A Professional Legacy: The Eleanor Clarke Lectures in Occupational Therapy, 1955-2004, 2nd Edition - Softcover

Lazzarini, Ivelisse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569002002 ISBN 13: 9781569002001

Publisher: AOTA Press, 2005

Synopsis

As its title suggests, this book contains a true legacy in the tradition of one of the greatest occupational therapy pioneers, Eleanor Clarke Slagle (1876-1942). The American Occupational Therapy Association recognized this pioneer's influence by establishing its highest award in her honor in 1953.

This compilation presents the 41 Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectures, and while each stands firm on its own as a solid example of scholarship, when read sequentially they form a unique record of the steady progress and increasing sophistication of occupational therapy. The lectures contain history, leadership, mentoring, encouragement, admonishment, philosophy, and practical guidance. Above all, they reflect Slagle's vision of the integration of theory, philosophy, and spirit from which practitioners, educators, and students can draw inspiration.

This reference has been organized according to decades, and each section is preceded by discussions of what was happening in the world and the United States at that time. After this historical accounting, the lectures for the decade are reprinted. Each decade is closed with a series of suggested learning activities and discussion questions. Although a broader historical and social context is not always evident within individual lectures, it becomes apparent when the whole body of work of each honored lecturer is considered. In addition, appendixes include biographies and bibliographies for each lecturer, as well as bibliographies of world and U.S. history and also occupational therapy's history, and a list of the presidents of AOTA. The discussion is completed by a response to the question, "What did you not include in your lecture but would want the profession to hear?" as well as the original Adolf Meyer address honoring Slagle.

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About the Author

René Padilla, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is associate professor of occupational therapy at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. René has worked in mental health, acute rehabilitation (adult and pediatric), and administration throughout the world. He has consulted for various nongovernmental agencies involved in international efforts of community development in Latin America. His interest in the phenomenological exploration of disability evolved into a research focus on social disparities and occupational shifts of refugees and undocumented immigrants. He maintains a private practice in psychotherapy with an emphasis on issues of disability and migration trauma.

Yolanda Griffiths, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is assistant professor of occupational therapy at Creighton University. Yolanda graduated with a BSOT from the University of Puget Sound, an MHR with an emphasis in counseling from the University of Oklahoma, and an OTD from Creighton University. She has primarily worked in the area of mental health since 1977. Yolanda entered academia in 1993, and her research interests include fieldwork education, active learning, computer technology and higher education, interprofessional education and diversity training, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Ivelisse Lazzarini, OTD, OTR/L, obtained a BSOT from Temple University and an OTD from Creighton University. Her clinical experience is in long-term care and stroke rehabilitation, and she has worked as a consultant for mental health and community occupational therapy programs. On finishing her doctorate, she completed two postdoctoral fellowships and attended MIT to study complex physical, biological, and social systems. In 2004, she accepted a position at Creighton University as assistant professor. Her research interests are brain dynamics, dynamical systems theory, and the merging of the concepts in neuro-occupation.

Charlotte Brasic Royeen, PhD, OTR, FAOTA, is dean of Doisy College of Health Sciences and professor in occupational therapy of St. Louis University. She graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University with a BSOT; received an MS from Washington University in St. Louis; and received a PhD from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Her research and scholarship interests include early intervention, interprofessional service, oral history in the profession, and occupational shaping of the brain.

Edition details

• Publisher: AOTA Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1569002002
• ISBN 13: 9781569002001
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 839
• Editor: Griffiths Yolanda, Royeen Charlotte Brasic, Padilla Rene