Assistive technology assessment handbook
By: editor[s], Stefano Federici, Marcia Scherer
Series: Rehabilitation science in practice series; Rehabilitation science in practice series
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9781439838655
Subjects: Self-Help Devices; Rehabilitation; Disabled Persons; Biomedical Technology Assessment
Description: "Assistive technology plays a key and fundamental role in facilitating the social integration of people with physical, sensory, communication, and cognitive disabilities. This book presents the scientific power of matching assistive technology along with assessment tools that are essential in a center for technical aid. It describes the skills and functioning of the multidisciplinary team by providing a detailed account of the professional profiles and their mutual interaction. The authors identify the need for professionals of psychotechnology and assessment and review the most recent technological products, including the brain computer interface and the microswitch"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Assessing individual functioning and disability / S. Federici ... [et al.]; title: Measuring individual functioning / S. Federici, F. Meloni, and F. Corradi; title: Measuring the Assistive Technology MATCH / F. Corradi, M. J. Scherer, and A. Lo Presti; title: The assessment of the environments of use: accessibility, sustainability, and universal design / M. Mirza, A. Gossett, and S. Borsci; title: Measuring the impact of AT on family caregivers / L. Demers and B.W. Mortenson; title: Assessment Professionals (Working on the   Multidisciplinary Team) / M. Scherer and S. Federici; title: The cognitive therapist / M. Olivetti Belardinelli, B. Turella, and M. J. Scherer; title: The special educator / S. Zapf, and G. Craddock; title: The psychologist / F. Meloni ... [et al.]; title: The psychotechnologist : a new profession in the assistive technology assessment / K. Miesenberger, F. Corradi, and M. L. Mele; title: The Optometrist / M. Orlandi and R. Amantis; title: The occupational therapist : enabling activities and participation using assistive technology / D. De Jonge; title: Pediatric specialists in assistive solutions / L. W. Braga ... [et al.]; title: The geriatrician / M. Pigliautile ... [et al.]; title: Role of speech-language pathologists in assitive technology assessments / K. Hill and V. Corsi; title: Assistive technology devices and services / S. Federici and M. Scherer; title: Systemic user experience / S. Borsci ... [et al.]; title: Web solutions for rehabilitation and daily life / G. Liotta ... [et al.]; title: Brain-computer interfaces : the new landscape in assistive technology / E. Pasqualotto ... [et al.]; title: New rehabilitation opportunities for persons with multiple disabilities through the use of microswitch technology / G. E. Lancioni ... [et al.]; title: Methods and technologies for leisure, recreation, and an accessible sport / C. M. Capio, G. Mascolo, and C. H. P. Sit.