Gebundenes Buch

Managing Challenging Behaviour Following Acquired Brain Injury

Assessment, Intervention and Measuring Outcomes

Herausgeber: Alderman, Nick; Worthington, Andrew

Beschreibung

This empirically-based book provides conceptual knowledge and practical advice to enable clinicians to implement evidence-based methods drawn from learning theory for managing the catastrophic effects of challenging behaviour as an enduring outcome of acquired brain injury (ABI).

Autor

Nick Alderman is Senior Clinical Director, Head of Psychology and Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist at Elysium Neurological Services, Elysium Healthcare, UK, and Honorary Professor at Swansea University, UK. He is acknowledged as an expert in neurobehavioural rehabilitation, having accrued over four decades' experience in this field. He has combined successful careers in both clinical and academic psychology, and has a proven track record in treatment innovation, service development, leadership, research and teaching. Research interests include the role of executive function impairment in challenging behaviour and the development of bespoke outcome and other measurement instruments for use in neurorehabilitation. Andrew Worthington is Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences at Swansea University and has been a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist for over 30 years. He is the director of Headwise, an independent practice for children and adults with brain injury, and is an expert in neurorehabilitation. He has lectured and published widely in the field across a range of neuropsychological conditions and has a particular clinical interest in the management of executive and behaviour disorders.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9780367537739
• ISBN-10: 0367537737
• Artikelnr.: 68473624