| A Practical Guide to Head Injury Rehabilitation: A Focus on Postacute Residential Treatment 1994 Edition Contributor(s): Wesolowski, Michael D. (Author), Zencius, Arnie H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306444275 ISBN-13: 9780306444272 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1993 Annotation: The current volume applies behavioral techniques to the inpatient, postacute rehabilitation of patients who have suffered traumatic brain injury. The authors detail new procedures to alleviate cognitive and behavioral problems, and discuss ways to integrate the client, his or her family, and professionals in the rehabilitation process. Clinicians wll find the work a unique, well-rounded guidebook. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Psychiatry - General - Psychology | Clinical Psychology - Psychology | Neuropsychology |
| Dewey: 612.8 |
| LCCN: 93030642 |
| Series: Critical Issues in Neuropsychology |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.36" W x 9.16" (1.18 lbs) 239 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Behavioral neuropsychology presents at once achallenge and an opportunity for the field ofbehavior analysis. A great diversity of problem areas-including education, classroom management, child rearing, retardation, and industry- have been treated effectively by the behavior analytic approach, which has traditionally and quite deliberately chosen to deemphasize physiology and cognitive variables. Yet brain injury, by its nature, entails neurological insult that is often closely related to specific cognitive dysfunctions. The challenge for behavior analysis is to develop effective treatments for a disorder with such clearly defined tripartite characteristics. The opportunity exists for be- havior analysis to expand its conceptual basis as well as to provide benefits to patients otherwise despairing of assistance. Case histories demonstrate over 20 years of successful applications of behavior analysis to brain-injured in- dividuals, indicating that some applications are possible, but are these reports notable exceptions or the harbingers of a new general therapeutic approach? The present book describes an overall focused behaviaral program far dealing with the diversity of brain injury problems in a general brain injury rehabilitation setting. The authors describe what types of neurological damage are associated with specific types of cognitive/emotional dysfunction and in turn with specific types ofbehavioral dysfunction, thereby demonstrating how the choice ofbehavioral treatment is guided by the neurological and subjective assessment. The result is a conceptually unified approach. The distinctive value of this book lies in the detail as well as the pro- grammatic guidelines for actual implementation ofthis behavioral approach. |