Beyond a Physical Disability: The Person within - A Practical Guide - Softcover

Ayrault, Evelyn West

 
9780826413062: Beyond a Physical Disability: The Person within - A Practical Guide
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0826413064 ISBN 13: 9780826413062
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2001

Synopsis

Evelyn Ayrault is a clinical psychologist who was born with cerebral palsy. Her message and book are unique: to alert the general public, as well as anyone in the health care field, to the psychological dynamics that exist below the surface of a physical disability. Ayrault covers every phase of life, from childhood to senior adulthood. Her concept of the 'disabled home' shows how a challenged child creates a very different kind of household environment. Ayrault advises how to pick the right school and generally prepare a disabled teenager for adulthood, including job training. Finally and most importantly, the psychology of the physically disabled is discussed: the trauma and stress that the individual experiences. Rehabilitation techniques are usually limited to medical, surgical, or therapeutic types of treatment. As Ayrault shows, to depend solely on these treatments is an unrealistic approach to the rehabilitation process. In this straightforward, jargon-free book, we come to learn how psychological problems originating from a disability can profoundly affect a disabled person's lifestyle and how to help.

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About the Author

Evelyn West Ayrault is the author of five previous books on related subjects. She has been engaged for fifty years in a diversified practice in New York and Pennsylvania.

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Publisher
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0826413064
ISBN 13 
9780826413062
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
160