model of Human Occupation in a variety of community and hospital settings.

• Contributor biographies vForeword xi1 Introduction 1Gail Boniface and Alison SeymourSection 1: Theory2 Reconfiguring professional thinking and conduct: a challenge for occupational therapists in practice 9Della Fish and Gail Boniface3 Defining occupational therapy theory 21Gail Boniface4 FromStrands to The Invisibles: from a technical to a moral mode of reflective practice 38Della Fish5 The use of self in occupational therapy 49Alison SeymourSection 2: The Use of Theory in Practice: Some Practitioner Narratives6 Developing the use of the Model of Human Occupation in a mental health service 63Linda Keelan and Lisa John7 Using Reed and Sanderson’s Model of Adaptation through Occupation: a journey 76Karen Lewis and Sharon James8 Using the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance to reconfigure an integrated occupational therapy service 91Siˆan Waygood, Margot Mason, Heather Hurst, Tamsin Fedden and Caroline Phelps9 Dealing with the barriers to change whilst implementing the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance 106Jane Walker and Gillian Thistlewood10 Developing occupational therapy theory in Poland 120Ania Pietrzak and Magdalena Loska11 Using occupational therapy theory in Croatia 128Andreja Bartolac12 Personal reflections on understanding and using the Model of Human Occupation in practice 141Sarah CookSection 3: Contemporary Discussions on the Use of Theory in Occupational Therapy Practice13 Using occupational therapy theory within evidence-based practice 155Carly Reagon14 Occupational science and occupational therapy: a contemporary relationship 165Jill Riley15 Myths around using theory in occupational therapy practice 180Alison Seymour, Gail Boniface and Louise InghamIndex 189

“Regardless of where you are on your career trajectory; whether you need a gentle introduction to theory as a student or a refresher course on models or occupational science as an experienced practitioner, this book will have something for you. It ensures that we can all reconnect with the concept of theory and how it should underpin our practice.”  (British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1 February 2014)"Overall, this edited text provides relevant food for thought for all therapists and would challenge students to consider serious implementation issues." (Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, December 2012)