Community rehabilitation services for people with disabilities

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Community rehabilitation services for people with disabilities

edited by Orv C. Karan, Stephen Greenspan ; with thirty contributing authors ; foreword by Jack Stark

Butterworth-Heinemann, c1995

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This work deals with the community revolution in disability services that has been occuring in the USA, which involves a fundamental change in the way professionals and agencies relate to individuals with disabilities and their families. It covers current theory and practices in the field of disability and provides an introduction to the present thinking about "paradigm shift" in disability services. The text also includes a history of rehabilitation services and places the community revolution in disability treatment in perspective. Practices from all the various services that handle people with disabilites are also covered.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 The new paradigm - its conceptual, legislative and ethical foundations: shifting paradigms in services to people with disabilities
  • shifting paradigms to natural supports - a practical response to a crisis in disabilities services
  • the influence of legislation on services to people with disabilities
  • ethical challenges in supporting persons with disabilities
  • elements for a code of everyday ethics for disability services. Part 2 Implementation services: maintaining quality and managing change - administration in transition
  • collaborative teamwork in training and technical assistance - enhancing community support for persons with disabilities
  • shifting roles of parents and families
  • multicultural influences on rehabilitation training and services - the shift to valuing non-dominant cultures
  • the assessment of natural supports in community rehabilitation services. Part 3 The changing roles and functions of professionals: the changing roles of social workers
  • rehabilitation counselling and the community paradigm
  • communication sciences
  • nursing services
  • assistive technology
  • shifting paradigms in school environments: special education and the role of the educator
  • the psychiatrist's role in the care and treatment of individuals with disabilities - changing paradigms
  • the changing roles of psychologists - the influence of paradigm shifts
  • physical therapy
  • therapeutic recreation - its historical paradigms and a conundrum for use in the future.

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