American Occupational Therapy Association
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is the national professional association established in 1917 to represent the interests and concerns of occupational therapy practitioners and students and improve the quality of occupational therapy services. • Illustration — The American Occupational Therapy Association building in Bethesda, Maryland The National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy was the founding name of the AOTA. Occupational therapy was launched as a new profession at the first meeting of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy at Consolation House, Clifton Springs, New York in March 1917. The society was founded by a small group of people from diverse backgrounds. There was George Edward Barton (1871–1923) an architect, William Rush Dunton (1865–1966) a psychiatrist, Eleanor Clarke Slagle (1870–1942) a social worker and occupational therapist, Thomas B Kidner (1866–1932) a vocational educator, Susan Cox Johnson (1875–1932) an arts and crafts teacher, Susan E. Tracy (1864–1928) a nurse, Herbert James Hall (1870–1923) a physician and Isabel Gladwin Newton Barton (1891–1975) the secretary and author.
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- American Occupational Therapy Association
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- 1917
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- Eleanor Clarke Slagle · Thomas B. Kidner · William Rush Dunton
- Headquarters
- Bethesda · New York City
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Their wide ranging interests, including moral treatment, pragmatism, habit training, mental hygiene movement, curative occupations and the arts and craft movement, laid the foundations for occupational therapy. The founders' vision was the 'advancement of occupation as a therapeutic measure; for the study of the effect of occupation upon the human being; and for the scientific dispensation of this knowledge'.:45-46 Herbert Hall suggested changing the name of the society. This was discussed at the fourth annual meeting in 1920 when Eleanor Clarke Slagle, the president of the society questioned the need for the descriptive phase ‘for the promotion of occupational therapy’. The shorter name of the ‘American Occupational Therapy Association’ was accepted as part of an amended constitution at the annual meeting in October 1921.:93 In 1952, the American Association was one of ten founder members of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT). The other associations were from the Australia, Canada, Denmark, India, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden and United Kingdom (England and Scotland). AOTA designated April as Occupational Therapy Month.
It is associated with United States. The record gives 1917 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Its recorded founders are Eleanor Clarke Slagle, Thomas B. Kidner and William Rush Dunton. Its recorded seat is Bethesda and New York City.
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• Name — American Occupational Therapy Association • Abbreviation — AOTA • Type — Professional association • Former Name — National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy • Leader Name — Sherry Keramidas • Leader Title — Executive director • Tax Id — 13-1526422 • Status — 501(c)(6) • Purpose — To advance occupational therapy practice, education, and research through standard-setting and advocacy on behalf of its members, the profession, and the public. • Num Employees — 85 • Num Employees Year — 2018 • Num Volunteers — 800 • Num Volunteers Year — 2018 • Revenue — $21,469,960 • Revenue Year — 2019 • Expenses — $19,272,678 • Expenses Year — 2019 • Endowment — $286,293 (2019) • Subsidiaries — * The Fund to Promote Awareness of Occupational Therapy (501(c)(3)) • American Occupational Therapy Association Political Action Committee (527) • Website — http: www.aota.org
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- 1."Executives and Staff Leadership". American Occupational Therapy Association. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- 2."Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". The American Occupational Therapy Association Inc. Internal Revenue Service. June 30, 2019.
- 3."American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., The - Initial File Number: 762419". Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Government of the District of Columbia. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- 4.Peloquin, Suzanne M. Occupational Therapy Service: Individual and Collective Understandings of the Founders, Part 1. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 45. 4. 352–360. 1991-04-01. 0272-9490.
- 5.Peloquin, Suzanne M. Occupational Therapy Service: Individual and Collective Understandings of the Founders, Part 2. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 45. 8. 733–744. 1991-08-01. 0272-9490.
- 6.Andersen, Lori T. The history of occupational therapy: the first century. SLACK Incorporated. 2017. 978-1-61711-997-2.
- 7.World Federation of Occupational Therapists. History. WFOT.
- 8.AOTA. Occupational Therapy Month. American Occupational Therapy Association.
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