Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Children and Adolescents Second Edition [Hardcover]

Mark Ylvisaker (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0750699728 | ISBN-13: 978-0750699723 | Publication Date: January 15, 1998 | Edition: 2

Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Children and Adolescents provides rehabilitation professionals in all areas of rehabilitation with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary framework for treatment of brain-injured children and adolescents. The book begins with an explanation of the pathophysiology of closed head injury and its typical consequences, leads the reader through various clinical intervention and therapeutic techniques, and concludes with guidelines for re-integrating the child into school, family, and work communities. Drawing upon the authors' backgrounds in speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and neurology, the book presents a thorough discussion of all areas of head injury rehabilitation.

Editorial Reviews

Review

There are a number of good chapters for SLPs in the book. some chapters are not necessary because they are covered in other courses. Needs more neurologic/etiology coverage and acctel sensory intervention.

From the Publisher

Dr. Ylvisaker, a well-respected leader in the study and practice of rehabilitation, has completely rewritten this second edition of his best-selling Head Injury Rehabilitation: Children and Adolescents. Drawing upon the extensive, multidisciplinary experiences of expert contributors, Dr. Ylvisaker has produced this outstanding, comprehensive framework for the rehabilitation of children and adolescents with brain injury acquired after birth. Focusing on both intermediate and long-term issues, this successful and comprehensive work is supported by current theory, current research, and vast clinical experience.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 479 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2 edition (January 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750699728
• ISBN-13: 978-0750699723
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #563,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you only buy one brain injury book this ought to be it., January 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Children and Adolescents Second Edition (Hardcover)

A very useful book and one of the few that does an excellent job of integrating theory with application. As such, it is useful for the practitioner as well as parents of children with brain injury (though it is written at a college level). Ylvisaker and Szekeres' chapter "Frameworks for Cognitive Rehabilitation" is excellent. Likewise, Marshall's chapter provides a good description of the recovery continuum and all the chapters on intervention offer more practical advice that ranges from low tech to high tech solutions.