Cook and Hussey’s Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice
Book Features
- Author: Albert M. Cook PhD PE
- Language: English
- ISBN10: 0323039073
Book Overview
>>>Master the assistive tactics you require to make confident clinical decisions and aid increase the good quality of life for men and women with disabilities with the newest edition of this complete text. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technological innovation (HAAT) model developed by the authors, the book supplies comprehensive coverage of the broad range of devices, services, and practices that comprise assistive engineering and focuses on the relationship among the human user and the assisted activity inside of specific contexts. This new edition has been expanded and updated, and functions new multimedia elements that further demonstrate how to apply the concepts you’ve discovered to genuine-globe practice.
Focus on clinical application guides you in applying concepts to genuine-globe circumstances.Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) framework demonstrates assistive technologies within widespread, everyday contexts for a lot more related application.Critique inquiries and chapter summaries in each chapter support you assess your understanding and identify regions where more study is required.
Assistive Technologies for Cognitive Augmentation chapter provides you a foundation in the growing use of assistive technologies to boost human cognitive processes.Technologies that Aid Transportation familiarizes you with the a lot of possibilities of transportation assistance offered and helps you establish which are proper for your clients.Separate chapters on sensory help for visual and auditory impairment offer additional tactics in these key assistive areas.Bound-in companion CD-ROM attributes videos of assessment and device use that aids you visualize procedures and reinforce your clinical application expertise.Evolve resources test your understanding of terms and co…
