Assisting Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury The Role of Speech-Language Pathologists

Name: Assisting Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury The Role of Speech-Language Pathologists
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ISBN: 9781416404880

ISBN-10: 1416404880

ISBN-13: 9781416404880

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: Karen Hux

List price: $61.00

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Assisting Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury helps prepare graduate students and practicing speech-language pathologists to serve people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The book is divided into three sections: Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury, Understanding the Role of Speech-Language Pathologists, and Understanding Reintegration. The first section provides an overview of TBI: definitions, epidemiology, injury severity, and mechanisms of injury. The second section deals with the major disorders associated with TBI for which speech-language pathologists assume diagnostic and intervention responsibility: coma and post-traumatic amnesia, cognitive-communication impairments, motor…

Book details

List price: $61.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: PRO-ED, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 454
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.826
Language: English



If only I had known ...



Epidemiology of traumatic brain injury : who, what, when, where, why, and how



Mild traumatic brain injury



Mechanisms of acceleration/deceleration-dependent and blast injuries to the brain



Assessing and treating individuals with disorders of consciousness



Cognitive-communication deficits



Dysarthria associated with traumatic brain injury



AAC assessment and intervention



Dysphagia associated with traumatic brain injury



Psychosocial recovery issues and interventions following traumatic brain injury



School transitions



Transitioning to work



The injury of a family



Ethics of treatment : do no harm