Reference no: EM133195476
Develop a resource guide for a rehabilitation intervention, assistive technology, or health promotion program that can reduce the functional limitations associated with chronic medical conditions.
This resource guide can be targeted to a specific population/condition, or you may choose to provide information about the functional adaptations for multiple conditions within your guide. (For example, communication aids have application across many different groups of individuals, but you may choose to research and apply your resource on communication devices to a specific population, such as individuals with developmental disabilities.)
Your resource guide can be presented in Your resource guide can be presented in an electronic folder or a PowerPoint presentation. You are encouraged to include photos, sketches, and other materials that would be useful to a reader of your resource guide (e.g., photos of different styles of wheelchairs or prostheses).
Sources of all materials should be identified on the picture or item and in a bibliography. APA format.
Step 1: The intervention or assistive technology topic that you select should be from the list below. Note that these topics are for improvement and maintenance of health and wellness (rather than surgical or pharmacological interventions).
1. mobility aids (e.g., walkers, scooters, wheelchairs)
2. transportation aids (e.g., hand controls, lifts)
3. communication aids and systems
4. orthoses
5. prostheses
6. service animals (e.g., guide dogs)
7. oxygen therapy
8. mechanical ventilators
9. ergonomics (e.g., specify a context such as office, assembly line, health care)
10. respiratory therapy and breathing training (e.g., asthma, cystic fibrosis)
Step 2: Create your guide to include the following information: REQUIRNMENT You must cover these points thoroughly.
a. Symptom or Disability description
b. Information about the intervention, AT, or health promotion program (4 points possible)
- History or Background
- Types of the intervention (AT or health promotion)
- Methods (e.g., how to do/use)
- Major name or institute
c. Benefits/outcomes
d. Evidence-Based Practice
e. List of Related web resources or institutes