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Matching Person & Technology Trilogy:
Assistive Technologies and Other Support for People with Brain Impairment
Marcia J. Scherer (Author)
You can obtain this book directly from Springer Publishing Co. or from amazon.com
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 1 edition (December 20, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0826106455
ISBN-13: 978-0826106452
"Assistive Technologies and Other Support for People with Brain Impairment, by Marcia J. Scherer, is a must-have text for academic instructors and their students. The author’s synopsis of brain impairment, current rehabilitation strategies, available assistive technologies and resources, as well as the practical merging of the above, makes this an invaluable addition to any academic program in cognitive rehabilitation....The author’s inclusion of a section regarding current funding options makes this text truly invaluable and a leader amongst its contemporaries."--Brain Injury
"This book is an extensive and impressive overview, not only of current research in assistive technology (AT), but also of its relationship to cognitive dysfunction, and of the experiences that people with cognitive disabilities present from birth or due to acquired brain injury....[It] will be valuable not only for healthcare professionals, but also as a knowledge base for users, families, and carers."--Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
"Marcia Scherer's book is timely, ambitiously thorough, and provides a framework for understanding complex needs and their rehabilitation...Assistive Technologies and Other Supports for People with Brain Impairment is, to my mind, the first book of sufficient depth, theoretical clarity and usefulness to be considerable as a textbook of this exciting field."--Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
"The author's strong and diverse experience in clinical, research and technology has resulted in an important guide for practitioners, families, caregivers and persons with disability who are seeking assistive technology supports."--Brain Injury Professional
"Dr. Scherer provides a comprehensive and well-integrated examination of disabilities associated with brain impairment and how to approach the use of adaptive technologies."--Journal of Technology in Human Services
"[This book] gives a clear and detailed overview of how the brain reacts to impairment and gives illustrated examples of effective integration of AT into the lives of people with cognitive disability. The resources referred to are primarily American but the principles are universal."--The Newsletter of the Australian Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Association
"Despite fast-paced changes in both consumer technology and medical assistive technology, the book is up-to-date, incorporating discussion of the latest devices and approaches. The writing is clear and the book is well-organized, with a substantial number of comprehensive tables and charts that make this a valuable reference work."--Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
4th Edition of Living in the State of Stuck
Marcia J. Scherer (Author)
The updated edition of Living in the State of Stuck: How Assistive Technology Impacts the Lives of People with Disabilities
· Chronicles the changed lives of many persons with disabilities from 1985 to 2004
· Has new sections such as "relationship rehabilitation"
· Includes a full and comprehensive case report developed from the results of MPT measures
· Plus lots more
You can order the 4th edition of Living in the State of Stuck: How Assistive Technology Impacts the Lives of People with Disabilities from amazon.com
Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: Brookline Books; 4 edition (January 15, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1571290982
ISBN-13: 978-1571290984
STUDENT WORKBOOK for Living in the State of Stuck, 4th Edition
This Workbook will guide students through the text, as well as provide them with discussion questions and activities to help maximize the benefit they derive from the book. You can access the Workbook by clicking here.
Connecting to Learn: Educational and Assistive Technology for People With Disabilities
Marcia J. Scherer (Author)
The following paragraph was provided by American Psychological Association (APA) Books. Click here to order from amazon.com
For anyone who has been overwhelmed when selecting an educational or assistive technology or who has experienced frustration in trying to come up with the best instructional plan for a person with a disability, this book was written for you. Connecting to Learn presents a comprehensive, lifespan, and highly readable approach to matching the right technology with students with disabilities, especially visual and auditory disabilities. Dr. Scherer, author of the highly acclaimed Living in the State of Stuck: How Technology Impacts the Lives of People with Disabilities explores the way disabilities, especially those involving the senses, can lead to isolation and a lack of "connectedness," and how this in turn leads to learning difficulties. She then provides a step-by-step model for assessing and evaluating individual students on their needs and finding the right technology to help each student. This practical book features numerous checklists and forms that readers will find immediately applicable. The book provides data on the prevalence of vision and hearing loss as well as relevant legislation. Quotes throughout the book from students and teachers about the various technologies they use in their schools and in daily life bring the many empirical and practical points to life. School psychologists, rehabilitation therapists, educators, disability support service administrators, instructional design specialists, parents and individuals with disabilities, and rehabilitation psychologists will find this lively and compassionate book to be indispensable in their efforts to help those with disabilities learn, live, and connect with others. Readers with disabilities will first nod in recognition at the problems this book describes and will ultimately cheer its practical solutions.
Hardcover: 314 pages.
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA); 1 edition (September 29, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1557989826
ISBN-13: 978-1557989826
Edited and Co-Authored Books
Virtual Reality in Health and Rehabilitation (Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series) 1st Edition
by Christopher M. Hayre (Editor), Dave J. Muller (Editor), Marcia J. Scherer (Editor)
Series: Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series
Hardcover : 322 pages, Kindle e-book
Publisher : CRC Press; 1st edition (December 23, 2020)
Language: : English
ISBN-10 : 0367367718
ISBN-13 : 978-0367367718
This edited book focuses on the role and use of VR for healthcare professions in both health and rehabilitation settings. It is also offers future trends of other emerging technology within medicine and allied health professions. This text draws on expertise of leading medical practitioners and researchers who utilise such VR technologies in their practices to enhance patient/service user outcomes. Research and practical evidence is presented with a strong applied emphasis to further enhance the use VR technologies within the community, the hospital and in education environment(s). The book may also be used to influence policymakers on how healthcare delivery is offered.
Dr. Christopher Hayre is a senior lecturer at Charles Sturt University in New South Wales, Australia. He has published both qualitative and quantitative refereed papers in the field of medical imaging and brought together several books in the field of medical imaging, health research, technology, and ethnography.
Professor Dave Muller is currently Editor of the CRC series with Professor Marcia Scherer on Rehabilitation Science in Practice. He was founder Editor of the Journal Aphasiology and is currently Editor in Chief of the Journal Disability and Rehabilitation. He has published over forty refereed papers and has been involved either as Series Editor, Editor or author of over fifty books. He is a visiting Professor at the University of Suffolk, United Kingdom.
Professor Marica Scherer is a rehabilitation psychologist and founding President of the Institute for Matching Person & Technology She is also Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center where she received both her Ph.D. and MPH degrees. She is a past member of the National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research, National Institutes of Health, and is Editor of the journal Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. She is Co-Editor of the book series for CRC Press, Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series. Dr. Scherer is Fellow of the American Psychological Association, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). Dr. Scherer has authored, edited, or co-edited nine book titles and has published over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 50 published proceedings papers, and 30 book chapters on disability and technology. Her research has been cited more than 5000 times by others.
Everyday Technologies in Healthcare (Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series)
by Christopher M. Hayre (Editor), Dave Muller (Editor), Marcia Scherer (Editor)
Series: Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series
Hardcover: 379 pages, Kindle e-book
Publisher: CRC Press; 1st edition (September 12, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10 : 1138491705
ISBN-13 : 978-1138491700
This book examines the role of everyday technology throughout the life cycle in order to demonstrate the wide acceptance and impact of everyday technology and how it is facilitating both practitioners and patients in contemporary practices. In response, then, this text speaks to a number of audiences. Students writing for undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations/proposals will find the array of works insightful, supported with a vast number of references signposting to key texts. For academics, practitioners and prospective researchers this text offers key empirical and methodological insight that can help focus and uncover originality in their own field.
We anticipate that readers will find the collection of empirical examples useful for informing their own work, but also, it attempts to ignite new discussions and arguments regarding the application and use of everyday technology for enhancing health internationally.
Explores the multifaceted use and application of each ‘everyday technology’ that impact on diagnosis, treatment and management of individuals.
Examines an array of everyday technologies and how these that can either enhance and/or hinder patient/service user outcomes i.e. handheld devices, computer workstations, gamification and artificial intelligence.
Discusses technologies that are intended to facilitate patient diagnosis, practitioner-patient relations, within an array of health contexts.
Provides readers with an overview with future direction of everyday technologies and its limitations.
Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook (Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series)
Stefano Federici (Editor), Marcia Scherer (Editor)
Series: Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series
Hardcover: 512 pages; Kindle e-book
Publisher: CRC Press; 2nd edition (December 5, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781498774116
ISBN-13: 978-1498774116
The process of matching a person who has a disability with the most appropriate assistive technology requires a series of assessments, typically administered by multidisciplinary teams at specialized centers for technical aid. Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook fills the need for a reference that helps assistive technology experts perform assessments that more effectively connect the person and the technology. Emphasizing the well-being of the individual with a disability, the book proposes an ideal model of the assistive technology assessment process and outlines how this model can be applied in practice internationally.
Organized into three parts, the handbook:
Gives readers a toolkit for performing assessments
Describes the roles of the assessment team members, among them the new profession of the psychotechnologist, who is skilled in understanding individuals and their psychosocial and technological needs and preferences
Reviews cutting-edge technologies for rehabilitation and independent living, including brain–computer interfaces and microswitches
The book synthesizes information scattered throughout the international literature, focusing on aspects that are particularly representative or innovative. It also addresses the challenges posed by the variety of health and social care systems and the different ways that individuals who need aid are defined―are they users, patients, clients, or consumers, and how does that affect the assessment?
Edited by Stefano Federici and Marcia J. Scherer, internationally renowned leaders in the field of assistive technology assessment, this cross-cultural handbook includes contributions from leading experts across five continents. Guiding readers in matching the person and the appropriate assistive technology, it offers a framework for future practice and research.
Assistive Technology: Matching Device and Consumer for Successful Rehabilitation
Marcia Scherer (Editor)
Hardcover: 423 pages
Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn; 1 edition (January 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1557988404
ISBN-13: 978-1557988409
An exploration of the ways in which psychologists and other helping professionals can collaborate with users of assistive technology to help them get the most out of these devices. Thanks in large part to the 20th century's advances in technology, people with disabilities can live independent lives, contribute to their communities, attend regular schools, and work in professional careers as a result of assistive technology. This technological evolution has formented a shift from a medical model to a social model of technology delivery, an approach that puts as much emphasis on the user's community integration as it does on his or her physical capabilities. This change means that those in the field can no longer focus on the delivery of technology as an end in itself, but must go one step further and partner with consumers and communities to ensure that assistive devices are put to their best possible use. The volume provides research-based guidance on finding the perfect match between device and consumer, including key information on personality assessment, the influence of pain, coping skills, and the power of new technology and social programmes. It should be useful to psychologists, researchers and anyone working with or using assistive technology.
This book has received a 5 star rating from Doody's Reviews -- their top rating. A 5-star rating is awarded to only 5% of the books they review in health sciences. The full text of the review is available from www.bn.com (Barnes and Noble Books website) and their listing for the book. There is a student workbook for this text on the MPT CD. Kudos and gratitude to graduate students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who developed the workbook.
Assistive Technology in the Workplace
by Desleigh de Jonge B Occ Thy M Phil (Occ Thy) (Author)
Marcia Scherer PhD MPH (Author)
Sylvia Rodger PhD M Ed St B Occ Thy (Author)
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Mosby; 1 edition (October 3, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0323041302
ISBN-13: 978-0323041300
The first book of its kind, this text outlines and defines the process for selecting, integrating, and utilizing assistive technology in the work environment. Each stage of the process is examined in depth, and effective strategies are presented to help overcome the barriers likely to be encountered at each stage. The book also provides insight into the client's experience by drawing on research that explores the experiences of people using assistive technology in the workplace and the issues they face in acquiring and using their technology in the work environment.
Results from the Assistive Technology User Study are explained - an extensive and unique research project undertaken by the authors that examines the experiences of AT users in the workplace, the barriers they experience, and the support strategies they use to function in the work environment.
AT user quotes and anecdotes bring immediacy to obstacles faced in the workplace.
Vignettes and case studies throughout the text encourage students to apply principles to real-life situations.
Appendices include listings for various professional organizations, funding, listservs, and research resources, as well as lists of questions therapists and clients should ask in various situations.
Material progresses in a logical manner, examining each facet of workplace AT beyond its theory and evaluation.
Consumer/client-centered focus takes the client's needs into account, featuring anecdotes from the users interviewed in the AT User Study.
Employer concerns are addressed, using anecdotes to illustrate issues from the employer's perspective - an essential factor to consider when selecting appropriate technology.