Important People Flashcards
William Tuke
One of the original people credit for the Moral Treatment Movement who was appalled by inhumane conditions he observed at an asylum and sought a more compassionate approach by eliminated restraints and physical punishments
Benjamin Rush
First physician to institute Moral Treatment practice into US
John Locke
credited with advancing many ideas that later influence the philosophy and practices of OT (including sensory learning and pragmatism)
Eleanor Clarke Slagle
mother of OT, developed habit training, her home was Associations first headquarters
George Edward Barton
one of the founders of the OT profession who became invested after personally experiencing a number of disabling conditions, he became determined to improve individuals quality of life, married Isabel Newton
Herbert Hall
One of the founders of the OT profession who development a treatment concept of “work cure” instead of “rest cure”, president of NSPOT 1920-23
William Rush Dunton
father of OT
Adolf Meyer
point of view became the philosophical base of OT profession. committed to the holistic perspective and believed meaningful activity was a distinct human characteristic. introduced an individualized approach to treatment
Susan Cox Johnson
founders of the OT person who believed occupations could be morally uplifting and improve mental and physical states of patients. Huge advocate for high educational standards
Phillipe Pinel
Ordered the removal of chains for individuals in asylums and implemented “work treatment” in early 1800’s
Jane Adams
helped start Hull House
Ellen Gates
helped start Hull House
Isabel Newton
taught with george barton and then married him
Thomas Kidner
Influential in establishing a presence for OT in vocational rehabilitation and TB treatment and made places for people with disablities
Susan Tracy
first known OT book, Studies in Invalid Occupations
