Approaches to Improve Verbal Expression
In this linguistic treatment approach, the person with aphasia uses a SEMANTIC framework to improve naming.
What is SFA (Semantic Feature Analysis)?
This non-dominant minor hemisphere treatment approach utilizes melody and rhythmic hand movement or tapping to help a person with aphasia produce personally relevant phrases.
What is Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT)?
Using multimodal communication strategies (e.g., speech, gesture, writing, drawing), the PWA will communicate two out of three elements of a picture (e.g., person, activity, item) so that the ideas are understood by a familiar partner in 4 of 5 of opportunities.
What is Promoting Aphasics' Communicative Effectiveness?
In this linguistic approach, the person with aphasia uses a single verb to create sentences that include an agent (doer of the verb) and a patient (object - receipient of the action), i.e. "Molly drive car."
What is Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST)?
This partner-supported conversation technique supports the understanding of the person with aphasia by having a communication partner write down key words, use emphatic stress, and gesture during conversation.
What is the Augmented Input Conversation Strategy (AI)?
A long-term goal might be: The PWA will follow spoken commands given by the clinician involving the manipulation of everyday objects in a natural environment (e.g. “open the window”) with 80% accuracy.
What is Treatment for Wernicke's Aphasia (TWA)?
In this linguistic approach, which is often contrasted with PACE, the person with aphasia must produce a specific, grammatically constrained, verbal-only response. This typically occurs within the structure of a "Go-Fish" or "Memory" game.
What is Constraint-Induced Language Therapy (CILT) or Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy (CIAT)?
Even if the person with aphasia is not an artist, they may learn to draw more specific images for the purposes of communicating using this treatment program.
What is the Communicative Drawing Program (CDP)?
When presented with a picture stimulus, the PWA will write words that are mostly correct (scores of 3 or higher using the 6-point scoring system) for 8 of 10 words on a list of personally relevant stimulus items.
What is Anagram Copy Recall Therapy (ACRT)?
This linguistic approach has an "A" and "B" level. In level "A" the person with aphasia sees a picture, hears a brief story about the picture, and receives a model from the clinician. In level "B" the person with aphasia must produce a phrase without a model - only by responding to a picture and brief story.
What is Sentence Production Program for Aphasia (SPPA)?
This is the only treatment approach we've studied in which the clinician does not speak at all. It focuses on teaching a person with aphasia to use gesture to request an item that is not present.
What is Visual Action Therapy (VAT)?
The PWA will complete basic visual cancellation tasks and visual ranking tasks with a mean performance accuracy of 85%.
What is Cognitive Approach to Improving Auditory Comprehension (CAIAC)?
In this approach (which might also be considered consistent with the functional-pragmatic model) the person with aphasia learns to say a personally relevant "script" that is produced with fading cues from the clinician. [The steps move from phrase repetition, to choral reading, to independent practice.]
What is Script Therapy/Oral Reading for Language in Aphasia/AphasiaScripts?
Someone with severe aphasia who produces a stereotypy (or a few words only) may be able to benefit from this treatment program that helps them learn to use their automatic utterances more volitionally.
What is Voluntary Control of Involuntary Utterances (VCIU)?
Special Daily Double!
1. Set an amount you would like to wager.
2. Name any treatment program you want.
3. Create an appropriate treatment goal for that program. [Facilitator discretion in assessing correctness!]