Language Intervention Strategies in Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Communication Disorders

Section I. BASIC CONSIDERATIONS
1.Introduction to Language Intervention Strategies in Adult Aphasia
2.Neural Basis of Language Disorders
3.Medical Aspects of Stroke Rehabilitation
4.Assessment of Language Disorders in Adults

Section II. PRINCIPLES OF LANGUAGE INTERVENTION
5.Research Principles for the Clinician
6.Aphasia Treatment: Recovery, Prognosis, and Clinical Effectiveness
7.Delivering Language Intervention Services to Adults with Neurogenic Communication Disorders
8.Teams and Partnerships in Aphasia Intervention
9.Aphasia Assessment and Treatment for Bilingual and Culturally Diverse Patients

Section III.PSYCHOSOCIAL/FUNCTIONAL APPROACHES TO INTERVENTION: FOCUS ON IMPROVING ABILITY TO PERFORM COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
10.Life Participation Approach to Aphasia: A Statement of Values for the Future
11.Social Approaches to Aphasia Intervention
12.Environmental Systems Approach to Adult Aphasia
13.Treating Life Consequences of Aphasia's Chronicity
14.Group Therapy for Aphasia: Theoretical and Practical Considerations

Section IV.TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE INTERVENTION
15.Schuell's Stimulation Approach to Rehabilitation
16.Thematic Language Stimulation Therapy
17.Cognitive Stimulation: Stimulation of Recognition/Comprehension, Memory, and Convergent, Divergent, and Evaluative Thinking
18.Early Management of Wernicke's Aphasia: A Context-Based Approach
19.Rehabilitation of Subcortical Aphasia
20.Primary Progressive Aphasia
21.Critical Intervention for Global Aphasia
22.Cognitive Neuropsychological Approaches to Rehabilitation of Language Disorders: Introduction
23.Cognitive Approaches to Impairments of Word Comprehension and Production
24.Cognitive Neuropsychological Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment: Production and Comprehension of Sentences
25.Comprehension and Production of Written Words
26. Language Rehabilitation from a Neural Perspective
28.Language Oriented Treatment: A Psycholinguistic Approach to Aphasia
29.Treatment of Aphasia Subsequent to the Porch Index of Communicative Ability (PICA)
30.Augmentative and Alternative Communication for People with Aphasia
31.Melodic Intonation Therapy
32.Computer Applications in Aphasia Treatment

Section V. THERAPY FOR ASSOCIATED NEUROPATHOLOGIES OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE RELATED FUNCTIONS
33.Communication Disorders Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury
34. Communication Disorders Associated with Right Hemisphere damage
35.Management of Neurogenic Communication Disorders Associated with Dementia
36. Nature and Treatment of Neuromotor Speech Disorders in Aphasia

APPENDIX 36.1  Consonant Production Probe

APPENDIX 36.2  Example of Lists of Balanced Multisyllabic Words

APPENDIX 36.3  Examples of Sentence Completion Items

APPENDIX 36.4 Metronome and Hand-tapping Treatment

APPENDIX 36.5 Eight-Step Continuum

APPENDIX 36.6 Original Sound Production Treatment Hierarchy

APPENDIX 36.7 Modified Sound Production Treatment

Author Index

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