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one illustration, a review of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation, listed the following as
comprising the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team (Chua, et al. 2007):
• Person with a disability
• Family or caregivers of the person with a disability
• Rehabilitation physician or physiatrist
• Rehabilitation nurse, rehabilitation technicians
• Allied health professionals: physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech and
language pathologist, clinical psychologist, neuropsychologist, social worker, and
counselor
• Paramedical health professionals: dietician, orthotist, and rehabilitation engineer
• Other medical specialists for example: ophthalmologist, gastroenterologist,
neurologist
• Vocational rehabilitation services and counselors
• Volunteers from support or spiritual groups
The Joint Committee on Interprofessional Relations Between the American Speech-
Language-Hearing Association and Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology) of the
American Psychological Association (2007) also provided a list of professionals comprising
the brain injury “interdisciplinary team:”
• Person with a disability
• Family or caregivers of the person with a disability
• Speech-language pathologist
• Clinical neuropsychologist
• Audiologist
• Rehabilitation psychologist
• Behavioral specialist
• Dietician
• Educator
• Occupational therapist
• Physical therapist (physiotherapist)
• Primary care physician
• Psychiatrist
• Physiatrist
• Rehabilitation nurse
• Social worker
• Case manager
• Therapeutic recreation specialist
• Vocational rehabilitation counselor
• Paraprofessionals
