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Communication Supports and Best Practices: Ensuring People with Aphasia Have an Effective Means of Expressing Needs and Wishes
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King, Julia M.; Simmons-Mackie, Nina – Topics in Language Disorders, 2017
When people with aphasia have difculty communicating, there is a risk for miscommunication and negative outcomes related to medical care and safety (Blacksone, Beukelman, & Yorkson, 2015). This risk can be reduced by ensuring that each person with aphasia can communicate efectively when using diferent types of discourse and at diferent points…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Communication Strategies, Communication Problems, Rehabilitation
Aphasia Centers and the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia: A Paradigm Shift
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Elman, Roberta J. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2016
The Aphasia Center is a service delivery model that provides an interactive community for persons with aphasia. This model has been increasing in popularity over the last 20 years. Aphasia Centers are consistent with a social model of health care and disability. They offer the potential for linguistic, communicative, and psychosocial benefits. The…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Models, Communication Skills, Group Therapy