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Community-based neuropsychological rehabilitation in the cosmopolitan setting.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20183189     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In the developed, urban world, professional neuropsychological rehabilitation services have increasingly tried to move into the community to facilitate community integration, acceptance of rehabilitation, acceptance of the person with disabilities in the community, and the generalisation of cognitive, emotional, and social skills. This promising trend has only partially realised its goals. In the developing, rural world, rehabilitation has worked directly with community resources towards similar goals through the World Health Organization's community-based rehabilitation model, but with limited focus on neuropsychological disabilities (Judd & DeBoard, 2007). We have previously proposed a neuropsychological extension of this model. We now propose a blending of these trends to address developed, urban community needs with respect to people with neuropsychological disabilities. The approach involves expanding objectives, funding, training, and research measures to address community change. Techniques include: (1) involvement of community members (including people with disabilities) in planning, decision-making, and evaluation of programmes; (2) discovering and using available community resources; (3) teaching community members about disabilities, rights, and attitudes and training them in rehabilitation and advocacy skills; and (4) coordination between rehabilitation, education, social, vocational, and other community resources.
Authors:
Tedd Judd; Roberta DeBoard
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuropsychological rehabilitation     Volume:  19     ISSN:  1464-0694     ISO Abbreviation:  Neuropsychol Rehabil     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-25     Completed Date:  2010-06-08     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9112672     Medline TA:  Neuropsychol Rehabil     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  841-66     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, USA. t.judd@comcast.net
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Brain Injuries / rehabilitation*
Humans
Models, Psychological
Rehabilitation / methods*
Urban Population*

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