Preliminary analysis from a novel treatment targeting the exchange of new information within storytelling for people with nonfluent aphasia and their partners
Background: Therapy for people with aphasia (PWA) can encompass a wide range of aims
and methodologies from targeting the linguistic impairment to strategic compensation to …
and methodologies from targeting the linguistic impairment to strategic compensation to …
Implementing and evaluating aphasia therapy targeted at couples' conversations: A single case study
Background: In recent years conversation has become an area of interest for aphasia
therapy, with several studies using conversation analysis (CA) to target and evaluate …
therapy, with several studies using conversation analysis (CA) to target and evaluate …
Conversation focused aphasia therapy: investigating the adoption of strategies by people with agrammatism
S Beeke, F Beckley, F Johnson, C Heilemann… - Aphasiology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background: A recent review of interaction (or conversation)-focused therapy highlighted the
potential of programmes targeting the person with aphasia (PWA) directly. However, it noted …
potential of programmes targeting the person with aphasia (PWA) directly. However, it noted …
Personal storytelling in aphasia: A single case study of LUNA therapy
Background: There is growing consensus that aphasia treatment should support everyday
real-life communication. Intervention that targets narrative discourse may offer the essential …
real-life communication. Intervention that targets narrative discourse may offer the essential …
Delivering storytelling intervention in the virtual world of EVA Park
Background: Sharing stories are a powerful way of connecting with each other. People with
aphasia (PWA) struggle to produce stories: producing shorter, less complex, more effortful …
aphasia (PWA) struggle to produce stories: producing shorter, less complex, more effortful …
In support of supported conversation for adults with aphasia
N Simmons-mackie - Aphasiology, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
While most aphasia treatment aims to restore linguistic processes or train compensatory
strategies within a clinical context, supported conversation for adults with aphasia (SCA) …
strategies within a clinical context, supported conversation for adults with aphasia (SCA) …
An interaction-focused intervention approach to training everyday communication partners: A single case study
C Saldert, C Johansson, R Wilkinson - Aphasiology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Communication partner training (CPT) appears to be a growing area within
aphasiology. Much of the work carried out so far has focused on training volunteers to have …
aphasiology. Much of the work carried out so far has focused on training volunteers to have …
Conversation therapy for agrammatism: Exploring the therapeutic process of engagement and learning by a person with aphasia
F Beckley, W Best, F Johnson… - … journal of language …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background & Aims A recent systematic review of conversation training for communication
partners of people with aphasia has shown that it is effective, and improves participation in …
partners of people with aphasia has shown that it is effective, and improves participation in …
Creating a novel approach to discourse treatment through coproduction with people with aphasia and speech and language therapists
Background Although spoken discourse is an outcome prioritised by all stakeholders in
aphasia rehabilitation, assessment and treatment of discourse are not routine clinical …
aphasia rehabilitation, assessment and treatment of discourse are not routine clinical …
Can impairment-focused therapy change the everyday conversations of people with aphasia? A review of the literature and future directions
Background: The ultimate goal in any programme of aphasia rehabilitation is that
behaviours targeted in therapy will generalise to everyday use for people with aphasia …
behaviours targeted in therapy will generalise to everyday use for people with aphasia …