Academy of Rehabilitation Psychology Series

First book to comprehensively address disability as diversity and expose readers to disability as a distinct cultural experience

Goes beyond disability models to explore disability identity development, disability culture, microaggressions, and culturally appropriate language

Provides specific cultural considerations for psychological testing and assessment, as well as psychological intervention and research

Includes up to date research on social psychological perspectives on disability

Covers classic, current, and nascent topics linked to disability

Explores the experience of an often overlooked but sizable group--people with disabilities

Examines how to assess and prevent suicide in progressive neurological disorders Investigates suicide and prevention among veterans with traumatic brain injury

Explores suicide after eight neurological disorders: stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, epilepsy, Huntington's disease, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease

The only book focusing directly on validity assessment in rehabilitation contexts

Expertly crafted by two seasoned, board-certified psychologists experienced in clinical neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology

Illuminates the importance of validity assessment and methods in rehabilitation psychology

Highlights include: managing invalid presentations, mild traumatic brain injury, forensic and disability applications, and ethical considerations

Tailored to the rehabilitation psychologist learning about validity assessment; students and trainees; or experienced psychologists and neuropsychologists

D-AT is a practical approach that walks readers through a template of nine factors to inquire about with clients with disabilities

Represents a hybrid of two fields - disability studies and clinical psychology

Olkin's insider perspective is apparent in the nonpathologizing of disability, and in infusing disability culture into understanding of clients with disabilities

Unique in addressing clinical work using a disability studies perspective

First book to systematically review, update, organize, and critique the literature on the social psychology of disability in 30 years

Designed to be a resource for clinicians and other professionals who want to become aware of factors that promote or inhibit communication and understanding between people with disabilities and nondisabled individuals

Can also be used as a text in advanced undergraduate or graduate training courses, and for training health care workers and caregivers

Field-tested ethics analysis model

Two case example presentation formats: quick reference guide or detailed analysis

Emphasis upon contextual factors that bring dimensionality to the cases and characters

Learning opportunities in each chapter that allow the reader to further explore ethical issues

Presents an overview on the integration of psychology and rehabilitation in critical care settings

Provides considerations for treatment across the lifespan

Illustrates ways to navigate barriers to establishing integrative care models across a variety of settings