Learning to promote occupational development through co‐occupation

Fathering Occupations: An Analysis of Narrative Accounts of Fathering Children with Special Needs

“…Several terms describing occupations that mothers participate in with their children have emerged within occupational science. The concept of co-occupations was originally used within occupational science to describe the significance of occupations for both mothers and children (Pierce, 2009;Price & Stephenson, 2009;Zemke & Clark, 1996). Researchers examining mothering occupations, defined as a cluster of occupations, have focused primarily on the meaningful interactions that occur between mothers and their children (Dunlea, 1996;Fraits-Hunt & Zemke, 1996;Humphry & Corcoran, 2004;Lawlor, 2004;Olson & Esdaile, 2000;Price & Stephenson, 2009).…”

Co‐occupation: The challenges of defining concepts original to occupational science

“…Two authors provide a close examination of how co-occupation exerts influences within developmental or therapeutic situations. Price and Stephenson (2009) analyzed the ways in which the co-occupations of a mother and child support the child' s development and Mahoney and Roberts (2009) studied the co-occupations of therapists and adults in a day program for persons with developmental disabilities. Van Nes, Runge, and Jonsson (2009) offer an in-depth interpretation of how a couple, one of whom has had a stroke, manage their shared lives through co-occupation.…”

An Investigation of Maternal Play Styles during the Co-Occupation of Maternal-Infant Play

“…Co-occupation, a social derivative of occupation, involves two or more individuals engaged in mutually reciprocal, meaningful behavior (Pierce, 2003). Motherinfant play is a foundational co-occupation that has the potential to promote infant development (Fraits-Hunt & Zemke, 1996;Kraemer, 1992;Pickens & Pizur-Barnekow, 2009;Price & Stephenson, 2009). This study contributes to the growth of theory building about co-occupation as it suggests that maternal-infant play cooccupations consist of behaviors that are dynamic and fluid.…”

“…Accordingly, co-occupations are highly interactive and are categorized under the sociocultural dimension of occupation (Pierce, 2003). One of the earliest co-occupational experiences influential in child development is maternal-infant play (Fraits-Hunt & Zemke, 1996;Olson, 2003;Price & Stephenson, 2009). Maternalinfant play is a co-occupation that serves as a foundation for a child's cognitive, social, and emotional development (Fraits-Hunt & Zemke, 1996;Price & Stephenson, 2009).…”

“…One of the earliest co-occupational experiences influential in child development is maternal-infant play (Fraits-Hunt & Zemke, 1996;Olson, 2003;Price & Stephenson, 2009). Maternalinfant play is a co-occupation that serves as a foundation for a child's cognitive, social, and emotional development (Fraits-Hunt & Zemke, 1996;Price & Stephenson, 2009). Therefore, it is imperative for occupational scientists to understand factors that contribute to maternal-infant play.…”