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Pessoa com deficiência, direitos sociais e intersetorialidade: construindo caminhos para a inclusão social contribui com a produção de conhecimento científico no campo dos direitos da pessoa com deficiência e fomenta reflexões e ações intersetoriais, no que tange a garantia de direitos sociais para a pessoa com deficiência. Aborda as áreas da saúde, assistência social, educação e direitos da pessoa com deficiência. Para tanto, discute e evidencia o atendimento em saúde à pessoa com deficiência; a estruturação da Rede de Atenção e Cuidado à Pessoa com Deficiência, por meio da implantação dos Centros Especializados em Reabilitação; as práticas de serviços em Assistência Social, tendo como foco as orientações às famílias e o fortalecimento de vínculos com as mesmas; as práticas pedagógicas nos Centros de Atendimento Educacional Especializado; e os direitos da pessoa com deficiência, no que tange ao mercado de trabalho e a importância de acessibilidades para a plena participação da pessoa com deficiência na sociedade.
Throughout the world, people with disabilities are participating in and contributing to the world of work at all levels. However, many persons with disabilities who want to work are not given the opportunity to do so. This code addresses this and other concerns. Throughout the world, people with disabilities are participating in and contributing to the world of work at all levels. However, many persons with disabilities who want to work are not given the opportunity to do so. This code addresses this and other concerns while providing valuable guidelines for employers in the management of disability-related issues in the workplace.
Games and exercises in activity card format designed to teach theater techniques to young students.
Though clinical aspects of epilepsy such as seizure control are crucially important to its management, increasing attention is being given to wider quality of life issues. Epilepsy continues to be an often misunderstood and stigmatising condition; for the vast majority of people whose seizures can be well controlled, the social and psychological repercussions are often of greater significance than the seizures themselves. The increasing emphasis on the importance of non-clinical outcomes in the assessment of new treatments and management strategies for chronic conditions such as epilepsy has stimulated interest in methodological issues in assessing quality of life. This book reviews the recent literature on the impact of epilepsy on everyday experience and the methodological issues involved in assessing that impact. It also considers the perspectives of a range of health professionals involved in caring for people with epilepsy and how, through appropriate management, the impact on their lives can be minimised.
Autism is no longer considered a rare disease, and the Center for Disease Control now estimates that upwards of 730,000 children in the US struggle with this isolating brain disorder. New research is leading to greater understanding of and ability to treat the disorder at an earlier age. It is hoped that further genetic and imaging studies will lead to biologically based diagnostic techniques that could help speed detection and allow early, more effective intervention. Edited by two leaders in the field, this volume offers a current survey and synthesis of the most important findings of the neuroscience behind autism of the past 20 years. With chapters authored by experts in each topic, the ...
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This book provides an innovative, easy-to-follow curriculum for teaching children with autism spectrum disorders to relate to and interact with others successfully by developing basic Theory of Mind skills. Containing twelve lesson plans and 220 cut-out-and-keep cards, it is an essential resource for teachers and other education professionals.
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A frustrated publisher receives a mysterious angst-ridden manuscript: 'a friend' must send it in installments; its contents would put the author in danger. As he pieces together the story, he learns that the author is the wife of one of the two Martelli brothers - gangsters who dominate a small town in the Brazilian interior. Surely her dark outpourings are a cry for help? One by one, he dispatches his motley collection of friends to Frondosa - a town totally obsessed with five-a-side football - to investigate and to bring her to safety.
Discusses the emotional needs of disabled people and their families and examines methods for helping the handicapped to live fulfilling lives