Assistive Technologies
Principles and Practice
- 6th Edition - January 27, 2025
- Authors: Janice Miller Polgar, Pedro Encarnação, Emma Smith, Albert M. Cook
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 0 9 6 9 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 0 5 4 - 2
Master the assistive strategies you need to make confident clinical decisions and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. Based on the Human Activity… Read more
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Master the assistive strategies you need to make confident clinical decisions and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model developed by Albert Cook, Sue Hussey, and Janice Polgar, Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice, 6th Edition, provides detailed coverage of the broad range of devices, services, and practices that comprise assistive technology. This text offers a systematic process for ensuring the effective application of assistive technologies — and focuses on the relationship between the human user and the assisted activity within specific contexts. New to this edition is updated and expanded content on autonomous features of wheelchairs and vehicles, electronic aids to daily living, robotics, sustainability issues related to assistive technology, and much more.
- NEW! Enhanced readability and navigation streamline content with a user-friendly layout for a smoother reading experience and quick reference
- NEW! Enhanced focus on clinical reasoning and clinical decision-making processes in assistive technology service delivery
- NEW! Updated information on autonomous features of wheelchairs and vehicles, electronic aids to daily living (including mainstream products), and robotics
- NEW! Integration of global resources and guidelines on assistive technology and wheelchair provision, including the WHO/UNICEF Global Report on Assistive Technology and the WHO Wheelchair Provision Guidelines
- NEW! Expanded content on global and sustainability issues related to the provision/development of assistive technology products and service delivery
- NEW! Enhanced ebook version, included with every new print purchase, allows access to all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
- Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) framework locates assistive technology within common, everyday contexts for more relevant application
- Explicit applications of the HAAT model in each of the chapters on specific technologies and more emphasis on the interactions among the elements make content even easier to understand
- Focus on clinical application guides application of concepts to real-world situations
- Study questions and chapter summaries in each chapter help assessment of understanding and identification of areas where more study is needed
- Coverage of changing assistive technology needs throughout the lifespan emphasizes how assistive technology fits into different stages of people’s lives and contributes to their full participation in society
- Principles and practice of assistive technology provide the foundation for effective reasoning
- Ethical issues content offers vital information to guide assistive technology service delivery
Occupational Therapy students; Doctor of Occupational Therapy (DOT)
1. Principles of Assistive Technology
2. The Human Activity Assistive Technology Model
3. Global Perspectives on Assistive Technology
4. Ethical Issues in Assistive Technology
5. Assistive Technology Service Delivery
6. Human–Technology Interface
7. Access to Mainstream Information and Communication Technologies
8. Mobility Technologies: Seating
9. Mobility Technologies: Personal Mobility
10. Mobility Technologies: Transportation
11. Manipulation Technologies: Aids to Daily Living
12. Manipulation Technologies: Robotics
13. Cognition Technologies
14. Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems
2. The Human Activity Assistive Technology Model
3. Global Perspectives on Assistive Technology
4. Ethical Issues in Assistive Technology
5. Assistive Technology Service Delivery
6. Human–Technology Interface
7. Access to Mainstream Information and Communication Technologies
8. Mobility Technologies: Seating
9. Mobility Technologies: Personal Mobility
10. Mobility Technologies: Transportation
11. Manipulation Technologies: Aids to Daily Living
12. Manipulation Technologies: Robotics
13. Cognition Technologies
14. Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems
- Edition: 6
- Published: January 27, 2025
- Language: English
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Janice Miller Polgar
Professor Emerita Janice Miller Polgar works at the School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, CanadaPE
Pedro Encarnação
Senior Affiliate Professor Pedro Encarnação works at Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Affiliate Professor, Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa, PortugalES
Emma Smith
Emma Smith works at the Assisting Living and Learning Institute, Maynooth University, Ireland.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, University of Limerick, Occupational Therapy, School of Allied Health, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, Limerick, IrelandAC
Albert M. Cook
Professor Emeritus Albert M. Cook, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada