An Occupational Perspective on Leadership. Theoretical and Practical Dimensions

Description

With consistent efforts of current professional leadership to encourage occupational therapists to increase their visibility in local, state, and national affairs related to the profession, it is necessary to provide specific tools for bridging the gap in knowledge concerning leadership.

An Occupational Perspective on Leadership: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions is a unique text that will serve to provide an overview of current theoretical perspectives of leadership and an application of these theories to occupational therapy academic, and practice arenas.

In addition to leadership theories, An Occupational Perspective on Leadership provides an overview of occupational theoretical models for occupational therapists to formulate an integrated approach that is also founded on core concepts of the profession. Theoretical models such as the Person-Environment-Occupation Model will be used to exemplify how leadership can be viewed through an occupation-oriented lens.

Sandra Barker Dunbar and several contributing authors blend the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, as well as Occupational Therapy Models throughout the text. Case examples of leadership are also included, creating a one-of-a kind text that will incorporate the requirements that Master and Doctoral curricula must meet.

As the profession continues to promote leadership, An Occupational Perspective on Leadership: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions is a must-have text for entry-level professionals, as well as doctoral students. Practicing occupational therapists will also benefit from the exposure to leadership theories and their application in the clinical realm.

Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Editor
Contributing Authors
Foreword by Charles H. Christiansen, EdD, OTR, OT(C), FAOTA
Introduction

Chapter 1 Leadership Theories
Sandra Barker Dunbar, DPA, OTR/L

Chapter 2 Discovering the Leader in You
Jan G. Garbarini, MA, OTR/L

Chapter 3 Leaders as Change Agents in Today's Health Care Arena
Tara Beitzel, MA, OTR/L and Laura Schmelzer, MOT, OTR/L

Chapter 4 Leadership in the Community
Marge E. Moffat Boyd, MPH, OTR/L and Tami Lawrence, MS, OTR/L

Chapter 5 Leadership in the Occupational Therapy Classroom
Teresa Plummer, MSOT, OTR, ATP

Chapter 6 Teams and Occupational Therapy Practitioner Leadership
Lesly S. Wilson, PhD, OTR/L

Index