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Providing a holistic and client-centered approach, Assistive Technologies and Environmental Interventions in Healthcare explores the individual's needs within the environment, examines the relationship between disability and a variety of traditional and cutting-edge technologies, and presents a humanistic discussion of Technology-Environment Intervention (TEI).
Written by a multidisciplinary team of authors, this text introduces readers to a variety of conceptual practice models and the clinical reasoning perspectives. It also provides insight into how designers go about solving human-tech problems, discusses best practices for both face-to-face and virtual teams, and looks at the psychological, sociocultural, and cognitive factors behind the development and provision of assistive technologies.
* Examines a wide range of technologies and environmental interventions
* Demonstrates how a better understanding of the complexity of human interaction with both the physical and social environment can lead to better use of technology
* Explores the future of technology and research in TEI
Complete with a range of learning features such as keywords, case studies and review questions, this book is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students in occupational therapy and other related health professions, as well as those undertaking certification and board examinations.
List of contents
List of contributors xiii
About the companion website xv
1 The person, the environment, and technology: Introduction to the human-tech ladder 1
Lynn Gitlow and Kathleen Flecky
The person, the environment, and technology: Introduction to the human-tech ladder 2
Models of disability 3
Assistive technology and the environment 4
Choosing the human-tech ladder 5
Human-tech ladder 6
Why are definitions important? 7
Defining technology 8
Defining AT 8
Environmental interventions 9
Categories of AT 11
Summary 12
References 12
2 Conceptual practice models and clinical reasoning 14
Lynn Gitlow, Douglas Rakoski, and Robert C. Ferguson
Introduction 15
What are conceptual practice models? 16
Need for conceptual practice models 17
Conceptual practice models that guide TEI 17
Clinical reasoning I 24
Clinical reasoning II 26
Summary 32
References 33
Additional resources 34
3 The design process: Solving human-tech problems 35
Susan Camp
Part one: Asking questions, getting started 36
Part two: What is design and why should we care? 37
Part three: The design process - who can do it? 43
Part four: The design process - getting started 44
Part five: A design case study 47
Summary 49
References 52
4 Funding in the United States 54
Lewis Golinker
Introduction 55
The roles of the practitioner 55
Funding sources for assistive devices 55
Health benefits program funding for assistive devices 59
Benefits request - funding process: Four questions 59
The assistive device treatment plan 67
Summary 68
Notes 68
5 Outcomes, assessment, and research in assistive technology 71
Glenn Goodman, Jennifer Dunn, and Anne Bryden
Outcomes, assessment, and research in assistive technology 72
Conceptual models for AT Outcomes and Practice 73
Outcomes 76
AT-specific assessment tools 77
Promising general outcome measures 79
Research designs and methods 80
Methodological research, systematic literature reviews, and critical appraisals 84
Summary 87
References 88
6 Educational organizations 92
Kirk Behnke
Introduction to educational organizations 93
Consideration of AT in the IEP 98
Results of AT consideration 100
Other considerations 101
Summary 104
References 104
7 Technology, employment, and disability: Creating a technology accessible vocational environment: Legal and organizational considerations 105
Wendy Strobel Gower and LaWanda Cook
Introduction 106
Creating an ideal technology organization 106
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 110
The ADA and reasonable accommodation 112
The accommodation process 112
Summary 115
References 115
8 Technology and environmental interventions for the home environment 117
BevVan Phillips
Technology and environmental intervention for the home environment 118
Qualifications and perspectives of home modification professionals 131
Structural aspects and technology factors 133
The human-tech ladder and technology relevant to TEI in the home 136
Summary 138
References 139
9 Working and communicating in face-to-face teams 141
M. Gayl Bowser
Introduction 14
About the author
Lynn Gitlow is an Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, USA. She has practiced in the area of assistive technology for over 20 years.
Kathleen Flecky is an Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy in the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. She has been teaching and practicing in the area of community health and health promotion for 19 years.
