STEPS
How many steps are there for VAT?
a) 3
b) 6
c) 12
d) 7
There are 12 steps for Visual Action Therapy
Why might Visual Action Therapy be easier than conventional vocal responses regarding motor control in people with aphasia?
Requires less refined motor control than speech production
How many studies are there out there that support this type of intervention?
4
You have two different patients with severe global aphasia and hemiparesis. In addition to the global aphasia one of them is partially deaf and the other is partially blind. Which one would you consider a good candidate for this treatment?
The patient who is partially deaf. This treatment is entirely non-verbal and being able to hear would make no difference. This treatment requires the clients have enough visual acuity to see the pictures and to see the pantomime actions.
Visual Action Therapy is designed to treat which type of aphasic patients?
Severe aphasic patients -- specifically globally aphasic patients.
How many levels are there in VAT?
a) 3
b) 5
c) 2
a) 3 levels
Why might Visual Action Therapy be difficult regarding limb movement in people with aphasia?
Patients with global aphasia may have severe limb apraxia which may prevent them from using gestures
What is the comparison between VAT and ASL?
ASL is a structured language where VAT is more suited and personal to the client
You decide to supplement your VAT treatment with movies. What genre of films could you recommend that your client watch to improve the effectiveness of the treatment.
Silent films. Specifically, those with lots of pantomime.
Patients who receive Visual Action Therapy often have limb or facial ____.
apraxia
Which steps does level 1 include?
a) Steps 1-12
b) steps 1-7
c) Steps 1-5
a) Steps 1-12
How may Visual Action Therapy be difficult for people with aphasia who have severe reading comprehension issues?
Severe reading comprehension issues may make it nearly impossible to use written instructions to learn this therapy approach.
Compared to other therapy types used, how many verbal instruction is used?
None
You are excited to begin your first VAT session. You have the objects you're going to use and action pictures. You begin the session and suddenly have a sinking feeling you've forgotten something. What materials did you forget?
Drawings
In order to implement Visual Action Therapy, clients must be able to do what?
Use gestures.
Which steps does level 2 and 3 include?
a) Steps 1-12
b) steps 7-12
c) You can pick and choose
b) Steps 7-12
What 2 areas of language other than improved pantomime ability may benefit from the use of Visual Action Therapy?
a) selecting real objects from an array of 10
b) verbal expression
c) ability to read noun-verb stimuli
a and c
-selecting real objects from an array
-ability to read noun and verb stimuli
How many rationale points are there?
4
Why would you choose VAT for your client over other treatment options?
You've exhausted all your options.
Client hasn't responded to AACs or doesn't like using them.
Maybe you're using it in combination with other therapy approaches.
Research study on Wernickes Aphasia.
What symptoms of aphasia is Visual Action Therapy specifically designed to treat? (list all that apply)
A. Patients who are nonverbal.
B. Patients with impaired language abilities in all modalities.
C. Patients who have non-fluent verbal speech with good comprehension.
D. Patient's with auditory comprehension difficulties.
A., B., D.
What is the ultimate goal of VAT?
For the client to be able to pantomime.
Why might Visual Action Therapy be easier than vocal responses regarding limb movement in people with aphasia?
-limb movements have more predominately unilateral control than facial movements
-the left arm and hand may be uncompromised, resulting in the ability to use them
-easier visual monitoring of the hand and arm rather than the face
What is the comparison between VAT and Conversational Coaching?
Conversational Coaching can use both verbal and nonverbal communication while VAT is only nonverbal
You are teaching the gestures for screwdriver, teaspoon, tea bag, telephone and paintbrush to your client. What other materials would be appropriate to use during steps 2-4 to provide contextualization for the objects.
cup, second telephone, bowl, screw, piece of wood etc...
Visual Action Therapy is specifically designed to treat patients who are nonverbal. How does this therapy method address this population? (how does VAT match these specific patients' abilities?)
The entire therapy is done nonverbally. Even instructions given from the clinician are nonverbal. Additionally, it does not require the patient to use any verbal language.