Validation of the Importance of Information About Aphasia

The purposes of this research were to validate information needs from a family member perspective, to compare the importance of information needs between families, experts, and naïve individuals, and to determine the adequacy of previously determined information needs. Surveys were distributed to the three groups and the participants were asked to rate and rank the importance of informational questions and add additional questions not covered by the survey. Results validated specific information needs of families but indicated differences between experts and families. Clinical implications and recommendations for family education will be presented

The Effectiveness of Reciprocal Scaffolding Treatment in Anomic Aphasia

Reciprocal Scaffolding Treatment (RST) uses an apprenticeship model of learning that occurs between novices and a skilled partner. This project examined the effect of RST on improvement of word retrieval and conversational content for an individual with anomic aphasia. Novices were graduate student clinicians and the skilled partner was an individual with aphasia, who demonstrated facilitative communication techniques during conversational group treatment conducted by the novices. The individual with aphasia made positive changes in word fluency, correct information units and type-token ratio. Novice clinicians acquired training in facilitating conversational skills from a knowledgeable individual with aphasia

TACS: A Contrastive Language Treatment for Aphasic Adults

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Pragmatic and Syntactic Improvement in Fluent and Nonfluent Aphasia

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Comparison of Spontaneous and Elicited Oral-Expressive Language in Aphasia

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