Be prepared to use a multi-model approach to occupational therapy practice! 

New editors and their diverse team of contributors respectfully advance the intellectual heritage and legacy of Dr. Gary Kielhofner to support occupational therapy practice today. 

Highlighting the historical development of the conceptual knowledge base of occupational therapy, the editors then introduce what they have termed occupation-based models, relationship-based models, frames of reference, and domains of related knowledge. Their concluding section ties these concepts together by reasoning through and applying a multi-model approach to practice across settings and populations.

Five Stars.“Excellent resource book for a concise summary of theoretical models of practice.”—Max, Online Reviewer

Five Stars.“If you buy this, don't sell it back! Helpful resource!”—Liane H., Online Reviewer

• New & Updated! Includes recent paradigm shifts, including global perspectives, which influence the conceptual foundations of occupational therapy practice. 
• New! Uses Kielhofner's Scholarship of Practice Model as the foundational connection between theory, research, and practice. 
• New! Addresses the Canadian Model of Occupational Participation, the Kawa Model, the PEOP Model, and the Occupational Adaptation Model as Occupation-Based Models. 
• New! Provides guidance on the multi-model approach, including professional reasoning and application. 
• New! Features case examples for each model and frames of reference that show how real-world clinicians use conceptual foundations across practice settings. 
• New! Showcases why therapists have chosen and used a given conceptual practice model in practice with clients in “Therapist Spotlight.” 
• Offers the most comprehensive coverage of theories in the field to provide 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 in order to compare different approaches. 
• Highlights profession-wide concepts such as dynamic systems, and narrative and occupational form.
• Chronicles the contributions made to occupational therapy's knowledge development throughout the world.