Occupational Therapy has been greatly influenced in the past 100 years. This is a timeline we made in our foundations class to illustrate the changes of occupations, legislation, and major events that impacted and molded our profession today! Please click on the link below!!! 






http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/ot-through-the-decades

In a short answer, OTFP is what sets Occupational therapy apart from other medical professions. This document provides a universal definition of the role of occupation therapy across the field and provides a unified and clear language and key definitions that can be followed by any OT practioner. The OTFP is highly client centered and takes a top-down, holistic approach in how OT's are to work with their clients. Instead of beginning with the disability or problem of a client, the OTFP begins with looking at the client as a whole person (client factors, performance skills, performance factors) in order identify and understand the problem before treating it or using an intervention. There are two major categories that are unique to this framework: Domain and Process. These both define the focus of the profession of Occupational Therapy and define how the profession will be carried out. This is important because the ultimate goal of an occupational therapist is to "increase the ability of the client to participate in everyday activities."