Important Movements in OT

Question 1

What is Moral Treatment?

Answer 1

a humanitarian approach to treat individuals with mental illnesses.

Question 2

What is Moral Treatment helpful for?

Answer 2

This was helpful for mentally ill patients to recover by engaging in typical activities such as daily routines and tasks.

Question 3

What did Moral Treatment focus on, and when was it created?

Answer 3

It focused on productive, creative, and recreational operations. Created in the 1990’s.

Question 4

When and by whom was Work Therapy created?

Answer 4

in 1904 by President Roosevelt.

Question 5

Why was work therapy created?

Answer 5

As the economy was getting better, monopolies were forming and mass production was helping prices go down. This was helping education to be taken more seriously, and laws about child labor were starting to be created. However, there were still a lot of immigrants working in factories and segregation was getting worse.

Question 6

What did work therapy give people the ability to do?

Answer 6

To perform a task successfully and it helped their self esteem. Life can be enhanced by work that produces an end product.

Question 7

What believes that Life can be enhanced by work that produces an end product?

Answer 7

Work Therapy

Question 8

During what World War were there approx. 1200 nurses, artists, teachers, and craftswomen who cared for injured soldiers.

Answer 8

WW1

Question 9

What did they provide for wounded men that helped in the initial stages of recovery and raise their spirits?

Answer 9

Arts and Craft

Question 10

What did the war help society become aware of?

Answer 10

The benefits of Occupational Therapy

Question 11

When and where and how was the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy started?

Answer 11

March 17, 1917; when five people came together in Clifton Springs, NY.

Question 12

What was the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy created from?

Answer 12

From the Moral Treatment of people, scientific medicine, and arts and crafts, and social reform.

Question 13

What was the first official definition of OT?

Answer 13

“OT may be defined as an activity, mental or physical, definitely prescribed for the distinct purpose of contributing to and hastening recovery from disease or injury.”

Question 14

Where was the first definition of OT published?

Answer 14

In the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy

Question 15

When was AOTA founded and as what?

Answer 15

March 17, 1917, as the national society for the promotion of occupational therapy

Question 16

When was AOTA renamed AOTA from NSPOT?

Answer 16

1923.

Question 17

What is AOTA?

Answer 17

A nonprofit organization that is dedicated to expanding and refining the knowledge base of Occupational Therapy.

Question 18

What does AOTA provide Support to?

Answer 18

Research and education through grants and scholarships.

Question 19

What was the Great Depression?

Answer 19

the stock markets crashed, there was an unstable economy, and an uneven distribution of wealth.

Question 20

When did the Great Depression take place?

Answer 20

From 1929 to 1939.

Question 21

What happened due to the Great Depression?

Answer 21

After people lost their jobs, they became anxious and depressed. Thousands of people were malnourished because there was not enough food.

Question 22

What role did Occupational Therapists play in the Great Depression?

Answer 22

The Red Cross called upon OTs to help WW1 veterans adjust to civialian life. Veterans who had been independent felt dependent and sought the help of OTs.

Question 23

During which was did women start working more and OT services continued to grow?

Answer 23

WW2

Question 24

When did WW2 take place?

Answer 24

From 1939 to 1945.

Question 25

When did the US enter WW2?

Answer 25

1941.

Question 26

Who needed more OTs than anyone else in the country during WW2?

Answer 26

Military Hospitals

Question 27

In 1945, how many OT programs and how many OTs were there?

Answer 27

21 OT programs; 3224 OTS

Question 28

During which war was there a higher survival rate, and how many people needed care?

Answer 28

WW2; over 5 million people needed care.

Question 29

During WW2, there were more ____ and less _____.

Answer 29

more physical rehab services and less mental health services.

Question 30

Rehabilitation Movement

Answer 30

During this movement, there were many injured veterans, which created a higher demand for trained personnel to focus on job related occupations and treat soldiers.

Question 31

Why was the Vocational Rehabilitation Act created and when did it take place?

Answer 31

1943; created to amend the vocational education acts of 1930 and 1936.

Question 32

What did the Vocational Rehabilitation Act allow?

Answer 32

It allowed OTs to be paid to provide medical services.

Question 33

What did WW2 and the rehabilitation movement help?

Answer 33

They helped the growth of the profession and helped increase public awareness of the benefits of OT.

Question 34

What is a COTA?

Answer 34

a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

Question 35

Why were COTA’s introduced?

Answer 35

To help with the high demands for an OT.

Question 36

When was the Rehabilitation Act created and what was it?

Answer 36

1973; was the first legislation that prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities.

Question 37

What did the Rehabilitation Act do?

Answer 37

Gave people with mental or physical disabilities the right to live independently, make choices, pursue careers, enjoy self determination, and be involved in American society of equal opportunity, according to the National Confederation of the Blind.

Question 38

In the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, what is OT a part of?

Answer 38

Is part of the Community Rehabilitation Program that is designed to facilitate the advancement of vocational rehab services to disabled peoples.

Question 39

Which act has 4 parts?

Answer 39

The Education for all Handicapped Children Act.

Question 40

When was The Education for all Handicapped Children Act enacted?

Answer 40

1973.

Question 41

What was The Education for all Handicapped Children Act specialized for?

Answer 41

For each unique need of every child, where the rights of the children and the parents will be protected.

Question 42

How is The Education for all Handicapped Children Act Effective and what does it allow?

Answer 42

Through constant record keeping and analysis, and allows many educated children to be educated in neighborhood schools in regular classrooms with non-disabled peers.

Question 43

What has The Education for all Handicapped Children Act caused?

Answer 43

An increase in graduation, college enrollment, and employment rates in disabled children.

Question 44

When was the Individual With Disabilities Act enacted, and when was it amended and why?

Answer 44

1975; amended in 1986 to include preschoolers.

Question 45

When was the Individual With Disabilities Act renamed?

Answer 45

1990.

Question 46

What was happening when the Individual With Disabilities Act was created?

Answer 46

People were becoming more educated about disabilities and more accepting of people with disabilities. Schools were becoming more accommodating with students with disabilities.

Question 47

Why were Ot’s brought in during the Individual With Disabilities Act?

Answer 47

Ots were brought into schools and practiced with people ages zero through 21. Additional Services including assistive technology devices were being provided and increased focus and funds were being provided to programs for children with emotional disturbances.

Question 48

What did the Americans with Disabilities Act do?

Answer 48

It created equal opportunities for employment, local and state services, transportation, telecommunications and public accommodations for people with disabilities.

Question 49

When was the Americans with Disabilities Act enacted?

Answer 49

July 29, 1990.