28 Top (FUN) Books for Occupational Therapy Practitioners Working w/ Older Adults + Phys Dys

28 Top Awesome OT Books

I love books!

Fall is in the air and this is the time of year, I LOVE cuddling up with a good book – crisp air, cool mornings and a cup of hot coffee in hand.

I asked you –  what OT related books have you read and loved. I compiled your answers and want to share the list with you for your reading pleasure 🙂

Man, I have a HUGE list of amazing suggestions to tackle…

28 Top (FUN) Books for Occupational Therapy Practitioners Working with Older Adults + Physical Disabilities

 

35 OTs contributed to give you 28 amazing books that OT practitioners will love | OTflourish.com #geriatricOT #occpuationaltherapy #OT #occupationaltherapist

The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science – my pick for the list!

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales – suggested by Charlie Anne Jones, @uknowitskrissy

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness – suggested by OT Miri, Nicole Dufresne

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End – suggested by @wellnessot, Mesa Smith, Susan Bargmann Cleghorn

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey – suggested by Mesa Smith, @ot_mary, @annabellebewicke, Lorna Krieger, Katie Hodak

Left Neglected  – suggested by @justinedezess, Nicole Wooldridge, Carma Sample, Murry DeSanto, Julie Zmorzynski Andrews

Still Alice – suggested by Laura Graves, Whittley Jones, Julie Zmorzynski Andrews, Tonya Gladden 

Where’s the Mango Princess – suggested by @jlesniak, @anitam24, Erin Blake

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson – suggested by @jennebeans_, Laurie Brennan, Dwayne Oothoudt

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death – suggested by @wellnessot, Karen Faller Tesarek

Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body – suggested by @j11480, Vicki Lynas

 Range of Motion: A Novel – suggested by Lori Burkhart, Kathie Eiden

Contented Dementia – suggested by Christine Thraen Hucklebridge

Running Free: Breaking Out From Locked-In Syndrome – suggested by @amyrtrent

Look Up for Yes – another add to the list by me, as it was a required reading in my OT curriculum, oh, so many years ago, but it is a memorable read

Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind – suggested by @heather

Inside the O’Briens: A Novel – suggested by @justinedezess

Learning by Accident: A Caregiver’s True Story of Fear, Family, and Hope – suggested by Rachel Hocker

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain – suggested by @ot_mary

When Breath Becomes Air – suggested by Jenna Mele

All the Dancing Birds – suggested by Nicole Dufresne

35 OT contributed to give you 28 amazing books that OT practitioners will love | OTflourish.com #geriatricOT #occpuationaltherapy #OT #occupationaltherapist

 

To Catch an Angel: Adventures in the World I Cannot See – suggested by Kitty Louise Kettle

Tree Barking: A Memoir – suggested by Carma Sample

Bed Number Ten – suggested by Grace Weybrecht

Walking Papers: The Accident that Changed My Life, and the Business that Got Me Back on My Feet – suggested by Dawn Beatty 

Ordinary Miracles: True Stories about Overcoming Obstacles and Surviving Catastrophes – suggested by Vanessa McKelvey 

The Dive From Clausen’s Pier: A Novel – suggested by Michelle Deegan Ralph 

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures  – suggested by Lindsay Boyle

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What books would you add to the list? Please share below

2 thoughts on “28 Top Awesome OT Books”

  1. The patient in room nine says he’s God by Louis Profeta, MD. Just finished this book and it’s amazing. It really helps me understand therapeutic use of self deeper, as well as treating clients as people, not a diagnosis. Powerful book.

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