Practice Models

Occupational

Occupational justice is “the right of every individual to be able to meet basic needs and to have equal opportunities and life chances to reach toward her or his potential but specific to the individual’s engagement in diverse and meaningful occupation.” (Wilcock & Townsend, 2009, p. 193)

Occupational science is concerned with the nature, performance, and outcomes of the ordinary and extraordinary things people do in their everyday lives. It is an interdisciplinary synthesis of basic knowledge (Yerxa, 1993), which draws from the human sciences, population studies, engineering, economics, ecology, and political sciences (Dickie, 2010).