Holistic Neurorehabilitation: Interventions to Support Functional Skills after Acquired Brain Injury

Highly practical and comprehensive, this book provides a multimodal framework for helping patients with acquired brain injuries to identify and achieve meaningful functional goals in the home and community. In a convenient large-size format, the volume features rich case examples and interdisciplinary tools and strategies. Post-acute cognitive, physical, communication, emotional, vocational, interpersonal, family, and quality-of-life domains are all addressed, using state-of-the-art restorative and compensatory approaches. Coverage includes both individual and group therapies. Fifty reproducible forms and handouts can be photocopied from the book or downloaded from the companion website. The website also features a supplemental chapter on efficacy and outcomes research in neurorehabilitation, appendices with helpful resources, color versions of selected figures, and more. Cover Half Title Page Title Page Copyright About the Author Contributors Preface: Therapy—The Relational Healing Force of Mind and Heart Within and Between Acknowledgments Contents Part I. Introduction to Neurorehabilitation 1. The Evolution of Fundamental Concepts of Post-Acute Neurorehabilitation: Historical and Current Considerations 2. How to Construct Quality Neurorehabilitation in Hospital and Community Settings Part II. Clinical Approaches and Techniques 3. Techniques to Address Cognitive Skills 4. Techniques to Address Communication Pragmatics Skills and Emotions 5. Treatment Groups for Functional Skills 6. Technological Advances in Post-Acute Neurorehabilitation Part III. Transfer of Skills 7. Transfer of Skills to the Home, Community, and Work 8. Post-Acute Neurorehabilitation for Socialization, Quality of Life, and School Re-Entry 9. Holistic Interventions for Families and Tiers of Support and Aftercare References Index Supplemental Chapter 10. Holistic Neurorehabilitation Efficacy and Outcomes Research