Assistive Technologies- E-Book: Principles and Practice

by Albert M. Cook PhD, PE, Janice Miller Polgar BScOT, PhD, FCAOT

Overview

• NEW! Global issues content broadens the focus of application beyond North America to include technology applications and service delivery in developing countries.
• NEW! Ethical issues and occupational justice content exposes you to vital information as you start interacting with clients.
• NEW! More case studies added throughout the text foster an understanding of how assistive technologies are used and how they function.
• NEW! Updated content reflects current technology and helps keep you current.
• NEW! Explicit applications of the HAAT model in each of the chapters on specific technologies and more emphasis on the interactions among the elements make content even easier to understand.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323291019
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	11/14/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	496
File size:	28 MB
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Table of Contents

1. Principles of Assistive Technology: Introducing the Human Activity Assistive Technology Model
2. Technologies That Assist People Who Have Disabilities
3. Activity, Human, and Context: The Human Doing an Activity in Context
4. Ethical Issues in Assistive Technology
5. Delivering Assistive Technology Services to the Consumer
6. Making the Connection: User Inputs for Assistive Technologies
7. Control Interfaces for Assistive Technologies
8. Accessing Mainstream Information and Communication Technologies: The Technology and the Web
9. Enabling Function and Participation with Seating Technologies
10. Technologies That Enable Mobility
11. Technologies That Aid Transportation
12. Technologies That Aid Manipulation and Control of the Environment
13. Sensory Aids for Persons with Visual Impairments
14. Sensory Aids for Persons with Auditory Impairment
15. Assistive Technologies for Cognitive Augmentation
16. Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems
Glossary
Index

Editorial Reviews

4 Stars! from Doody

This text provides a strong framework on which to base assistive technology practice and specific information regarding assistive devices currently available. The purpose is to provide a framework for assistive technology application that is both broad in scope and specific in content. The authors achieve this by incorporating information from the wide range of assistive technology services that are available (occupational therapists, speech/language pathologists, rehabilitation engineers, physical therapists, special educators, and vocational rehabilitation counselors) and using this information to present a comprehensive overview of assistive technology. Specifics are addressed by breaking down the field of assistive technology into discrete areas (i.e., seating and positioning, augmentative communication, control interfaces) and then discussing relevant topics in each of these areas. This book is specifically targeted to undergraduate and graduate university students as well as practitioners with limited experience in assistive technology. With its broad scope, this book also offers the more experienced assistive technology practitioner a different perspective on familiar material. The organization of the text is clear and easy to understand. The beginning of each chapter includes very clear chapter outlines and learning objectives. Illustrations and charts are very helpful in clarifying information presented in the narrative. There are numerous references to products that provide the reader with the resources necessary to gather further information. This is a very thorough text, providing the reader with a comprehensive background for practice in assistive technology as well asproviding specific examples of technology that are available to address a variety of consumer needs. Both students and practitioners will gain knowledge and insight from this text. It is undeniably a greatly needed resource in the field of assistive technology.

Stephanie Doster