Key Figures in OT

George Barton (1871-1923)

architect, founded the Consolation House (goal was to reeducate people with long-term illness)

George Barton (1871-1923)

Who organized NSPOT and became the 1st president?

George Barton

Who used gardening/handcrafts to recover from TB?

Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr (1868-1966)

psychiatrist, father of OT

Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr

Who started the Arts and Crafts program at Sheppard Asylum and wrote on the value of occupation?

Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr

Who wrote the first book: 1911 OT: A Manual for Nurses?

Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr

second president of AOTA and served as the treasurer of the foundation

Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr

Who established the first journal and edited the associations’ journal for 21 years?

Thomas Kidner (1866-1932)

had an educational background in building trades/architecture and took on many educational reform tasks

Thomas Kidner

was president of AOTA when establishing the National Directory of Qualified OT’s (led to accreditation of OT programs)

Thomas Kidner

active in the National Tuberculosis Association and included OT in architectural drawings for institutions for physically disabled

Eleanor Clarke Slagle (1871-1942)

mother of OT

Eleanor Clarke Slagle

• social worker who began training in music

• director of school of occupations (located at Hull House) (first school)

Eleanor Clarke Slagle

worked at state hospitals and developed habit training with Adolph Meyer

Eleanor Clarke Slagle

served as the AOTA president from 1919-1920 and as secretary and treasurer

Eleanor Clarke Slagle

assisted in establishment of the National Directory, which led to the accreditation of OT programs

Susan E. Tracy (1864-1928)

nurse in MA who began training nurses about occupations in 1906

Susan E. Tracy

Who wrote the first book in OT: Studies in Invalid Occupations?

Susan E. Tracy

created the OT program at Adams Nervine Asylum and viewed occupational therapist as more pragmatist vs theoretical

Susan E. Tracy, Herbert J. Hall

Who did not attend the first meeting?

Susan Cox Johnson (1876-1932)

nurse who taught occupational therapy at Columbia University

Susan Cox Johnson

believed that occupation could be morally uplifting and could improve mental and physical state

Susan Cox Johnson

advocated for high educational standards and the combo of both medicine and teaching as part of the educational standards

Herbert J. Hall (1870-1923)

physician who adapted the Arts and Crafts Movement

Herbert J. Hall

provided medical supervision of crafts for improving health and financial independence

Herbert J. Hall

believed in OT as a cure and was president of AOTA (1920-1923)