ACOTE
Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Edu.
Post WWI – 1930s
WWII
Post WWII
70s-80s
Balanced Budget Act
1997— reduce Medicare spending, create incentives for development of managed care plans, limited fee-for-service payment & programs
Thomas Kidner
Vocational Secretary Canadian Military Hospitals Commission
Herbert Hall
Phillippe Pinel
- used occupations to treat insane/mental patients; also used work, music & exercise
William Tuke
- helped create the Moral Treatment Movement
George Barton
Eleanor Slagle
“mother of occupation therapy”
Susan Cox Johnson
Healthcare $$ were dispersed by signing these
Social Security Amendments
Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS)
est. what the government would pay (nation-wide) for each inpatient stay of a Medicare beneficiary
AOTA
American Occupational Therapy Association (1921)
NSPOT
Nat’ Society for the Promotion of OT (1917)
WWI Events
Americans with Disabilities Act
-civil rights to all individuals with disabilities (1990)
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
-requires school districts to educate students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment
Handicapped Infants & Toddlers Act
-increased OT services provided to children and number of OT personnel employed within the schools
Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act
-availability of assistive technology devices & services to individuals with disabilities
Rehabilitation Act
-program for soldiers disabled on active duty
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
-free education regardless of handicapping condition; includes OT