CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH MLTPLE DSBLTS PPR [Paperback]

Cindy French (Author), Robin Tapp Gonzalez (Author), Jan Tronson-Simpson (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0127845550 | ISBN-13: 978-0127845555 | Publication Date: January 27, 1998 | Edition: 1

Caregivers can make a marked difference in a client's life, particularly if they are well informed and can actively participate in therapeutic intervention. Caring for People with Multiple Disabilities is designed as a manual to give caretakers an understanding of therapeutic principles and their application. The direct-care staff can then apply this information to specific programs or activities of daily living with their clients. This information is applicable to individuals from age five through adult.

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Cindy French, O.T.R., received a B.S. in occupational therapy from the University of Kansas and is certified in pediatric NDT treatment. Currently in private practice in the Denver area, she consults for several group homes for children and adults with developmental disabilities and for several local preschools. Although her curret professional emphasis is on pediatric treatment, she has worked in a variety of settings with clients of all ages.

Robin Tapp Gozalez, M.A.,. CCC-SLP, received a M.A. in speech and language pathology from the Uiversity of Denver and is certified in pediatric NDT treatment. She is in private practice, serving primarily pediatric NDT treatment. She is in private practice, serving primarily pediatric clients. As a consultig speech-laguage pathologist to several group homes for school-aged childre with multiple hanicaps, she provides ogoing inservice trainig to professional and paraprofessional staff members. She is also employed by a state-run residential, ducational, and vocational traiing center for people with developmental disabilities.

Jan Tronson-Simpson, R.P.T., received a B.S. in physical therapy from the University of Colorado and is certified in pediatric NDT treatment. She has been in private practice, specializing in infants and children who have developmental disabilities and neurological impairments. She consulted for several group homes for children and adults with developmental disabilities. Her previous position was as a pediatric specialist at Lutheran Medical Center, where she was part of a team that developed a pediatric program to follow up and treat high-risk infants. She has recently relocated to Saudi Arabia, where she has bee providing NDT treatment to Saudi infants, children, and youg adults at Dhahran Health Center.

Product Details

• Paperback: 145 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (January 27, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0127845550
• ISBN-13: 978-0127845555
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,828,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars For the Caregiver who needs to know what to do how, and why., January 7, 2007

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This review is from: CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH MLTPLE DSBLTS PPR (Paperback)

I am an early childhood special education teacher, who was recently transferred to a severe and profound disabled classroom full of beautiful kids with intense needs. Teaching them is as much physical and occupational therapy as it is anything else.

This book gives a great amount of useful information that any parent, caregiver, teacher, or other person responsible for helping anyone with severe disablities needs and can use. It covers proper positioning, feeding, and dozens of other practical and necessary things to know.

This book has enabled me to feel much more knowledgeable, competant, and confident that I am doing "the right things" at the right times for the right reasons. That is worth much more than the price of this book. I couldn't recommend it enough.