Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Proactive Intervention - Softcover

Depompei, Roberta, Ph.D.; Blosser, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1635500419 ISBN 13: 9781635500417

Verlag: Plural Publishing Inc, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

This guide details a method for assessing and treating children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury using a proactive planning framework to anticipate problems and focusing on various treatment alternatives, collaboration, and providing services beyond the medical setting. It describes traumatic brain injury in the pediatric population, the proactive approach to assessment and treatment, the importance of interprofessional collaboration, and quality of life and transition issues; how to use problem-solving techniques to conduct a functional assessment; functional treatment approaches based on the proactive, problem-solving approach, including modifying the communication environment and dealing with educational issues; and implementation of the approach, with a case example. This edition has updated findings from research, recommendations for services in medical settings in schools, and additional practical strategies and resources for students, families, and service providers. It includes new information about concussion, return to play, and return to learn, and updates on cognitive communication and social communication. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

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Roberta DePompei, PhD, is a recently retired Distinguished Professor, Interim Dean of the College of Health Professions, and Director of the School of Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Akron Her major areas of research and interest are in cognitive- communicative challenges to the individual with brain injury and the impact of brain injury on the family system. An advocate for the needs of youths with brain injuries and their families, she is on numerous national and international task forces and committees.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Jean Blosser, EdD is Vice President for Therapy Programs and Quality at Progressus Therapy. Dr. Blosser has held academic, clinical, and leadership positions for over 35 years, including Dean, Associate Provost, Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, Director of the University of Akron Speech and Hearing Center, Department Chair, and school-based speech language pathologist. Dr. Blosser is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Ohio Speech and Hearing Association. She was one of 34 individuals in the United States awarded an American Council on Education Fellowship in 1997-1998, which she served at Florida Gulf Coast University. Jean was the founding Coordinator of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association's Division 10: Issues in Higher Education.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Plural Publishing Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1635500419
• ISBN 13: 9781635500417
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 234
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