Module 1

Question 1

Occupational Therapy

Answer 1

A goal-directed activity that promotes independence in function; the practice of using meaningful occupations and purposeful activities to promote function and participation in life activities.

Question 2

Phillipe Pinel

Answer 2

1793-French physician and philosopher introduced “moral treatment and occupation” as a new approach to treating people with mental illnesses

defined occupation as “mans’ goal-directed use of time, energy, interests and attention”

Question 3

William Tuke

Answer 3

English Quaker
Questioned the treatment of the mentally ill at about the same time as Pinel.

He opened the York Retreat, which pioneered new methods of treatment of mentally ill patients.

Question 4

Arts and Crafts Movement

Answer 4

A late nineteenth-century movement born in reaction to the Industrial Revolution; emphasized craftsmanship and design.

Question 5

NSPOT

Answer 5

March 15, 1917

National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy. The official start of OT.

Question 6

Eleanor Clark Slagle

Answer 6

Partially trained social worker. One of the seven who created NSPOT. Known as the mother of occupational therapy; developed the area of habit training and organized the first professional school for occupational therapy practitioners.

Question 7

George Edward Barton

Answer 7

A disabled architect. One of the seven who created NSPOT. He opened Consolation House for convalescent patients, where occupation was used as a method of treatment.

Question 8

Adolph Meyer

Answer 8

Psychiatrist. One of the seven who created NSPOT. A Swiss physician committed to a holistic perspective; developed the psychobiological approach to mental illness.

Question 9

Susan Johnson

Answer 9

A designer and arts and crafts teacher. One of the seven who created NSPOT. Demonstrated that occupation could be morally uplifting ad could improve the mental and physical state of patients and inmates in public hospitals and almshouses.

Question 10

Occupation

Answer 10

Activity in which one engages that is meaningful and central to one’s identity.

Question 11

Area’s of Occupation

Answer 11

Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), Sleep and Rest (not under ADLS), Education, Work, Play, Leisure, Social Participation

Question 12

Moral Treatment

Answer 12

A movement grounded in the philosophy that all people, even the most challenged, are entitled to consideration and human compassion.

Question 13

Rehabilitation Movement

Answer 13

The period from 1942 to 1960 in which Veterans Administration hospitals increased in size and number to handle the casualties of war and continued care of veterans.

Question 14

Occupational Therapist

Answer 14

An allied health professional who uses occupation, purposeful activity, simulated activities, and preparatory methods to maximize the independence and health of any client who is limited by physical injury or illness, cognitive impairment, psychosocial dysfunction, mental illness, or a developmental or learning disability.

Question 15

Occupational Therapy Assistant

Answer 15

An allied health paraprofessional who, under the direction of an occupational therapist, directs an individual’s participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, and promote and maintain health.

Question 16

Preparatory Activities

Answer 16

Techniques or activities that address the remediation and restoration of problems associated with client factors and body structure, with the long-term purpose of supporting the client’s acquisition of performance skills needed to resume his or her roles and daily occupations.

Question 17

Handicapped Infants and Toddler Act of 1986

Answer 17

An amendment to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act; includes children from 3 to 5 year of age and initiates new early intervention programs for children from birth to 3 years of age.

Question 18

IDEA of 1991

Answer 18

Legislation that requires school districts to educate students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment.

Question 19

Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Answer 19

Act that guaranteed certain rights for people with disabilities, emphasized the need for rehabilitation research, and called for priority service for persons with the most severe disabilities.

Question 20

Education for all Handicapped Children Act 1975

Answer 20

Act that established the right of all children to a free and appropriate education, regardless of handicapping condition.

Question 21

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Answer 21

Legislation that provides civil rights to all individuals with disabilities.

Question 22

Balanced Budget Act of 1997

Answer 22

Legislation intended to reduce Medicare spending, create incentives for development of managed care plans, and limit fee-for-service payment and programs.

Question 23

Purposeful Activities

Answer 23

An activity used in treatment that is goal directed; individual is an active voluntary participant; has both inherent and therapeutic goals.

Question 24

Occupation-based activities

Answer 24

The performance of occupation-related activities by the client, including activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, work and school tasks, and play or leisure tasks.