Who was the first president of AOTA?
Susan Tracy
Eleanor Clark Slagle
Herbert Hall
Adolf Meyer
NSPOT was formed in?
March 1917
June 1917
March 1921
July 1917
Which of the following was NOT proposed as a name for the profession?
Ergotherapy
Occupational Therapy
Work Cure
Vocational therapy
Who is credited as being the "father of occupational therapy"?
William Dunton
Thomas Kidner
George Barton
Which of the statements below best describes moral treatment?
To cure rather than to confine people with mental illness in asylums.
A provision in federal legislature to provide elderly people with housing.
To insist that people attend houses of worship in order to receive pensions.
A belief that persons with mental illness are not equal citizens.
The purpose of Hull House was to:
Provide physical rehabilitation services for soldiers.
Provide habit-training programs.
Provide social and educational services to immigrants of Chicago.
Create a third-party payer system for health care during the reform movement.
Federal legislation that requires provision of a free and appropriate education for all children is:
The Education for all Handicapped Children Act (EHA) – PL94-142 .
Soldier’s Rehabilitation Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act
Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act
_____________ ensures civil rights to people with disabilities.
The Education for all Handicapped Children Act (EHA) – PL94-142
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
In 1923, the AOTA adopted the Minimum Standards for Courses of Training in Occupational Therapy. What was its purpose?
To register occupational therapists
To track new graduates
A call for standardization of educational programs for occupational therapists
To encourage occupational therapy training programs to recruit new students
The first occupational therapy registration exam was administered in
1932
1988
1945
1965
The purpose of occupations in the TB wards, during and after WWI was primarily for
Diversion
Work
Self care
Cognitive skills training
As part of her tireless promotion of occupational therapy, Eleanor Clarke Slagle wore many hats. Which one did she NOT wear?
President of NSPOT
Vice President of NSPOT
Executive Secretary of AOTA
Editor in Chief of the Annals of Occupational Therapy
According to Kathleen Schwartz, what do the Founding and Centennial Visions of occupational therapy share in common?
They are completely disparate and have nothing in common
Both were written by people with very different professional backgrounds
A profound belief in the healing nature of occupation
A strong understanding of current world affairs
What precipitated the role of the OTA?
A shortage of OTs working in mental health practice settings
shortage of OTs working in pediatric practice settings
The cost of malpractice insurance for OTs
Medicare laws