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Occupational therapy originated in social reform, but early in its history became allied with medicine and a biomedical perspective. Over the last two decades the profession has recognized the value of the work of its pioneers and sought to argue for principles such as occupational justice and occupational balance, social inclusion, and for forms of involvement based in the community which centre on people doing things together.

This is the third volume of a three-volume work develops these perspectives. The Editors and contributors lay out the theoretical background, and then through many vivid case studies show how these ideas are being put into practice internationally. And a seed was planted... includes theoretical perspectives, evaluations of projects in practice and education, approaches to working with communities, participatory approaches and research. The three volumes of And a seed was planted ... offer 40 chapters by 85 authors with contributions from 20 countries in five continents.

Manifesto for occupation Hanneke van Bruggen, Nick Pollard, Sarah Kantartzis

Foreword by Sridhar Venkatapuram

Foreword by Elizabeth Townsend

Aging with disabilities in Japan: How to overcome isolation and boredom

Hiromi Yoshikawa, Chikako Koyama, Masayuki Takagi, and Tsutako Yoshikawa

Enhancing occupational potential and health: A life-course health development approach

Jyothi Gupta, Amy Lynch, Jennifer Pitonyak, Debra Rybski and Steven D. Taff

Understanding the relationship between occupation and social inclusion of blind and visually impaired (BVI) people in conservative Malaysian Chinese families with the Kawa Model

Jou Yin Teoh, Alvin Ng Lai Oon, and Michael Iwama

Exclusion to inclusion of people with learning disabilities

Rhona Murray

Promoting occupation-based social inclusion: Scanning the legislative environment in Zimbabwe

Tecla Mlambo, Nyaradzai Munambah, Clement Nhunzvi, Fambaineni Innocent Magweva, and Tatenda John Maphosa

Rights based approaches to inclusion and rehabilitation: From individual stories to collective actions

Rocco Angarola and Krishna Gautam

Storytelling: A tool for occupational therapists, especially when working with asylum seekers

Emma Crawford, Alexandra McCallum, and Anonymous

The role of design to support meaningful occupation

Paul Chamberlain and Claire Craig

The client council: From great movement and little power to little movement and great power

Marijke Burger

Educational vision quests of Canadian First Nations Youth: A photovoice exploration

Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Chantelle Richmond, Treena Orchard and Anthony Isaac

Occupy research': Research as socially inclusive occupation

Natasha Layton, Ricky Buchanan, Erin Wilson

Citizens participation in research: enabling citizen-researchers' collaboration

Barbara Piškur, Maarten de Wit, Barbara Casparie, Esther Stoffers, and Albine Moser

Nick Pollard

Nick Pollard is a Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy at Sheffield Hallam University. He is the Series Editor of Critical Studies in Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science, and co-author with Moses N Ikiugu of Meaningful Living across the Lifespan: Occupation-vased intervention strategies for occupational therapists and scientists (2015), the first book ... read more

Hanneke van Bruggen

Hanneke E. van Bruggen, Hon. Dscie, Bsc OT, FWFOT, is Director of Facilitation and Participation of Disadvantaged Groups (FAPADAG), The Netherlands, Senior Lecturer, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU), Georgia, Adjunct Professor, Dalhousie University, Canada, and Honorary Research Fellow in the school of Health Sciences in the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South ... read more

Sarah Kantartzis

Sarah Kantartzis is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland ... read more

And a seed was planted

Edited by Nick Pollard, Hanneke van Bruggen, Sarah Kantartzis