Important People in OT

Question 1

Mother of Occupational Therapy

Answer 1

Eleanor Clark Slagle

Question 2

Father of OT

Answer 2

Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr.

Question 3

First woman to graduate from Medical School

Answer 3

Dorothy Dix

Question 4

A French physician who was co-responsible for the development of the theory of moral treatment.

Answer 4

Phiillippe Pinel

Question 5

An English quaker

Answer 5

William Tuke

Question 6

Went to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD in 1912 and received a degree in social work and began directing the department of OT.

Answer 6

Eleanor Clarke Slagle

Question 7

A psychiatrist and educator who published the first account of the Occupational Therapy profession.

Answer 7

William Rush Dunton Jr.

Question 8

Co-responsible for the development of the theory of moral treatment.

Answer 8

William Tuke

Question 9

A nurse who was involved in the work therapy movement, which values OT techniques and taught them to nursing students regularly.

Answer 9

Susan Tracy

Question 10

Was the head of the first occupational therapy department in Baltimore, MD.

Answer 10

Adolf Meyer

Question 11

Attended Harvard and UPenn medical school .

Answer 11

Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr.

Question 12

Was a physician who did research on a population of neurologically impaired people.

Answer 12

Dr. Herbert Hall

Question 13

Was a member of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy and was an educational Occupational Therapist.

Answer 13

Susan Johnson

Question 14

Opened the Friends Asylum in 1796 with ________, which was designed for the humane treatment of mentally ill people and contained craft shops, places for recreational activity, and gardens.

Answer 14

Phillippe Pinel; William Tuke

Question 15

Witnessed the healing potential of Occupational Therapy and published a manual for nurses on how OT should be utilized in 1915, and used quilt making in his practices.

Answer 15

Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr.

Question 16

Lectured at Columbia Teachers College and was a strong advocate for using crafts in Occupational Therapy to redirect thoughts, strengthen bodies, and regain self confidence.

Answer 16

Susan Johnson

Question 17

Opened the first professional school for occupational therapy.

Answer 17

Eleanor Clark Slagle

Question 18

Was a member of the first National Honor Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy.

Answer 18

Thomas Kinder

Question 19

Founded 32 mental hospitals and was a strong reformer who acted in changing the horrible conditions found in mental hospitals that were formed into state owned, operated, and regulated facilities for mentally ill patients.

Answer 19

Dorothy Dix

Question 20

Thought that mental illness was a problem of adoption, habit deterioration, and lack of balance of work and play.

Answer 20

Adolf Meyer

Question 21

Was an architect

Answer 21

Thomas Kinder

Question 22

Served as the secretary of AOTA for 15 years.

Answer 22

Eleanor Clark Slagle

Question 23

Studied the theraputic effects of using arts and crafts with this group of people.

Answer 23

Dr. Herbert Hall

Question 24

A past president of AOTA

Answer 24

Thomas Kinder

Question 25

Used habit training to help mentally ill patients engage in structured occupations.

Answer 25

Eleanor Clark Slagle

Question 26

Noticed that Occupation helped to relieve nervous tension and made things more tolerable.

Answer 26

Susan Tracy

Question 27

Was the president of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy for twenty years.

Answer 27

Dr. Herbert Hall

Question 28

This person’s articles are cited in Occupational Therapy textbooks and he traced occupational therapy back to philosophical movement.

Answer 28

Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr.

Question 29

Thought engagement in occupations were pleasurable, educational, and creative.

Answer 29

Adolf Meyer

Question 30

Allowed soldiers to re-cooperate to work and learn a new trade.

Answer 30

Thomas Kinder

Question 31

Started NSPOT.

Answer 31

Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr.