Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
"Blends scholarship, available evidence, and clinical insight and experience in reader-friendly ways . . . a state of the art, clinically-oriented overview with a wealth of practical information." Joseph R. Duffy, Ph.D., BC-NCD
Synopsis
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. Includes expert guidance on providing effective AAC services for people with a ran
About the Author
David R. Beukelman, Ph.D is the Barkley Professor of Communication Disorders at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Director of Research and Education of the Communication Disorders Division, Munroe/Meyer Institute of Genetics and Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, A research partner in the Rehabilitation Engineering and Research Center in Augmentative and Alternative Communication, and a senior researcher in the Institute for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering at the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital. With Pat Mirenda, he co-authored the textbook, Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Management of Severe Communication Disorders in Children and Adults. He served as editor of the Augmentative and Alternative Communication Journal for four years.
A speech-language pathologist at work, Melanie wears three hats: Director of the Assistive Technology Program at the Child Development and Rehabilitation Center; Principal Investigator on a University Affiliated Program training grant entitled OTTR (Oregon Technology Training and Resources); and Clinician and Director of the Augmentative Communication Clinic in the Department of Neurology. She has been involved in the field of augmentative and alternative communication since 1979 (when it was still called nonvocal or argumentative communication!). Outside of the office, Melanie wears more than three hats: She is mother of Kiva, Adam, and Corey; partner to Barry; and organizer for all of the hiking, camping, traveling, and adventures that the family takes together.
Kathryn M. Yorkston, Ph.D., is Professor and Head of the Division of Speech Pathology in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington.
Table of Contents
Contents of the Accompanying CD-ROM
About the Editors
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
- An Introduction to AAC Services for Adults with Chronic Medical Conditions: Who, What, When, Where, and Why
David R. Beukelman, Kathryn M. Yorkston, and Kathryn L. Garrett
- AAC in the Intensive Care Unit
Kathryn L. Garrett, Mary Beth Happ, John M. Costello, and Melanie B. Fried-Oken
- Brainstem Impairment
Delva Culp, David R. Beukelman, and Susan K. Fager
- Spinal Cord Injury
Deanna Britton and Ross Baarslag-Benson
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Susan K. Fager, Molly Doyle, and Renee Karantounis
- Severe Aphasia
Joanne P. Lasker, Kathryn L. Garrett, and Lynn E. Fox
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
Julia M. King, Nancy Alarcon, and Margaret A. Rogers
- Dementia
Michelle S. Bourgeois and Ellen M. Hickey
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Laura J. Ball, David R. Beukelman, and Lisa Bardach
- AAC Intervention for Progressive Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, and Huntington's Disease
Kathryn M. Yorkston and David R. Beukelman
- AAC for People with Head and Neck Cancer
Marsha D. Sullivan, Carol Gaebler, and Laura J. Bell
- AAC Decision-Making Teams: Achieving Change and Maintaining Social Support
David R. Beukelman, Kathryn M. Yorkston, and Kathryn L. Garrett
Glossary of Terms
Index