Episode 24: Community-based Practice

Nerida Hyett is an OT working as a lecturer in the OT program at La Trobe University Bendigo in Victoria, Australia.  Nerida completed a Bachelor's degree in OT in 2006, a Master's in Health Science in 2011, and a PhD in 2016. She has worked in community health, alcohol and drug services, youth mental health, and project management. Nerida's research is in the area of consumer and community participation, and she is developing a model of community-centered practice for use in OT.  On this episode, she discusses her path into the profession of occupational therapy and her work and research in community-based practice.

Recommendations and resources from this episode:

• Same Kind of Different As Me [book] by Ron Hall and Denver Moore, with Lynn Vincent; this has also been made into a film by the same title. 
• Nerida's story [article]

Connect with Nerida:

• Via Email at n.hyett@latrobe.edu.ua
• Via Twitter @neridahyett