Spinal Cord injury and spinal cord dysfunction patients have new cause to celebrate. Last week marked the official launch of the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals. With support form the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the new interdisciplinary academy aims at improving the quality of care and quality of life for spinal cord injury patients.
Nurses, doctors, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, and psychologists will be able to work together more closely as part of the new academy to share data and pool their knowledge and experience to work toward developing more effective treatment plans and improving the quality of life-long care for those suffering with spinal cord injuries.
The Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals arose as a merger between the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses, the American Paraplegia Society, the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers, and the Therapy Leadership Council in Spinal Cord Injury.
The professionals who make up the academy hope to achieve their goals by way of: raising public, lawmaker, and charitable organization awareness of the challenges of life with spinal cord injury; encouraging community development in support of spinal cord injury patients; and providing advanced networking opportunities for spinal cord injury professionals.
As in many areas of science, an interdisciplinary collaboration can result in revelations and rapid advances in applicable knowledge due to the sharing of experience and information facilitated by such partnerships. For example, a spinal cord injury psychologist may be able to assist as a liaison between patient and family and between patient and doctor, making communication and understanding more easily achieved for all parties involved.
The Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals uses “Many Minds, One Vision,” as their tagline. The vision statement on their site reads, “The Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals aims to be the world’s premier, interdisciplinary organization dedicated to advancing the care of people with spinal cord injury/dysfunction. We have one vision: it is a world where people with disabilities are healthier, more independent, and more empowered through a comprehensive lifetime of care and full community participation to take on all the challenges that life presents.”Spinal Cord injury and spinal cord dysfunction patients have new cause to celebrate. Last week marked the official launch of the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals. With support form the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the new interdisciplinary academy aims at improving the quality of care and quality of life for spinal cord injury patients.
Nurses, doctors, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, and psychologists will be able to work together more closely as part of the new academy to share data and pool their knowledge and experience to work toward developing more effective treatment plans and improving the quality of life-long care for those suffering with spinal cord injuries.
The Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals arose as a merger between the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses, the American Paraplegia Society, the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers, and the Therapy Leadership Council in Spinal Cord Injury.
The professionals who make up the academy hope to achieve their goals by way of: raising public, lawmaker, and charitable organization awareness of the challenges of life with spinal cord injury; encouraging community development in support of spinal cord injury patients; and providing advanced networking opportunities for spinal cord injury professionals.
As in many areas of science, an interdisciplinary collaboration can result in revelations and rapid advances in applicable knowledge due to the sharing of experience and information facilitated by such partnerships. For example, a spinal cord injury psychologist may be able to assist as a liaison between patient and family and between patient and doctor, making communication and understanding more easily achieved for all parties involved.
The Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals uses ‘Many Minds, One Vision,’ as their tagline. The vision statement on their site reads, ‘The Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals aims to be the world’s premier, interdisciplinary organization dedicated to advancing the care of people with spinal cord injury/dysfunction. We have one vision: it is a world where people with disabilities are healthier, more independent, and more empowered through a comprehensive lifetime of care and full community participation to take on all the challenges that life presents.’