title: The influence of the arts-and-crafts movement on the professional status of occupational therapy.
abstract: This paper explores why occupational therapists use arts and crafts as therapeutic modalities. 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Allied Health Sciences, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D001155:Art Therapy / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006783:Hospitals, State / Q000266:history; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000266:history*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012922:Social Change; D014481:United States