The Aphasia Therapy File: Volume 1

by Swinburn; Kate

• ISBN13: 9780863775666
• ISBN10: 0863775667
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

(Psychology Press) City Univ., London, UK. First edition of a 'regular publication' providing a resource of ideas about therapy for speech and language therapists working with people with aphasia. Presents descriptions about therapy interventions written by practitioners. Halftone illustrations, graphs, and tables.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Section

Alternative Forms of Output

Introduction: When There's No Spoken Output

Needs, Function and Measurement: Juggling with Multiple Language Impairment

Drawing on the Semantic System: The Use of Drawing as a Therapy Medium with a Woman with Severe Expressive Aphasia

Increasing Effective Communication Using a Total Communication Approach. Section

Word Retrieval Therapies

Introduction: Therapies for Word Finding Utilising Orthographic Relay Strategies. J. Mortley, Evaluating the Efficacy of an Intensive Strategy Based Therapy Programme for Spelling Impairment. M. White-Thompson, Naming Therapy for an Aphasiac with Fluent Empty Speech. J. Sheriden, A Treatment Programme for an Impairment in Reading Function Words

Section

Beyond the Single Word Therapies

Introduction: Therapies Addressing the Impairments in Processing Verbs and Sentences

Doing Something About Verbs and Sentences: Two Therapy Approaches

Early Stages in Treating a Person with Non-fluent Aphasia

'Who Ends Up With the Fiver?' A Sentence Production Therapy

An Informal Example of a Successful Therapy or a Sentence Processing Deficit

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