Assistive Technology Service Delivery
A Practical Guide for Disability and Employment Professionals
- 1st Edition - September 14, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Anthony Shay
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 9 7 9 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 9 8 0 - 7
Assistive Technology Service Delivery: A Practical Guide for Disability and Employment Professionals provides professionals working in vocational rehabilitation with the guideline… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAssistive Technology Service Delivery: A Practical Guide for Disability and Employment Professionals provides professionals working in vocational rehabilitation with the guidelines and methodologies they need to carry out their daily work at a high standard. Crucially, the techniques and tools described in the book are based on evidence gathered in rigorous research. Chapters cover an introduction to the accommodations system, the role of assistive technology as an accommodation and evidence-based practice in vocational rehabilitation, the service delivery process, from referral, through technology procurement and implementation, to the monitoring of outcomes.
Drawing on their extensive experience, the authors then present techniques, tools and tips for assistive technology service delivery, with illustrative case study examples. Written with practicing assistive technology professionals and students in mind, this book translates technical knowledge into content that professionals can understand and readily apply.
- Presented in a highly accessible style that translates technical knowledge into content that practicing professionals can understand and readily apply
- Based on evidence-based practice, giving the reader the evidence to support the application of assistive technology in vocational rehabilitation
- Written by highly-regarded assistive technology professionals who share their hands-on experience of applying the techniques, tools and tips covered in the book
Professional: Rehabilitation engineers; Vocational rehabilitation practitioners (including occupational therapists, teachers); Managers of organizations supplying assistive technology and vocational rehabilitation programs (e.g. government-funded rehabilitation programs, care management organizations; insurance companies; advocacy groups). Academic: Researchers working on rehabilitation engineering e.g. assistive technology design and delivery; Assistive technology graduate students; instructors teaching graduate courses in assistive technology
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 14, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 260
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128129791
- eBook ISBN: 9780128129807
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Anthony Shay
Anthony Shay is a Capacity Building Specialist, Assistive Technologist, and Rehabilitation Specialist with the University of Wisconsin, Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute (USA). He holds a Doctoral Degree in Education and a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Psychological Services. He is a WI Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, and holds an Assistive Technology and Accessible Design Certification. Anthony chairs the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America’s (RESNA) Vocational Rehabilitation Professional Specialty Group (VRPSG).
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Capacity Building Specialist, Assistive Technologist, and Rehabilitation Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute (SVRI), WI, USARead Assistive Technology Service Delivery on ScienceDirect