Franklin D. Roosevelt
Clifford Wittingham Beers
Karl and Bertha Bobath
Colonel Ruth Robinson
Adolf Meyer
William Rush Dunton
Margaret Rood
Herbert Hall
Eleanor Clarke Slagle
George Barton
Believed in healing potential of occupations; edited Maryland Psychiatric Quarterly.
"Habit Training"
Influential in the creation of Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant programs.
Wrote A Mind That Found Itself, which led to the creation of the mental hygiene movement.
Sensory Motor Therapy; emphasized facilitation and inhibition techniques.
First President of OT Association; cured self through woodworking and gardening.
Neurodevelopmental Treatment
Wanted to change "rest cure" to "work cure"
Most clearly articulated the philosophy of OT as the profession began.
Influential in the creation of social security.
