Mental Health Special interest Group

The History of Mental Health Occupational Therapy in Massachusetts:

A Scholarly Project Proposal

Presenter:  Allison F. Sullivan, DOT, MS, OTR

OTD Program Coordinator & Associate Professor

Division of Occupational Therapy

Learning Objectives:

1. Recognize Massachusetts’ unique contribution to the history of the development of mental health OT 
2. Understand the importance of recording and identifying this history for future generations & identify consequences of failure to do so
3. Identity stakeholders in this project 
4. Identify MAOT members interested in contributing to this project
5. Identify a potential timeline for completing tasks to accomplish this project.