Arts And Crafts Movement Occupational Therapy

Katherine manning ot 425 this history is just the beginning.

Arts and crafts movement occupational therapy.

References arts and crafts movement. Children can create while working on skills like fine motor dexterity and strength line awareness scissor skills language self confidence problem solving tool use and more. 1860 1910 william morris the movement occupational therapy leading member of arts and crafts movement believed all design should be based on nature nature was an example of god s design saw it as the spiritual remedy during the industrial revolution. The arts and crafts movement.

Other crafts can be sent home as an ot home program idea. This paper explores why occupational therapists use arts and crafts as therapeutic modalities. Art in occupational therapy published by scholarworks at wmu 2012. The profession of occupational therapy ot has many of its roots in the arts and crafts movement a response to the industrialized production at the end of the nineteenth century which promoted a.

Occupational therapy ot is a field that has an extensive history and has evolved through the decades. The arts and crafts movement s basic principles included value for authentic experiences natural processes of construction and quality of life hussey et al 2007. His interest was nurtured through apprenticeship in england and he was significantly influenced by morris and the arts and crafts movement that he brought back to the united states where it still persists today in both the occupational therapy profession as well as in the boston artisan community. Art therapy is a creative method of expression used as a therapeutic technique.

Use the occupational therapy craft ideas in planning in person or ot teletherapy services. Beginning with the turn of the century origins of occupational therapy the paper traces the similarities and differences in the ideas and beliefs of the founders of occupational therapy and the proponents of the arts and crafts movement. Arts and crafts elicit the patient s goals values and interests in the activity process the influence of arts and crafts movement on the profession of occupational therapists ruth ellen levine april 1987 3. The history of arts and crafts within the occupational therapy profession grew out of the arts and crafts movement that began near the end of the 19 th century and extended into the 20 th century.

This paper explores why occupational therapists use arts and crafts as therapeutic modalities.