1st Edition

Paediatric Rehabilitation Engineering From Disability to Possibility

Edited By Tom Chau, Jillian Fairley Copyright 2011
368 Pages 91 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

358 Pages 91 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

366 Pages
by CRC Press

Innovations in paediatric rehabilitation engineering can serve as a springboard to education, psychosocial, social, physical and cognitive development for children and youth with disabilities. Instead of providing an overview of rehabilitation engineering, Paediatric Rehabilitation Engineering focuses on the uniqueness of the paediatric subspecialty via an international sampling of methods and... Read more

Introduction, T. Chau and J. Fairley
Microswitch-Based Programs for Children and Youth with Multiple Disabilities: An Overview of the Responses and Technology Adopted, G.E. Lancioni, N.N. Singh, M.F. O’Reilly, J. Sigafoos, D. Oliva, and G. Basili
Access Technologies for Children and Youth with Severe Motor Disabilities, N. Alves, S. Blain, T. Falk, B. Leung, N. Memarian and T. Chau
Advances in Technologies to Support Children with Communication Needs, G. Teachman and C. Tam
Optimal Web-Based Survey Design in the Youth Population: Enabling Access for All, T.C. Davies and N.S. Stott
Paediatric Seating, E. Tam
Upper and Lower Extremity Prosthetics for Children and Youth, E. Biddiss and J. Andrysek
Innovations in Robotic Devices for Autism, T. Salter and F. Michaud
Virtual Reality Therapy in Paediatric Rehabilitation, P.L. (Tamar) Weiss, N. Weintraub, and Y. Laufer
Index

Biography

Tom Chau is a Senior Scientist and Theme Leader of Innovation and Development at the Bloorview Research Institute, the largest pediatric academic rehabilitation hospital in Canada.