Multidisciplinary interventions for people with diverse needs : a training guide for teachers, students, and professionals / edited by Samuel Honorio [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Honório, Samuel, Author.

Contributor:

Honorio, Samuel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Services for.

People with disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Bentham Science Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

Multidisciplinary Interventions for People with Diverse Needs is a book written from an interdisciplinary perspective with the objective of helping readers to understand the problems faced by people with special needs. Key Features:- provides an updated theoretical and contextual foundation of medical issues- provides information about the meaning, evaluation and intervention of the problems related to a variety of debilitating diseases and disability conditions (dementia, language disorders, diabetes, alterations of consciousness, celiac disease and disability in general)- contains an accessible, well written, didactic text which is useful to both students and working professionals The book equips the reader with information about different approaches to medical and social issues that arise when dealing with persons who are experiencing some degree of disability. For teachers and working professionals, the handbook serves as a guide for teaching, for the development of the structure of training courses, for the design of evaluation models and intervention of the topics addressed in the book. The combination of information about the professional and human aspects of special needs education makes this book a useful reference for pedagogues, psychologists, students, teachers and professionals involved in social science, healthcare, and sports medicine, among other fields.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

End User License Agreement

Contents

Foreword

Preface

List of Contributors

Exercise and Physical Activity - Contributions to Intervention in People with Dementia

Jaime Ribeiro1,2,*, Marco Batista3, Samuel Honório3, João Serrano3 and Helena Mesquita4

INTRODUCTION

AGEING - BRIEF CONTEXTUALIZATION

Sociodemography

Physiological Changes of Ageing

Ageing of the Brain and Nervous System

Cognitive Decline and Dementia

NEUROPROTECTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE EFFECT OF EXERCISE ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS

CONSIDERATIONS IN THE PRESCRIPTION OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE

CONCLUDING REMARKS

NOTES

CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

REFERENCES

Disorders of Consciousness

Liliana Teixeira1,*, Danielle Blacker2 and Nuno Rocha3

DEFINITIONS

Coma

Vegetative State (VS)

Minimally Conscious State (MCS)

Emergence from MCS

DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL ASSESSMENT

Misdiagnosis

Behavioural Assessment Scales

Neuroimaging

PROGNOSIS

TREATMENT

ETHICAL ISSUES

CONCLUSION

Promoting Autonomous Language Learning in People with Special Needs: Universal Design for Learning in the Project En-Abilities

Sergio Sanchez1, José Luis González2, Elena Alcalde3, Jaime Ribeiro4,5,*, Margarida Lucas5 and António Moreira5

UNIVERSAL DESIGN: DEFINITION AND MAIN CONCEPTS

EN-ABILITIES PROJECT: SUPPORTING LEARNERS WITH SEN ACQUIRE A SECOND LANGUAGE

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS WITH SEN

CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION

The Daily Life´s Routines of Children with Dis-abilities.

Helena Mesquita1,*, João Serrano2, Samuel Honório2, Marco Batista2 and Jaime Ribeiro3

Routines and Activities of People with Disabilities

Urban Mobility of People with Disabilities

Relevance and Purpose of the Study

Type of Study

Methodology

Subjects and Criteria of Choice

Instruments

Data Processing

RESULTS

How much time did you Spend (Average in Minutes) on the Different Activities Performed Inside and Outside the Home, During Weekdays and on Weekends?

Sensory Integration and the Child with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Helena S. Reis1,* and Pedro J. Bargão2

SENSORY PROCESSING DYSFUNCTIONS IN ASD

Sensory Modulation Profiles in ASD

SUPPORTING STUDIES

EVALUATION

INTERVENTION

EARLY INTERVENTION IN ASD: WHAT EVIDENCES?

Combined Interventions on Diabetes

Mônica Braúna1, Andreia Inácio1, Catarina Lobão2, Vânia Ribeiro1, Ana Lopes1, Samuel Honório2 and Jaime Ribeiro1,3,*

HEALTH CARE IN DIABETES

NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION

Future Perspectives in the Nutritional Intervention of Diabetes

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND DIABETES

Some Evidence on Physical Activity Related to Diabetes

Known Benefits of Exercise for the Prevention and Minimization of Diabetes

Types of Advisable Exercises for Diabetes

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND THE ROLE OF INTERVENTION IN THE PERSON WITH DIABETES

Functional Consequences of Complications Associated with Diabetes

Empowerment in Diabetes

Self-management and Occupational Therapy

REFERENCES.

Celiac Disease and Modern Society

Catarina Lobão1, Vânia Ribeiro2, Rui Gonçalves1 and Hugo Neves1

EPIDEMIOLOGY

LITERACY IN CELIAC DISEASE

Sources and Barriers

Associations and Foundations

Cookbooks and Recipes

Apps and Websites

Labeling

Celiac Disease in the Elderly

TREATMENT OVERVIEW

Gluten-free Diet

Study Therapies and Future Perspectives

Animal-Assisted Therapy and Developmental Dis-orders

Gladys Malafaia1,*, Sofia Santos2 and Pedro Morato1

Animal-Assisted Therapies

Theory of Animal Assisted Therapy

Effects

Neurobiological

Physiological

Psychological

Learning

Social

ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS

Physical Activity Practice Determinants for People with Motor Disabilities: Inequities in Access and Physical Activity Engagement

Bárbara Almeida1, Sofia Santos2,*, Fernando Gomes3 and Adilson Marques4

Determinants

Sociodemographic Determinants

Psychological Determinants

Involvement Determinants

Social Determinants

Psychosocial Correlates of the Physical Activity of Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disability or Motor Impairment

Sofia Santos1,*, Vera Figueiredo Serafim2, Inês Maldonado2, Fernando Gomes3, Miguel Peralta4 and Adilson Marques4

Childhood, Adolescence &amp

Physical Activity

Psychosocial Correlates of Physical Activity

METHODS

Sample

Procedures

Instrument

Statistical Analysis

DISCUSSION.

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Subject Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789811446771

9811446776