Q 01/05

Occupational therapy was launched as a profession at a Clifton Springs, NY meeting in which year?

A) 1929

B) 1921

C) 1917

D) 1945

Answer · why

C) 1917

The National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy met that March, weeks before the US entered World War I.

Q 02/05

What was the name of the building in Clifton Springs where the founding meeting was held?

A) Consolation House

B) Hull House

C) Dorset House

D) Phipps House

Answer · why

A) Consolation House

It was George Barton's convalescent home and workshop.

Q 03/05

How many founders attended the 1917 meeting?

A) Three

B) Four

C) Nine

D) Six

Answer · why

D) Six

George Barton, William Rush Dunton, Eleanor Clarke Slagle, Thomas Kidner, Susan Cox Johnson and Isabel Newton Barton.

Q 04/05

Who is considered the 'mother' of occupational therapy?

A) Susan Cox Johnson

B) Eleanor Clarke Slagle

C) Elizabeth Casson

D) Jean Ayres

Answer · why

B) Eleanor Clarke Slagle

AOTA's highest academic award, the Slagle Lectureship, is named for her.

Q 05/05

At which famous Chicago settlement did Slagle set up a workroom for people with disabilities?

A) Hull House

B) Henry Street Settlement

C) Toynbee Hall

D) Neighborhood Guild

Answer · why

A) Hull House

She was inspired to enter the field after visiting Kankakee State Hospital.