Archive for the 'Commentary' Category

President’s Message

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Terrie Price, PhD, ABPP

Greetings!
The Annual Conference approaches and I encourage members to register before July 1 for the best registration rate. The Program Committee has organized an excellent venue of speakers and will be providing additional information regarding the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, area amenities, activities, and events. We are also fortunate to […]

Commentary: Assessment and Identification of Concomitant Cognitive Impairments in Persons with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Considerations for Rehabilitation Professionals

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Ann Marie Warren, PhD, and Timothy R. Elliott, PhD
     Individuals who incur a spinal cord injury (SCI) face immediate, profound, and often permanent life changes. The enormity of the SCI, however, often dominates the clinical picture, and when concomitant impairments such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) occur they are often overlooked. This […]

News Clips & Announcements: News From Mather Lifeways; Carter Institute to Host Conference

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

     Mather LifeWays, based in Evanston, Illinois, and founded in 1941 by entrepreneur and humanitarian Alonzo Mather, is committed to providing a continuum of living and care; making neighborhoods better places for older adults to live, work, learn, contribute, and play; and identifying, implementing, and sharing best practices for wellness, workforce issues, memory care support, […]

Commentary: Psychological Influences on the Use of Assistive Technology: A Need for Research

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Samuel T. Gontkovsky, PsyD; and Rochelle Busby, BS
     In its broadest sense, assistive technology (AT) refers to a range of devices, services, strategies, and practices conceived and applied to ameliorate the difficulties confronted by persons with disabilities (Cook & Hussey, 2002). More narrowly, AT may be thought of as equipment utilized for the purpose of […]

Person Profile: J. Scott Richards, PhD

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Lauri Yablick, PhD

     ”Scott Richards typed his dissertation by a river,” Kris Hagglund told me. “If I remember correctly, he took an old Volkswagen camping van and spent his days alternately fly fishing and writing.” Hagglund suggested I confirm this with Richards, but threatening a perfectly good psychological truth with the possibility of […]

Assistive Technology: Spinal Cord Injury: Opportunity Awaits Through Assistive Technology

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Kimberly Walters
     Spinal cord injury (SCI) is easily one of the most expensive injuries for an individual to sustain. It is also one of the most shocking and devastating. Like most accidents, SCI occurs within a matter of seconds; with an individual’s independence suddenly at the threshold of the injury. All too often, in every population […]