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Joan Carney is both an Educational and Rehabilitation Program Director who has specialized in the re-entry of pediatric neurorehabilitation patients to their community.
Biographical Sketch:
Ms. Carney received her undergraduate degree from The Catholic University of America in Special Education. She taught for 8 years in the Prince Georges County Public School system in Maryland while completing her master�s degree in Special Education and Rehabilitation at the George Washington University in 1981. She came to work at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 1986 where her positions have always focused on the return to community and school life for the Institute�s pediatric neurorehabilitation patients. She is currently the Director of two programs within the KKI continuum of rehabilitation, The Specialized Transition Program at Fairmount and the Home and Community Rehabilitation Program. Ms. Carney also coordinates a training grant providing consultation, training, and technical assistance to school and community personnel throughout the State of Maryland regarding children with specialized health needs and their inclusion within the community. She speaks both locally and nationally addressing topics of community and school reintegration following pediatric brain injury and other disabling conditions. She is currently a seeking her doctoral degree in special education and rehabilitation from Johns Hopkins University.
Recent Publications/Presentations:
Slomine, B. S., BrintzenhofeSzoc, K, Salorio, C.F., Warren, L., Wieczorek, B. H., Carney, J., & Christensen, J. R. (2004). A Method for Performance Evaluation using WeeFIM data collected for the JCAHO/ORYX Initiative: The 0.5 Band Control Chart Analysis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Pidcock, F.S., Fauerbach, A., Ober, M., and Carney, J. (2003). The Rehabilitation/School Matrix: A Model For Accommodating the Noncompliant Child with Severe Burns. Journal of Burn Care Rehabilitation.
Carney, J. & Porter, P. (2001). The educational needs of children with TBI. In Schoenbrodt, L. (Ed) Children with Traumatic Brain Injury. Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House.
Stone, J. D., Bowman, L., Carney, J., Cohen, E., Demetrides, S., Johnson, G., Lawrence, J., Levey, E., Levy, J., Warren, L., (2000). Final Report: Facilitating care for children with special health care needs through enhanced communication - between medical specialists and educational providers.
Schoenbrodt, L. & Carney, J. (1999). The consistency of services for children with brain injury: A study of the transition from hospital to school. Brain Injury Source, 3, 3, 38 - 41.
Carney, J. (1995). Educational Assessment of Students with Traumatic Brain Injury. In Savage, R. & Wolcott, G. (Eds) An Educators Manual: What educators need to know about students with traumatic brain injury. Southborough: National Head Injury Foundation. |
