Important People in OT Flashcards
Mother of Occupational Therapy
Eleanor Clark Slagle
Father of OT
Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr.
First woman to graduate from Medical School
Dorothy Dix
A French physician who was co-responsible for the development of the theory of moral treatment.
Phiillippe Pinel
An English quaker
William Tuke
Went to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD in 1912 and received a degree in social work and began directing the department of OT.
Eleanor Clarke Slagle
A psychiatrist and educator who published the first account of the Occupational Therapy profession.
William Rush Dunton Jr.
Co-responsible for the development of the theory of moral treatment.
William Tuke
A nurse who was involved in the work therapy movement, which values OT techniques and taught them to nursing students regularly.
Susan Tracy
Was the head of the first occupational therapy department in Baltimore, MD.
Adolf Meyer
Attended Harvard and UPenn medical school .
Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr.
Was a physician who did research on a population of neurologically impaired people.
Dr. Herbert Hall
Was a member of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy and was an educational Occupational Therapist.
Susan Johnson
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.
Phillippe Pinel; William Tuke
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.
Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr.
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.
Susan Johnson
Opened the first professional school for occupational therapy.
Eleanor Clark Slagle
Was a member of the first National Honor Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy.
Thomas Kinder
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.
Dorothy Dix
Thought that mental illness was a problem of adoption, habit deterioration, and lack of balance of work and play.
Adolf Meyer
Was an architect
Thomas Kinder
Served as the secretary of AOTA for 15 years.
Eleanor Clark Slagle
Studied the theraputic effects of using arts and crafts with this group of people.
Dr. Herbert Hall
A past president of AOTA
Thomas Kinder
