Welcome to this edition of Perspectives, the e-newsletter of the
Stanford course, Perspectives in Assistive
Technology.
What
is the course? - Perspectives in Assistive Technology is a
Winter Quarter course at Stanford that explores issues surrounding the design,
development, and use of assistive technology benefitting people with
disabilities and seniors. More information can be found on the
course website.
Invitation to attend - You are invited to attend
all class lectures. They will be held in
Building 530, Classroom 127 on Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons at 4:15 to 5:30pm and are free and open to the
public.
Next lecture - Thursday, January 19th at
4:15pm:
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The Transdisciplinary Team:
Bridging the Gap between Consumers and Products in Rehabilitation
Medicine
Deborah E. Kenney, MS,
OTR/L
Stanford University, VA Palo Alto
Health Care System, and Foothill College |
Abstract: Occupational
therapists (OTs) are critical players in the transdisciplinary rehabilitation
team. An OT's job is to help people, who because of illness, injury, or aging,
have experienced a decrease in their ability to function independently in the
areas of daily living, work, play, and leisure. Treatment by an OT often
includes the prescription of assistive technology. This talk will focus on the
aspects necessary to effectively fit the technology to the individual and
support the use of this technology in the home environment, and the impediments
to providing this.
Biosketch: Deborah
Kenney has been an occupational therapist for the last 17 years, splitting her
time between Stanford and the
VA Palo Alto Health Care
System's Rehabilitation Research & Development (RR&D) Center where
she collaborated on numerous design/development research projects with both
engineers and graduate students. Her work has included testing and integrating
technology into the rehabilitation setting with individuals with Parkinson's
Disease, CVA (stroke), spinal cord injury, hand therapy, and balance problems
related to aging. Ms. Kenney currently works with post-stroke survivors (REACH), coordinates a
research project in Stanford Medical School's Department of Hand Surgery, and
is also a frequent guest lecturer with the
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Santa
Clara.
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