Living Well with Aphasia in the Community
In 2008, the National Aphasia Association designated this month as Aphasia Awareness Month.
What is June?
This neurotransmitter typically for those with PD was tried on people with non-fluent aphasia in research studies in 1988 with mixed results.
What is dopamine?
This type of yoga was studied in 2007 to determine effects on language skills of PWA.
What is kundalini yoga?
Global aphasia typically results from damage to this major cerebral artery.
What is middle cerebral artery?
What cognitive domain is also known as one's own secretary?
What is executive functioning?
This program, developed at the Aphasia Institute of Toronto, is based on the idea that communication with PWA could be enhanced by training communication partners.
What is Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA)?
Cholinergic drugs occasionally used to improve language fx for those with this degenerative disease has been studied on people with fluent aphasia,but more studies need to be done.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
This energy-based therapy, which is based on regulating the flow of qi energy, had scant evidence that it may help people with mild aphasia.
What is acupuncture?
This progressive neurological condition can cause language loss similar to aphasia but worsens over time.
What is Primary Progressive Aphasia?
Predicting outcomes for a given situation is an activity that can be done to address this cognitive domain.
What is reasoning and/or problem solving?
This approach emphasizes a return to former life activities rather than focusing primarily on improving the impairments associated with aphasia.
What is Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA)?
This experimental treatment involves delivering a constant, low current via small electrodes directly to the targeted brain area to improve naming for PWA.
What is transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)?
This type of therapy focuses on the therapeutic effects of cultivating plants, in which a pilot studystated that spouses and volunteers had reported increased verbalization and social interaction among participants.
What is horticultural therapy?
This paraphasia type involves substituting one word with another that's a made-up word bearing no resemblence to the intended word.
What is neologism?
Deficits in this type of attention result in difficulty handling multiple tasks at once.
What is divided attention?
This center in New Jersey is one of the better known centers serving PWA.
What is the Adler Aphasia Center?
The Buchwald Lab, which is part of this university in New York City, is currently seeking subjects for their study on effects of tDCS on aphasia.
What is NYU?
AAT stands for this type of therapy that has been studied; one study by LaFrance in 2007 concluded that their findings suggest that 'the presence of a therapy dog may be a catalyst to improve both verbal and nonverbal communication skills."
What is Animal-Assisted Therapy?
According to Barbara, this type of therapy should be avoided because it involves one-size-fits-all interventions that do not account for individual needs, interests or goals.
This form of errorless leaning technique involves recalling information over expanding time intervals.
What is spaced retrieval?
What is a major challenge faced by aphasia community centers as mentioned in the textbook?
What is finding the means to support themselves financially?
These cells have the potential to develop into many different cell types in the body, which makes it a promising area to research in the field of aphasia recovery.
What are stem cells?
NET stands for this type of therapy that there is a relationship betwen a person's interaction with the natural environment and his or her health.
This conduction aphasia hallmark is the inability to do this, even though speech and comprehension are mostly intact.
What is repeat?
SLPs can refer to this professional if the client is interested in knowing when they will be able to regain their skills in order to return to work.
Who is a neuropsychologist?