Rehab and Occupational Therapy
This page is designed to support academics with teaching by providing a wealth of OER specifically for Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapies.
Explore our curated collection that highlights Deakin and Australian OER, and resources on the following topics:
- Occupational Therapy in practice
- Occupational Therapy across the lifespan
- Speech Pathology
- Child Play Therapy
- Documentation
NOTE: While there is currently limited Australian-specific OER on these subjects, we encourage you to explore international OER and consider adapting these materials to better suit local contexts and curriculum needs.
Deakin OER
Enabling and Optimising Recovery from COVID-19 by Danielle Hitch, Genevieve Pepin, Kelli Nicola-Richmond and Valerie Watchorn (2023), Deakin University, is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
This textbook provides readers with up to date knowledge about the assessment, management and support of people experiencing Long COVID. Learning activities draw upon personas co-authored with people with Long COVID.
Australian OER
- Case Studies for Health, Research and Practice in Australia and New Zealand by Nicola Whiteing, Lucy Shinners, Nicole Graham, Dima Nasrawi, Donna Wilson, Anna Foster, Elicia Kunst and Jennene Greenhill (2023), Southern Cross University, is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Trauma Informed Behaviour Support: A Practical Guide to Developing Resilient Learners by Kay Ayre and Govind Krishnamoorthy (2020), University of Southern Queensland, is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Comparing outcomes for children with different anxiety disorders following cognitive behavioural therapy by Jennifer L. Hudson, Ronald M. Rapee, Heidi J. Lyneham, Lauren F. McLellan, Viviana M. Wuthrich and Carolyn A. Schniering (2015), Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Elsevier, is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- A resource package to support student learning regarding the use of gardening in occupational therapy practice by Cherry Casey, Jake Dempsey, Jordan Gilbertson, Maggie Jenkin and Hannah Webb (2023), is licensed under All Rights Reserved.
Occupational Therapy in practice
- Interventions supporting psychosocial functioning: an occupational therapist’s guide (2018), is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
Occupational Therapy across the lifespan
- Occupational Therapy Skills for Physical Dysfunction by Gabe Byars (2023), Salt Lake Community College, is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Human Development by The Human Development Teaching & Learning Group (2020), Portland State University, is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Individual, and Family Development, health, and Well-being by Diana Lang and Nicholas (2022), Iowa State University Digital Press, is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Occupational Therapy - Occupation Focused Holistic Practice in Rehabilitation by Meral Huri (2017), Hacettepe University, is licensed under CC BY 3.0
- Occupational Therapy - Therapeutic and Creative Use of Activity by Meral Huri (2017), Hacettepe University, is licensed under CC BY 3.0
Speech Pathology
- Psychology of Language by Dinesh Ramoo and Marie Bartlett (2024), Thompson Rivers University, is licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Advances in Speech-language Pathology by Fernanda M. Dreux Fernandes (Ed.) (2017), IntechOpen, is licensed under CC BY 3.0
- COVID-19 and Speech Language Pathology by Louise Cummings (Ed.) (2023), Taylor & Francis, Some chapter are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- Speech and Language Disorders in Children: Implications for the Social Security Administration's Supplemental Security Income Program by Sara Rosenbaum and Patti Simon (Eds.) (2016), National Academies Press, is licensed under All Rights Reserved.
Child Play Therapy
- Individual and Family Development, Health, and Well-being by Diana Lang and Nicholas Cone (2022), Iowa State University Digital Press, is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Child Growth and Development By Jennifer Paris, Antoinette Ricardo, Dawn Rymond, Alexa Johnson (Ed.) (2019), College of the Canyons, is licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Introduction to Curriculum for Early Childhood Education By Jennifer Paris, Kristin Beeve and Clint Springer (2018), College of the Canyons, is licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Child, Family, and Community by Rebecca Laff and Wendy Ruiz (2019), College of the Canyons, is licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Music and the Child by Natalie Sarrazin (2016), College at Brockport, Open SUNY Textbooks, is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Documentation
An Introduction to Medical Documentation for the Physical Therapist Assistant by jmm49 and Dan Dandy PT, DPT, ACCE (2019), The Pennsylvania State University, is licensed under Public Domain
Where to find more OER?
There are many platforms available that contain OER, the platforms listed below are a good starting place to find rehabilitation and therapy.
- Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Helping to close the gap by providing the evidence base to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Includes reports, journal articles and a range of sources. - Lowitja Institute LitSearch
Search tool provides access to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health literature in PubMed. Refine your search to “Open Access” or select "Free Access" and check the license of individual article before reusing the content. - Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Open public health courses and materials from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. - MedEdPORTAL: : The Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources
Open-access, peer-reviewed teaching materials for health professions education. Also includes iCollaborative, educational resources that have not undergone the formal MedEdPORTAL peer review process. MedEdPORTAL is included in Medline. - National Academies Press
Books published by the National Academies Press can be downloaded for free in PDF format. Search the Health and Medicine collection. - The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL)
Collection of over 22,000 freely available digital materials for health sciences education.