HM1042 PSYCHOLOGY OF DISABILITY Textbook: PSYCHOLOGY OF DISABILITY by Carolyn L. Vash, PhD and Nancy M. Crewe, PhD Springer Series on Rehabilitation "These renowned clinicians / authors offer a dizzying array of contemporary disability-based topics. Written in an entertaining, practical, concise, jargon-free style, they offer innumerable clinical vignettes to underscore their message . . . this book is a must-read for both the fledgling student and the veteran rehabilitation professional. One only stands to gain by reading this most comprehensive resource." 18 CE Hours

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This book is intended as a general resource for rehabilitation professionals in the full spectrum of allied health and vocational service disciplines.

The material is presented in 2 parts, which might be labeled

• "What it's like to be disabled" and
• "What people who are inclined to help can do."

PART I: THE DISABILITY EXPERIENCE - is an effort to admit the reader into sundry corners of the experiential worlds of people with disabilities

1. The Person: Reactions to Disablement
2. The World: People with Disabilities in a Handicapping World
3. Surviving: Living Independently
4. Loving: The Family
5. Pairing: Sexuality and Intimacy
6. Working: Getting Educated and Employed
7. Playing: Friendship and Recreation
8. Transcending: Disability as Growth Experience

PART II: INTERVENTIONS - is a response to the problems and sources of psychological pain that are exposed by the discussions in Part I. It describes some major ways in which changes can be wrought: some are designed to improve the world, and others are intended to help disabled individuals react constructively to the conditions life has proffered.

1. The Long Arm of the Law
2. Individual Differences
3. Psychological Approaches
4. Peer Counseling and Related Services
5. Psychotherapeutic Approaches
6. Looking Ahead