Cook and Hussey's Assistive Technologies Principles and Practice

Name: Cook and Hussey's Assistive Technologies Principles and Practice
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ISBN: 9780323039079

ISBN-10: 0323039073

ISBN-13: 9780323039079

Edition: 3rd 2008

Authors: Albert M. Cook, Janice Miller Polgar

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Master the assistive strategies you need to make confident clinical decisions and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities with the latest edition of this comprehensive text. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model developed by the authors, the book provides detailed coverage of the broad range of devices, services, and practices that comprise assistive technology and focuses on the relationship between the human user and the assisted activity within specific contexts. This new edition has been expanded and updated, and features new multimedia components that further demonstrate how to apply the concepts youve learned to real-world practice. …

Book details

List price: $107.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 9/19/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 592
Size: 11.25" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.190
Language: English

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Introduction and Framework



Introduction and Overview



A Framework for Assistive Technologies



The Disabled Human User of Assistive Technologies



Service Delivery in Assistive Technologies



Delivering Assistive Technology Services to the Customer



Funding Assistive Technology Services and Systems



The Activities: General Purpose Assistive Technologies



Seating Systems as Extrinsic Enablers for Assistive Technologies



The Human-Assistive Technology Interface



Sensory Aids for Persons with Visual Impairment



Sensory Aids for Persons with Auditory Impairment



The Activities: Performance Areas



Assistive Technology for Cognitive Augmentation



Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems



Technologies that Enable Mobility



Technologies that Enable Transportation



Technologies that Aid Manipulation and Control of the Environment



The Contexts for Assistive Technology Applications



Assistive Technologies in the Context of the Classroom



Assistive Technologies in the Context of Work


Appendix: Resources


Glossary