Augmentative Communication Strategies for Adults With Acute or Chronic Medical Conditions [Paperback]

David R. Beukelman (Author, Editor), Kathryn M. Yorkston (Editor), Ph.D. Garrett (Editor), Kathryn L. (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1557668752 | ISBN-13: 978-1557668752 | Publication Date: May 24, 2007

A practical resource for clinicians on AAC intervention in medical settings, this book provides information that is understandable and useful to clinicians who do not specialize in AAC. Chapters discuss providing AAC services to people who have chronic and acute medical conditions that affect their communication as well as specific disorders and illnesses, including brainstem impairments, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, severe aphasia, primary progressive aphasia, dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and how to build and maintain AAC teams. The book is mainly concerned with services for adult populations who use AAC.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book and CD take a giant step toward solving this problem by offering a plethora of tools and strategies that delineate 'how to' deliver AAC services to adults with acute or chronic medical conditions . . . Accolades to the editors, authors and publisher for providing this excellent resource. --Augmentative Communication Inc.

This unique book is the first to clearly connect information on acquired physical conditions with AAC solutions. --Assistant Professor, University of Virginia; Past President, International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication

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. --Division Chair, Consultant in Speech Pathology, and Professor of Speech Pathology, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN

About the Author

David R. Beukelman, Ph.D., is Barkley Professor of Communication Disorders at the University of Nebraska. He is also Director of Research and Education of the Communication Disorders Division, Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation at the University Of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, a research partner in the Augmentative and Alternative Communication Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (AAC-RERC). In addition, Dr. Beukelman is Senior Researcher in the Institute for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering at the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is co-author with Pat Mirenda of the textbook Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Management of Severe Communication Disorders in Children and Adults, Second Edition (1998, Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.). Dr. Beukelman also served as editor of the Augmentative and Alternative Communication journal for 4 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 418 pages
• Publisher: Paul H Brookes Pub Co (May 24, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557668752
• ISBN-13: 978-1557668752
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #325,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)