Assistive Technologies- E-Book: Principles and Practice
- ISBN-10
- 0323523374
- ISBN-13
- 9780323523370
- Category
- Medical
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-11-08
- Publisher
- Elsevier Health Sciences
- Authors
- Albert M. Cook, Janice Miller Polgar, Pedro Encarnação
Description
Master the assistive strategies you need to make confident clinical decisions and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model developed by Al Cook, Sue Hussey and Jan Polgar, Assistive Technologies: Principles & Practice, 5th Edition, provides detailed coverage of the broad range of devices, services, and practices that comprise assistive technology. This new text offers a systematic process for ensuring the effective application of assistive technologies — and focuses on the relationship between the human user and the assisted activity within specific contexts. It features over 30 new photos and illustrations, as well as, updated chapters and case studies that reflect current technology. Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) framework locates assistive technology within common, everyday contexts for more relevant application. Focus on clinical application guides application of concepts to real-world situations. Study questions and chapter summaries in each chapter help assessment of understanding and identification of areas where more study is needed. Coverage of changing AT needs throughout the lifespan emphasizes how AT fits into people’s lives and contributes to their full participation in society. Principles and practice of assistive technology provide the foundation for effective reasoning. Ethical issues content provides vital information to guide AT service delivery. Explicit applications of the HAAT model in each of the chapters on specific technologies and more emphasis on the interactions among the elements make content even easier to understand. New! Thoroughly updated chapters to reflect current technology and practice. New! Expanded discussion on assistive robotics and smart technologies. New! Review of global initiatives on Assistive Technology. New! Updated art program with 30+ new photos and illustrations. New! Updated case studies to reflect changes in technology and practice since last edition.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2014-11-14
- 496 pages
- Ebook
- Elsevier Health Sciences
Similar books
-
Cook and Hussey's Assistive Technologies- E-Book: Principles and Practice
By Albert M. Cook, Janice Miller PolgarTorrance C: Pressure sores: aetiology, treatment and prevention, London, 1983, Croom Helm. Tredwell S, Roxborough L: Cerebral palsy seating. In Letts RM, editor: Principles of seating the disabled, Boca Raton, FL, 1991, CRC Press.
-
Cook & Hussey's Assistive Technologies
By Albert M. Cook, Janice Miller PolgarSome are professional organizations, some are assistive technology conferences, others are Web sites with assistive technology information, and still others ... Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE) ...
-
Cook and Hussey's Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice - Pageburst Retail
By Albert M. Cook, Janice Miller PolgarThis is a Pageburst digital textbook; Master the assistive strategies you need to make confident clinical decisions and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities with the latest edition of this comprehensive text.
-
Essentials of Assistive Technologies - E-Book
By Albert M. Cook, Janice Miller PolgarGalloway NR, Amoaku WMK, Galloway PH, et al: Common eye diseases and their management, ed 3, London, 2006, Springer-Verlag. Gerber E: The benefits of and barriers to computer use for individuals who are visually impaired, ...
-
Assistive Technology for the Elderly
By Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay, Nagender Kumar SuryadevaraThis book is aimed at those who are responsible for designing assistive technology intended to be used by the elderly.
-
Handbook of Electronic Assistive Technology
By Ladan Najafi, Donna CowanIt also provides a reference point for those already practicing in this field and offers coverage of a broader range of technologies than clinicians may be exposed to, in their daily work This is the first reference book to focus on a ...
-
Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices E-Book
By Douglas Murphy, Joseph WebsterAdvances in the material sciences, 3D printing technology, functional electrical stimulation, smart devices and apps, FES technology, sensors and microprocessor technologies, and more have lately transformed the field of orthotics, making ...
-
Disability, Society and Assistive Technology
By Bodil Ravneberg, Sylvia SöderströmThis book will be valuable reading for students, academics, teachers and social educators interested in Disability Studies, STS Studies, Product Design, Sociology, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, as well as engineers working in the ...
-
Assistive Technology
By Emily C. BouckThis practical book considers the purpose of technology and the support it can provide rather than a student’s disability categorization.
-
Assistive Technologies and Computer Access for Motor Disabilities
By Georgios, KouroupetroglouAssistive Technologies and Computer Access for Motor Disabilities investigates solutions to the difficulties of impaired technology access by highlighting the principles, methods, and advanced technological solutions for those with motor ...