Aphasia Therapy File

by Byng, Sally; Swinburn, Kate; Pound, Carole

• ISBN13: 9780863775673
• ISBN10: 0863775675
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-28
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

A practical resource handbook based on speech and language therapy. It presents a collection of explicit descriptions about therapy interventions, rationale for therapy, and evaluation of the outcomes.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	ix
Introduction to the Aphasia Therapy File	1	(8)
Aims of the Aphasia Therapy File	2	(1)
Criteria for submission	2	(1)
About the studies in this volume	3	(3)
Acknowledgements	6	(1)
References	6	(3)
PART I: ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF OUTPUT
Introduction to Part 1: When there's no spoken output	9	(4)
Psycholinguistic profiles	9	(2)
References	11	(2)
Needs, function, and measurement: Juggling with multiple language impairment	13	(28)
Deborah Harding
Carole Pound
Introduction	13	(1)
Aims of the current therapy study	14	(1)
Background issues	14	(1)
Assessment	15	(1)
Therapeutic intervention	16	(13)
Outcome: Language and beyond	29	(1)
Social, cultural, and emotional factors in psychosocial transition	30	(3)
Acknowledgements	33	(1)
Footnote	33	(1)
References	33	(2)
Appendices	35	(6)
Drawing on the semantic system: The use of drawing as a therapy medium	41	(20)
Jon Hunt
Background	41	(1)
Assessment	42	(4)
Conclusions and implications for therapy	46	(1)
Therapy	46	(10)
Evaluation of therapy and conclusions	56	(3)
Emotional and psychosocial aspects	59	(1)
Acknowledgements	60	(1)
References	60	(1)
Increasing effective communication using a total communication approach	61	(14)
Richard Lawson
Maggie Fawcus
Introduction	61	(1)
Previous speech and language therapy	61	(2)
Social history	63	(1)
Group therapy	63	(1)
Rationale for therapy	64	(1)
Treatment strategies	64	(4)
Outcomes	68	(3)
Acknowledgements	71	(1)
References	71	(4)
PART 2: WORD RETRIEVAL THERAPIES
Introduction to Part 2: Therapies for word finding utilising orthographic relay strategies	75	(4)
Strengths and strategies	75	(1)
Outcomes/functional change/generalisation	76	(1)
Teasing out stands of therapy and change	76	(1)
Intensity of therapy	77	(1)
References	77	(2)
An intensive strategy-based therapy programme for impaired spelling	79	(14)
Jane Mortley
Background to the single case study of MF	79	(1)
Assessment	80	(1)
The stages in therapy	81	(5)
The therapy outcome	86	(1)
The therapy process	86	(1)
Discussion	87	(4)
Conclusions	91	(1)
Acknowledgements	91	(1)
References	92	(1)
Appendix	92	(1)
Naming therapy for an aphasic person with fluent empty speech	93	(8)
Morwenna White-Thomson
Background	93	(1)
Initial observations and assessments	93	(2)
Therapy	95	(3)
Summary	98	(1)
References	98	(1)
Appendices	99	(2)
A treatment programme for an impairment in reading function words	101	(6)
Jenny Sheridan
Language investigations	101	(1)
Therapy 1	102	(1)
Therapy 2	103	(1)
Summary	104	(1)
References	104	(3)
PART 3: ``BEYOND THE SINGLE WORD'' THERAPIES
Introduction to Part 3: Therapies addressing impairments in processing verbs and sentences	107	(4)
References	109	(2)
Doing something about a verb impairment: Two therapy approaches	111	(20)
Jane Marshall
Introduction	111	(1)
Spontaneous speech analysis	112	(1)
Verb and noun production	113	(3)
The design of the therapy study	116	(1)
The first therapy programme	117	(6)
The second therapy programme	123	(6)
Emotional aspects	129	(1)
Footnote	130	(1)
References	130	(1)
Early stages in treating a person with non-fluent aphasia	131	(12)
Alison Greenwood
Introduction	131	(5)
Therapy	136	(3)
Evaluation of therapy	139	(2)
References	141	(2)
``Who ends up with the fiver?''---a sentence production therapy	143	(8)
Jane Marshall
Introduction	143	(2)
Assessment	145	(1)
Therapy	146	(3)
Evaluation	149	(1)
References	149	(2)
An informal example of a successful therapy for a sentence processing deficit	151	(10)
Kate Swinburn
Introduction	151	(1)
Single-word assessment	152	(1)
Sentence-level assessment	152	(1)
Therapy	153	(4)
References	157	(1)
Appendices	158	(3)
Author index	161	(2)
Subject index	163