Historical and developmental perspectives of occupational therapy

Abstract

This paper describes the emergence of the occupational therapy as a social activity and its appreciation as a profession. The article also presents peoplewho were significant in establishing the direction of the therapy’s development. The historical perspective provided introduces the original developmental path of the occupational therapy. The presented perspective is a result of own scientific research, based in particular on the English literature. Therefore, the descriptions presented in the article should be treated as one of several possible ways of interpreting historical and developmental perspectives of occupational therapy.