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Avent, Jan – Topics in Language Disorders, 2004
Cooperative group treatment for aphasia based on cooperative learning principles is designed to improve communication skills during small, two-member group interactions. The treatment involves teamwork incorporating positive interdependence, face-to-face promotive interaction, individual accountability, and group processing. Group size, treatment…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Communication Skills, Aphasia, Cooperative Learning

Graham, Minnie S.; Avent, Jan – Topics in Language Disorders, 2004
Group treatment is explored in light of its psychosocial context, treatment effectiveness, and efficiency. A summary of the four group treatment approaches (two for children, two for adults) for communicative disorders are provided: classroom-based elementary school group, multicultural and multilinguistic preschool group, alaryngeal speech…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Social Networks, Communication Disorders, Aphasia