Edinburgh Napier University

  The original impetus for the development of this workshop was the strong belief held by the facilitators that while occupation is central to occupational therapy philosophy, much practice is not occupationally focused. As a result this workshop was developed, initially for the 1998 annual conference of the College of Occupational Therapists in Belfast (Molineux and McKay 1998), with the aim of reaffirming the place of occupation in all occupational therapy. The workshop provides an opportunity for participants to consider the place of occupation in their own lives, in the lives of other people and, finally, in the lives of their clients. Throughout the
essentially experiential workshop, a range of resources, media and tasks is used to enable participants to review and reflect on occupation. The ultimate goal of the workshop is to reaffirm the concept of occupation as central to health and occupational therapy.