Thoroughly revised, this groundbreaking text compares and contrasts eight well-known models. Diagrams show the practical aspects of occupational therapy theory and the similarities and differences between the models. Chapters are well organized and supported by extensive referencing.

This is the book that paves the way for your OT students to become OT thinkers. The 3rd Edition is more user friendly and engaging, which means improved readability and comprehension.

• Examines the evolution, current status, and the future of knowledge supporting the practice of occupational therapy to lay a conceptual foundation for students.
• Offers the most comprehensive coverage of theories in the field to provide students with a broad overview of occupational therapy.
• Presents a framework for understanding what kind of knowledge is needed to support practice and critically examines existing knowledge.
• Provides a structure for thinking about and analyzing knowledge to allow students to compare different approaches.
• Summary tables included for each model
• Highlights profession-wide concepts such as dynamic systems, narrative, and occupational form
• Notes contributions made to occupational therapy's knowledge development throughout the world, not just in the United States

• More diagrams, tables, and bullet lists illustrate the practical aspects of OT
• More critical discussion of what constitutes theory so that students are better prepared to critically evaluate proposed models
• Emphasis on examining the research base of models
• New chapters on process models and major interdisciplinary bodies of related knowledge used by OTs