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Augmentative Communication Strategies for Adults with Acute or Chronic Medical Conditions [With CDROM]
Contributor(s): Beukelman, David R. (Editor), Garrett, Kathryn L. (Editor), Yorkston, Kathryn (Editor)
ISBN: 1557668752     ISBN-13: 9781557668752
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
OUR PRICE:   $56.95  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: May 2007
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Annotation: This is a guide to aid clinicians in medical settings who provide augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions for adults with acquired communication disabilities. Covering a wide range of communication disabilities and disorders caused by injury and illness, the book offers up-to-date AAC intervention strategies and procedures in medical settings. A practical resource for clinicians, this book provides information that is understandable and useful to clinicians who do not specialize in AAC. Chapters discuss providing AAC services to people who have chronic and acute medical conditions that affect their communication as well as specific disorders and illnesses, including brainstem impairments, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, severe aphasia, primary progressive aphasia, dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and how to build and maintain AAC teams. The book is mainly concerned with services for adult populations who use AAC.
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies
- Medical | Health Care Delivery
- Medical | Allied Health Services - Medical Technology
Dewey: 362.196
LCCN: 2007009790
Physical Information: 0.89" H x 7.13" W x 9.9" (1.70 lbs) 432 pages
 
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The most complete resource of its kind, this practical guidebook and CD-ROM set gathers in one place everything professionals need to support and improve communication for adults with specific medical conditions. A team of leading researchers and clinicians gives speech-language pathologists, physicians, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and other health care professionals

  • Expert guidance on providing effective augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services for people with a range of disorders and illnesses, including brainstem impairments, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and dementia. Readers will get a full chapter of in-depth information on each condition and thorough guidance on meeting the specific communication needs of adults throughout the course of each disorder.

  • Assessment and intervention tools. The CD-ROM in the back of this book has more than 160 pages of supplementary material, including practical tools and forms. Professionals will get basic assessments to help them pinpoint the level of communication support a person needs, and they'll find a wide variety of interventions and supports to help adults communicate effectively.

An indispensable guide for every health care professional, this comprehensive resource will help readers make the best possible decisions about communication supports and improve the quality of life for adults with acute or chronic medical conditions.