Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook

Herausgeber: Federici, Stefano; Scherer, Marcia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This will be a substantial revision to a well regarded reference work in assitive technology for the disabled. Each chapter will be upgraded with the latest research developments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1098g
• ISBN-13: 9781498774116
• ISBN-10: 1498774113
• Artikelnr.: 50427710

Autorenporträt

Stefano Federici is a professor in general psychology and psychology of disability at the University of Perugia, Italy. He has been a very active researcher in assistive technology for the disabled over the past 15 years and has published extensively in this area. In addition to the first edition, he has also published several additional reference works in the field. Marcia Scherer is a rehabilitation psychologist and founding President of the Institute for Matching Person & Technology She is also Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center where she received both her Ph.D. and MPH degrees. She is a past member of the National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research, National Institutes of Health, and is Editor of the journal Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. Dr. Scherer is Fellow of the American Psychological Association, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). Dr. Scherer has authored, edited, or co-edited nine books and has published over seventy-five articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as thirty book chapters on disability and technology. Her research has been cited more than 4500 times by others.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreward
Preface to First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Acknowledgements
Editors
Contributors
Section I The Assistive Technology Assessment Process Model and Basic Definitions
Chapter One: Assessing Individual Functioning and Disability
Chapter Two: Measuring Individual Functioning
Chapter Three: Measuring the Assistive Technology MATCH
Chapter Four: Assessment of the Environments of AT Use: Accessibility, Universal Design, and Sustainability
Chapter Five: Measuring the Impact of Assistive Technology on Family Caregivers
Section II Assessment Professionals: Working on the Multidisciplinary Team
Chapter Six: Assessment of Assistive Technology for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments
Chapter Seven: The Special Educator
Chapter Eight: The Psychologist
Chapter Nine: The Psychotechnologist: A New Profession in the Assistive Technology Assessment
Chapter Ten: The Occupational Therapist: Enabling Activities and Participation Using Assistive Technology
Chapter Eleven: Pediatric Specialists in Assistive Solutions
Chapter Twelve: The Geriatrician
Chapter Thirteen: Role of Speech-Language Pathologists in Assistive Technology Assessments
Section III Assistive Technology Devices
Chapter Fourteen: The Systemic User Experience Assessment
Chapter Fifteen: Gesture, Signing, and Tracking
Chapter Sixteen: Using Brain-Computer Interfaces for Motor Rehabilitation
Chapter Seventeen: Graphic User Interfaces for Communication
Chapter Eighteen: Exoskeleton: The New Horizon of Robotic Assistance for Human Gait
Chapter Nineteen: Assistive Technologies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Chapter Twenty: Technology Developments in Music Therapy
Index