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Meeting Physical and Health Needs of Children with Disabilities : Teaching Student Participation and Management Teaching Student Participation and Management

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ISBN-10: 0534348378

ISBN-13: 9780534348373

Edition: 2000

Authors: Kathryn Heller, Paula Forney, Paul Alberto, Morton Schwartzman, Trudy Goeckel

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This text teaches pre-service special education teachers how to teach children with physical disabilities and health impairments (i.e., orthopedic impairments, visual impairments, deaf-blindness, etc.). Heller and her co-authors practically illustrate how to effectively monitor students' health, assist students in providing their own care, and intervene if significant health-related problems occur in the classroom. This text includes a wide variety of techniques for meeting the student's physical and health needs, including how to position the student for optimal instruction, lifting and handling procedures, feeding techniques, and how to work with health-related apparatus and medications.
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Book details

List price: $249.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 3/20/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Paul A. AlbertoAfter receiving his undergraduate degree from Hunter College in New York City he taught elementary aged students with intellectual disabilities in the south Bronx. While teaching he completed a master's degree in Special Education: mental retardation at Fordham University. He moved to Atlanta and completed his PhD in Special Education: Severe Disabilities at Georgia State University. His professional career in higher education has been at GSU in the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education. He is coordinator of the teacher education program in Multiple and Severe Disabilities. He is Co-Director of the program in Applied Behavior Analysis, and is Co-Director…    

Gunnar Ardelius has worked as a waiter, mover, night porter, and taxi driver and has lived in Paris, Berlin, and Lysekil, Lund, and Malm�, Sweden. He has studied literature and printed media. I Need You More Than I Love You and I Love You to Bits is his first novel. He lives in Stockholm.

Preface
About the Authors
Instructional And Health Issues
Promoting Health in Students with Disabilities
Description of Health Problems and Their Impact
Equipment, Assistive Strategies, and Instructional Strategies
Management Issues
Summary
Promoting Independence through the Use of Instructional Strategies
Assessment and Content Selection
Discrepancy Analysis
Instructional Strategies
Collecting Data
Error Correction and Analysis
Expanding Instruction
Summary
Communication for Physical and Health Needs
Description of Augmentative Communication
Equipment and Adaptive Equipment for AAC
Assistive Strategies to Promote Communication
Instructional Strategies for AAC
Summary
Medications and Procedures for Administration
Description of Medications and Administration Considerations
Equipment and Assistive Strategies for Medication Administration
Instructional Strategies
Problems and Emergencies
Management Issues
Summary
Physical And Management Skills
Lifting, Carrying, and Transferring
Description of Lifting, Carrying, and Transferring
Equipment and Adaptive Equipment for Lifting and Transferring
Assistive Strategies for Lifting, Carrying, and Transferring
Instructional Strategies for Lifting
Lifting Problems and Emergencies
Management Issues for Lifting and Transferring
Summary
Proper Handling and Positioning
Muscle Tone and Primitive Reflexes
Purpose and Goals of Proper Handling and Positioning
Description of Principles of Handling
Assistive Strategies for Therapeutic Handling
Principles of Positioning
Supine Positioning
Side-Lying Positioning
Prone Positioning
Sitting Positioning
Standing
Assistive Strategies for Transitioning between Positions
Positioning Materials
Instructional Strategies for Handling and Positioning
Handling and Positioning Problems and Emergencies
Management Issues for Handling and Positioning
Summary
Mobility
Description of Mobility Considerations
Equipment and Adaptive Equipment for Mobility
Assistive Strategies to Promote Mobility
Instructional Strategies for Mobility
Mobility Problems and Emergencies
Management Issues for Mobility
Summary
Basic Self-Help Skills and Related Health Procedures
Eating and Feeding Techniques
Factors Affecting Eating and Feeding
Equipment and Adaptive Equipment for Feeding and Eating
Assistive Strategies for Feeding
Instructional Strategies and Modifications for Eating
Equipment and Adaptive Equipment for Drinking
Assistive Strategies for Drinking
Instructional Strategies and Modifications for Drinking
Eating and Feeding Problems and Emergencies
Management Issues for Feeding and Eating
Summary
Tube Feeding
Description of Tube Feeding
Equipment and Adaptive Equipment for Performing Tube Feeding
Assistive Strategies for Performing Tube Feeding
Instructional Strategies and Modifications for Tube Feeding
Tube Feeding Problems and Emergencies
Management Issues for Tube Feeding
Summary
Toilet Training
Description of Toilet Training
Assistive Devices for Toilet Training
Assistive Strategies for Toilet Training
Instructional Strategies for Toilet Training
Toileting Problems and Emergencies
Management Issues for Toilet Training
Summary
Urinary Catheterization and Urinary Collection Devices
Description of Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC)
Equipment and Adaptive Equipment for CIC
Assistive Strategies for Clean Intermittent Catheterization
Instructional Strategies and Modifications for CIC
CIC Problems and Emergencies
Description of Crede
Assistive Strategies for Crede
Instructional Strategies and Modifications for Crede
Crede Problems and Emergencies
Description of the External Urinary Catheter
Equipment and Adaptive Equipment for External Urinary Catheters
Assistive Strategies for Using an External Urinary Catheter
Instructional Strategies and Modifications for Using an External Urinary Catheter
External Urinary Catheter Problems and Emergencies
Description for Use of an Indwelling Catheter
Assistive Strategies for Indwelling Catheterization
Instructional Strategies and Modifications for Indwelling Catheterization
Indwelling Catheterization Problems and Emergencies
Management Issues for Urinary Catheterization and Use of Collection Devices
Summary
Colostomies and Other Ostomies
Description of Ostomies
Equipment and Adaptive Equipment for Ostomies
Assistive Strategies for Ostomies
Instructional Strategies and Modifications for Emptying and Changing a Colostomy Bag
Colostomy Problems and Emergencies
Management Issues for Ostomies
Summary
Instruction in Respiratory Procedures
Tracheostomies
Description of Tracheostomies
Equipment and Adaptive Equipment for Tracheostomies
Assistive Strategies for Tracheostomy Stoma Care
Assistive Strategy for Changing the Tracheostomy Ties
Assistive Strategy for Cleaning/Changing an Inner Cannula
Assistive Strategy for Changing/Cleaning the Tracheostomy Tube
Assistive Strategy for Suctioning a Tracheostomy
Instructional Strategies and Modifications for Tracheostomies
Tracheostomy Problems and Emergencies
Management Issues for Tracheostomies
Summary
Managing Respiratory Secretions
Description of Suctioning
Equipment and Adaptive Equipment for Suctioning
Assistive Strategies for Tracheostomy or Nasotracheal Suctioning
Assistive Strategies for Nasal and Oral Suctioning with a Straight Catheter
Suctioning with Other Devices
Instructional Strategies and Modifications for Suctioning
Suctioning Problems and Emergencies
Management Issues for Managing Respiratory Secretions
Summary
Oxygen Management
Description of Oxygen Therapy
Equipment and Adaptive Equipment for Oxygen Delivery
Assistive Strategies for Oxygen Delivery
Instructional Strategies and Modifications for Oxygen Delivery
Oxygen Problems and Emergencies
Management Issues for Oxygen Delivery
Summary
Ventilator Management
Description of Ventilators
Equipment and Adaptive Equipment for Ventilator Management
Assistive Strategies for Ventilator Management
Assistive Strategies for Changing the Ventilator Circuit
Instructional Strategies and Modifications
Ventilator Problems and Emergencies
Management Issues for Ventilators
Summary
References
Glossary
Index