Genesis and constitution of occupational therapy: searching a theoretical-methodological interpretation

Abstract

This article problematizes the analysis present in literature about the historical fundaments of Occupational therapy, from a bibliographic raise of relevant papers related to the professional formation in Brazil, aiming to propose a theoretical-methodological approach for the theme. Basing on Montaño’s (2007) and Netto’s (2009) proposals about the foundations of Social Service, it is suggested the existence, in Occupational therapy, of two great tendencies for analyzing the genesis and constitution of the profession: the endogenist and the criticalhistorical. From the comprehension of these two perspectives, it is defended the positioning that them both do not confi gure, only, as
distinct opinions about the origins of Occupational Therapy, they express different perspectives which lead to radically different conclusions about the profession.