Ebook: Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook, Second Edition
Author: Federici Stefano, Scherer Marcia Joslyn
- Tags: 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.
- Series: Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: CRC Press
- Edition: Second edition
- Language: English
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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.