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Article: Tools of practice: a view of changes in occupational therapy in Aotearoa New Zealand.(THEORETICAL ARTICLE)(Report)
- Article from:
- New Zealand Journal of Occupational Therapy
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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The expression 'tools of practice' has had a particular meaning in occupational therapy since Anne Cronin Mosey first articulated them in 1981 (Mosey, 1981). Mosey defined the occupational therapy tools of practice as: the teaching learning process, human, and non-human environments, conscious use of self, activity groups, activity analysis, and activity synthesis. The publication of her book 'Configuration of a profession' (1981) provided many therapists with an exciting way to see the diverse knowledge and skills used by the profession that were previously unnamed and uncodified. Her vision was a significant contributor to the ideas underpinning the profession and ...