Pediatric stroke rehabilitation : an interprofessional and collaborative approach / Heather L. Atkinson, Kim Nixon-Cave, Sabrina E. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkinson, Heather L., author.

Nixon-Cave, Kim, author.

Smith, Sabrina E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cerebrovascular disease--Treatment.

Cerebrovascular disease.

Stroke--therapy.

Stroke Rehabilitation--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Stroke--therapy.

Stroke Rehabilitation--methods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Thorofare, New Jersey : SLACK, Incorporated, 2018.

Summary:

Pediatric Stroke Rehabilitation: An Interprofessional and Collaborative Approach is a groundbreaking text designed to enhance the practice of all health care providers, enrich discussion, and emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of managing best outcomes for a child who has had a stroke. Evidence-based practice is threaded throughout the text with an emphasis on recovery vs. compensation, goal achievement, and outcome measurement. In conjunction with the interdisciplinary contributions from a wide variety of health care professionals, Drs. Heather Atkinson, Kim Nixon-Cave, and Sabrina E. Smith aim to provide the necessary tools to effectively treat children with stroke. The first section reviews the medical fundamentals, covering all major types of strokes. The second section of Pediatric Stroke Rehabilitation focuses on the core of the matter, rehabilitation. The final section expands the understanding of the child's recovery to the family, community, and school environment. Select chapters include: Personal vignettes written by family members of children who have had a stroke that provides insight into the impact a stroke can have on the child and family A family focus box to summarize the main points of the chapter to provide the best tools for caregivers to advocate for their child A case study related to the content and family perspective Pediatric Stroke Rehabilitation also utilizes the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) framework throughout. Instructors in educational settings can visit www.efacultylounge.com for additional materials to be used in the classroom. Pediatric Stroke Rehabilitation: An Interprofessional and Collaborative Approach is an interdisciplinary and invaluable resource for students and clinicians to understand and apply effective evidence-based practice and treatment approaches for childhood stroke. The text will also be of interest to healthcare professionals, specifically physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, physicians, neuropsychologists, nurses, and educators, who work with children who have experienced a stroke.

Contents:

Childhood arterial ischemic stroke / Adam Kirton

Perinatal arterial ischemic stroke / Sabrina E. Smith

Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in children : presentation, risk factors, outcome and recovery / Mubeen F. Rafay

Intracerebral hemorrhage in neonates and children / Shih-Shan Lang, and Gregory G. Heuer

The provision of rehabilitation medicine across the continuum of care in pediatric stroke / Phillip R. Bryant

Examination and evaluation of neuromotor function in children with stroke / Heather L. Atkinson, and Susan V. Duff

Intervention for functional motor skills in children with stroke / Heather L. Atkinson, Mardee Greenham, Anna Cooper, and Anne Gordon

Communication and feeding in children with stroke / Amy Colin, and Elizabeth Yeh

Cognitive changes and potential in children with stroke / Amanda Fuentes, and Robyn Westmacott

Behavioral and emotional functioning in children with stroke / Lauren Krivitzky, and Danielle Bosenbark

The family and child's environment in children with stroke / Lois Robbins, and Kim Nixon-Cave

Educational needs of a child/adolescent following a stroke / Elisa Olson D'Achille, and Juliana Bloom

Management of the pediatric stroke patient : prevention to post-stroke rehabilitation: lifelong management, advocacy, and resources for children with stroke / Kim Nixon-Cave, Julie A. Neitzke, and Mary Kay Ballasiotes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-52557-1

1-04-013856-X

1-63091-501-7

1-63091-502-5

9781003525578

OCLC:

1437779025