Neurogenic Communication Disorders and the Life Participation Approach

Audrey L. Holland, PhD, CCC, BC/NCD is Regents' Professor Emerita of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of Arizona. Her areas of expertise include working with adults who have aphasia and other neurologic communication disorders, aspects of aging, and counseling individuals with disabilities. She has served on the Advisory Council for the U.S. National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIH), the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special Disabilities, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and was a member of the Advisory Committee of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research. She is a recipient of the Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She also received the Clinical Achievement Award from the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences, and the Professional Achievement Award from the Council of Graduate Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Since retiring, she has tried to be her own role model for successful aging. She has undergone extensive training as a life coach, first with Coach Training Alliance, and then as a student in authentic happpiness coaching, under the direction of Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman. In addition, she is an avid reader, cook, and playmate to her grandchildren and pets.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Roberta J. Elman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, is President/CEO and Founder of the Aphasia Center of California, an independent, nonprofit organization providing speech-language treatment, clinical research, and training/consultative services based in Oakland, California. Prior to beginning the Aphasia Center of California in 1996, Dr. Elman was Co-Director of Rehabilitation at an Outpatient Medical Rehabilitation Center. She also served as Director of the Speech-Language Department. Dr. Elman has more than 35 years of experience in the assessment and treatment of neurogenic communication disorders. She is an internationally invited speaker, the author of numerous professional publications and webinars, and the editor of a book for Plural Publishing entitled Group Treatment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders: The Expert Clinician’s Approach. Dr. Elman is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), a recipient of the Audrey Holland Award from Aphasia Access, and a Board Certified member of the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences.

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Contributors

Prologue. Life Participation Approach to Aphasia: A Statement of Values for the Future by LPAA Project Group (In alphabetical order: Roberta Chapey, Judith Duchan, Roberta J. Elman, Linda Garcia, Aura Kagan, Jon Lyon, Nina Simmons-Mackie)



Chapter 1. The Social Imperative for Aphasia Rehabilitation: A Personal History

Audrey L. Holland



Chapter 2. C.A.P.E.: A Checklist of Four Essential and Evidence-based Categories for Aphasia Intervention

Roberta J. Elman



Chapter 3. Discovering Functional Needs in Speech-Language Therapy

Sarah Baar



Chapter 4. The Role of the Environment: Supporting Language, Communication, and Participation

Thomas W. Sather and Tami J. Howe



Chapter 5. Stories at the Heart of Life Participation: Both the Telling and Listening Matter

Katie A. Strong and Barbara B. Shadden



Chapter 6. Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Practical Roadmap for Navigating Person-Centered Evaluation and Treatment

Rebecca Khayum and Aimee R. Mooney



Chapter 7. Life Participation for People with Dementia

Natalie F. Douglas and Delainey Smyth



Chapter 8. The Life Participation Approach and Social Reintegration after Traumatic Brain Injury

Peter Meulenbroek and Louise C. Keegan



Chapter 9. The Life Participation Approach to Aphasia: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Nina Simmons-Mackie



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