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1. Occupation.
Professor Matthew Molineux
Head of Occupational Therapy

2. occupa&on
Why?

3. occupa&onal
therapy
Molineux, M. (2010). Occupational science and occupational therapy: Occupation at centre stage. In C. Christiansen & E. Townsend (Eds.),
Introduction to Occupation: The Art and Science of Living (Second ed., pp. 359-383). Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.

4. Occupational therapy is a profession
concerned with promoting health and
well being through occupation.
World Federation of Occupational Therapists. (2010). Statement on occupational therapy
Retrieved September 7, 2012, from http://www.wfot.org/ResourceCentre.aspx

5. The primary goal of occupational therapy
is to enable people to participate in the
activities of everyday life.
World Federation of Occupational Therapists. (2010). Statement on occupational therapy
Retrieved September 7, 2012, from http://www.wfot.org/ResourceCentre.aspx

6. Text
Kuhn, T. (1970). The Structure of Scientific
Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

7. occupational nature of humans
occupational problems / challenges
occupation-based practice
Kielhofner, G. (1997). Conceptual Foundations of
Occupational Therapy. Philadeplhia: F.A. Davis.

8. OCCUPATIONAL NATURE OF HUMANS
OCCUPATION AND HEALTH

9. What do our clients think?

11. ”
...that I found most profoundly
humiliating and depressing
was occupational therapy.
McCrum, R. (1998). My Year Off. London: Picador.

12. occupa&onal
therapy

13. occupa&on
ac#ve
purposeful
meaningful
contextualised
impacts
on
health
human Molineux, M. (2010). The nature of occupation. In M. Curtin, M. Molineux & J.
Supyk-Mellson (Eds.), Occupational Therapy and Physical Dysfunction:
Enabling Occupation (Sixth ed., pp. 17-26). Edinburgh: Elsevier.

14. Occupation is active

15. Occupation is active

16. Occupation is purposeful

17. Occupation is meaningful

18. Occupation is contextualised

19. Occupation influences health

20. So what?

22. Molineux, M. (2001). Occupation: The two sides of
popularity. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal,
48(2), 92-95.

23. occupation
Molineux, M. (2001). Occupation: The two sides of popularity. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 48(2), 92-95.

24. Molineux, M. (2001). Occupation: The two sides of popularity. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 48(2), 92-95.

25. Professor Matthew Molineux
m.molineux@griffith.edu.au
@mmolineux
@GriffithOT
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