Clinician's Guide to Assistive Technology

Name: Clinician's Guide to Assistive Technology
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ISBN: 9780815146018

ISBN-10: 0815146019

ISBN-13: 9780815146018

Edition: 2002

Authors: Don A. Olson, Frank DeRuyter

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The Clinician's Guide to Assistive Technology was designed to provide allied health, clinical and support personnel with specific information about the diverse area of assistive technology. It provides clinical applications to assist the reader in solving problems and gaining options to help the individual who would benefit from these technologies become an active community member. The content of the manual provides a useful adjunct and practical focus for academic materials already available. It is organized around common groupings of technologies, and each chapter addresses specific client functions and abilities, technical options available, level of expertise, and specific goals and…

Book details

List price: $94.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 9/25/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 4.00" wide x 6.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.794
Language: English




Assistive Technology Principles Introduction



Matching Consumers Across the Life Span with the Most Appropriate Assistive Technologies



Contexts: Assistive Technology at Home, School, and Work, and in the Community



Human Factors and Environmental Access



Assistive Technology Service Delivery



Outcomes



Funding and Public Policy



Technologies for Information, Communication and Access Introduction



Computer Access



Information Technologies



Augmentative/Alternative Communication



Integrated Systems



Sensory Aids: Vision



Sensory Aids: Hearing



Technologies for Manipulation Introduction



Seating Intervention and Postural Control



Upper Limb Orthotics



Adaptive Aids



Upper Limb Prosthetics



Robotics/Manipulators



Technologies for Ambulation and Locomotion Introduction



Lower Limb Prosthetics



Wheelchair Mobility



Spatial Orientation and Wayfinding



Driver Evaluation and Vehicle Modification



Lower Limb Orthotics



Technologies for Environmental Access Introduction



Environmental Access in the Workplace



Home Environments, Automation, and Environmental Control



Adaptive Aids for Self-care and Child-care



Recreation/Play Environments