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A set of vocabulary-style flashcards covering key terms, people, movements, organizations, laws, and milestones in the history of occupational therapy from global origins to Philippine context.
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Period of Awakening
17th–19th century period marked by societal awareness of social structures and inequalities and a push for humane treatment of persons with mental illness.
Moral Treatment Movement
European movement led by Pinel and Tuke emphasizing compassion, meaningful occupation, and non-constraint for people with mental illness.
Philippe Pinel
French physician who introduced occupation in Paris asylums to divert patients’ minds and advance moral treatment.
William Tuke
English reformer who founded the York Retreat, advocating non-constraint and self-control in care.
Samuel Tuke
English reformer who popularized the moral treatment movement and wrote about the York Retreat.
Benjamin Rush
American physician who promoted moral treatment in the United States.
Dr. Herbert James Hall
Physician who coined the term “work cure” within the Arts & Crafts therapeutic approach.
Jane Addams
Social reformer who co-founded Hull House, promoting empowerment and meaningful activities.
Susan Tracy
Nurse and early OT figure; wrote Studies of Invalid Occupation and contributed to OT education.
Adolf Meyer
Influential figure who introduced OT’s philosophical base.
Louis Haas
Author of early OT texts on mental illness.
Hull House
Settlement house founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, emphasizing empowerment and meaningful activity; linked to manual training for workers and soldiers by Thomas Kidner.
Thomas Kidner
Rehabilitation advocate who promoted educational handwork/manual training for soldiers.
George Edward Barton
Coined 'Occupational Therapy' and served as the first NSPOT president.
Isabel Newton
First secretary of NSPOT, a foundational OT administrator.
William Rush Dunton Jr.
Known as the ‘Father of OT’; authored the first OT manual for nurses.
Eleanor Clarke Slagle
Called the ‘Mother of OT’; promoted habit training and organized the first OT school.
Susan Cox Johnson
Teacher who championed OT education standards.
Susan Tracy
Nurse and early OT contributor; inaugural member of OT professional circles.
Thomas Kidner
Architect who integrated rehab for soldiers into OT practice.
NSPOT
National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy (founded 1917); later became AOTA; set standards for education, licensure, and practice.
AOTA
American Occupational Therapy Association; successor to NSPOT, governs OT education, licensure, and professional practice.
WWI Reconstruction Aides
OTs who rehabilitated wounded soldiers during World War I.
WWII OT Status
OTs gained greater military recognition; formal boards and accredited schools expanded.
WFOT
World Federation of Occupational Therapists, founded in 1952, promoting global OT practice and education.
SAMP (UP)
School of Allied Medical Professionals at the University of the Philippines (1962); established OT curriculum.
WFOT accreditation 1963
First OT curriculum in Asia accredited by WFOT.
OTAP
Occupational Therapy Association of the Philippines; founded 1965; later evolved into PAOT in 2015.
PAOT
Philippine Academy of Occupational Therapists; successor organization to OTAP.
RA 5680
Philippines law (1969) creating a Board for Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy to regulate practice.
RA 11241
Philippine OT Law (2019) modernizing regulation under PRC; PAOT serves as main professional organization.
Contemporary OT Workforce
Over 1,500 licensed OTs (as of 2023) working in hospitals, schools, community, home, and industry settings.
Uniform Terminology
Standardized OT terminology developed around 1979 to unify practice language.
Clare Spackman
Contributor to the development of the Uniform Terminology for OT.
Jean Ayres
OT theorist associated with the development of practical OT frameworks and contributions to the Uniform Terminology."
Mary Reilly
OT scholar who contributed to the philosophical base and practice of OT; part of Uniform Terminology development.
Andrea Roche
French OT who introduced OT to the Philippines in 1945; linked to Amputation and Training Center at V. Luna Medical Center.