Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Federici, Stefano; Scherer, Marcia Joslyn

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 513
• Series: Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series
• Edition: Second edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook, Second Edition, proposes an international ideal model for the assistive technology assessment process, outlining how this model can be applied in practice to re-conceptualize the phases of an assistive technology delivery system according to the biopsychosocial model of disability. The model provides reference guidelines for evidence-based practice, guiding both public and private centers that wish to compare, evaluate, and improve their ability to match a person with the correct technology model. This second edition also offers a contribution to the Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE) initiative, whose activities are strongly focused on the assistive products service delivery model. Organized into three parts, the handbook: gives readers a toolkit for performing assessments; describes the roles of the assessment team members, among them the new profession of psychotechnologist; and reviews technologies for rehabilitation and independent living, including brain–computer interfaces, exoskeletons, and technologies for music therapy. Edited by Stefano Federici and Marcia J. Scherer, this cross-cultural handbook includes contributions from leading experts across five continents, offering a framework for future practice and research.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Assessing individual functioning and disability / S. Federici [and 6 others] --
Measuring individual functioning / Stefano Federici, Fabio Meloni, and Fabrizio Corradi --
Measuring the assistive technology match / Fabrizio Corradi, Marcia J. Scherer, Alessandra Lo Presti --
Assessment of the environments of AT use : accessibility, universal design, and sustainability / M. Mirza, A. Gossett Zakrajsek, and A.R. Gohil --
Measuring the impact of assistive technology on family caregivers / L. Demers, B.W. Mortenson --
Assessment of assistive technology for individuals with cognitive impairments / Christopher Stavisky [and 6 others] --
The special educator / S. Zapf, T. MacKeogh, G. Craddock --
The psychologist / Fabio Meloni [and 6 others] --
The psychotechnologist : a new profession in the assistive technology assessment / K. Miesenberger, F. Corradi, and M.L. Mele --
The occupational therapist : enabling activities and participation using assistive technology / Desleigh de Jonge, Melanie Hoyle, Natasha Layton and Michele Verdonck --
Pediatric specialists in assistive solutions / Lucia Willadino Braga, Ingrid Lapa De Camillis Gil, Katia Soares Pinto, Paulo Sergio Siebra Beraldo --
The geriatrician / M. Pigliautile, L. Tiberio, P. Mecocci, S. Federici --
Role of speech-language pathologists in assistive technology assessments / Katya Hill --
The systemic user experience assessment / S. Borsci, M. Kurosu, M.L. Mele, and S. Federici --
Gesture, signing, and tracking / Michael. P. Craven --
Using brain-computer interfaces for motor rehabilitation / Giulia Liberati, Stefano Federici, Emanuele Pasqualotto --
Graphic user interfaces for communication / M.L. Mele, D. Millar, C.E. Rijnders --
Exoskeleton : the new horizon of robotic assistance for human gait / M. Bracalenti, F. Meloni, and S. Federici --
Assistive technologies for children with autism spectrum disorder / Chiara Pazzagli [and 5 others] --
Technology developments in music therapy / Wendy L. Magee and Thomas Wosch.

✦ Subjects

Self-help devices for people with disabilities.;Rehabilitation technology.;People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation.;MEDICAL / Surgery / General.;Self-Help Devices.;Technology Assessment, Biomedical.;Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation.;Disability Evaluation.