http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/process Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:12:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Featured Articles Interest in Service Dogs by Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study Tiffanie A. Brashear, PA, and Diana H. Rintala, Phd Shifting Sands: Changing the Way We Think About Practice Pat Dorsett, PhD, ... http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/process/2007/06/27/sci-psychosocial-process-volume-20-number-1/ Tiffanie A. Brashear, PA, and Diana H. Rintala, PhD Abstract Background/Objective: Service dogs are trained to help individuals with disabilities maximize function and enhance social participation. This pilot study obtained an estimate of the proportion of veterans with spinal cord injuries (SCI) receiving care from a Veterans Affairs Medical Center who ... http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/process/2007/06/27/feature-article-interest-in-service-dogs-by-veterans-with-spinal-cord-injuries-a-pilot-study/ Pat Dorsett, PhD and Patricia Fronek, BSW Abstract     Social workers and psychologists can play an important role within the wider interdisciplinary team by ensuring contemporary research findings are translated into daily practice. Despite shifts in knowledge found in contemporary literature, new understandings are not always translated into daily practice. Health ... http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/process/2007/06/27/feature-article-shifting-sands-changing-the-way-we-think-about-practice/ John W. DenBoer, MA and Sigmund Hough, PhD, ABPP Abstract      This case study explored the challenge of using verbal feedback with an individual following simultaneous with spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury (SCI/TBI) with visual impairment. A man in his late 20’s received a severe open head injury and ... http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/process/2007/06/27/feature-article-rehabilitation-intervention-for-an-individual-with-spinal-cordbrain-injury-and-visual-impairment/ Terrie Price, PhD, ABPP Greetings! The Annual Conference approaches and I encourage members to register before July 1 for the best registration rate. The Program Committee has organized an excellent venue of speakers and will be providing additional information regarding the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, area amenities, activities, and events. ... http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/process/2007/06/27/president%e2%80%99s-message-2/ Irmo Marini, PhD Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Bill Again     For the second time in two years, the U.S. Senate passed S5, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, which would lift the ban on federally funded stem cell research. President Bush vetoed the bill in 2006 after it had passed both Houses ... http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/process/2007/06/27/news-briefs-bush-vetoes-stem-cell-bill-again-robotic-leg-program-at-sister-kenny-institute-panel-faults-outdated-us-policies-for-problems-for-many-persons-with-disabilities/ Robin Dannevik, MSW     Mr. Chavez* fell down a flight of stairs in his home last year. The accident left him quadriplegic. He spent the next several months in rehabilitation centers and nursing homes before coming to the Spinal Cord Injury unit at the Edward Hines Veterans Affairs Medical Center for further ... http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/process/2007/06/27/practice-resources-newly-injured-spinal-cord-patient-a-case-study/ Ann Marie Warren, PhD, and Timothy R. Elliott, PhD      Individuals who incur a spinal cord injury (SCI) face immediate, profound, and often permanent life changes. The enormity of the SCI, however, often dominates the clinical picture, and when concomitant impairments such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) occur they ... http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/process/2007/06/27/commentary-assessment-and-identification-of-concomitant-cognitive-impairments-in-persons-with-traumatic-spinal-cord-injury-considerations-for-rehabilitation-professionals/ Lauri Yablick, PhD Laura Cushman could be one of AASCIPSW’s best kept secrets. Commonly described as quiet, shy, and introverted, Cushman is all about stealth. Soft-spoken is probably a better descriptor than quiet. And shy or introverted? Suspend judgment. Cushman attended her first AASCIPSW conference in 1990, and responded to the ... http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/process/2007/06/27/person-profile-laura-cushman/ Deborah Blanchard, ACSW, LCSW     I recently retired from my job with the State of Louisiana. At about the same time, I also fell and wound up with both a tibia plateau and a femur fracture and have been basically home-bound. The highlight of my morning has been the newspaper ... http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/process/2007/06/27/consumer-issues-it%e2%80%99s-those-shades-of-grey-that%e2%80%99ll-get-you-every-time/