Aphasia and other acquired neurogenic language disorders : a guide for clinical excellence /
"Covering an array of evidence-based content, including aphasia, traumatic brain injury, dementia, and language in aging, Aphasia and Other Acquired Neurogenic Language Disorders: A Guide for Clinical Excellence, Second Edition is a must-have textbook for clinicians and students studying to be...
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| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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San Diego, CA :
Plural Publishing, Inc.,
[2023]
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| Vydání: | Second edition. |
| On-line přístup: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3254596 |
Obsah:
- Section I. Welcome and introduction. Welcome to the fantastic world of research and clinical practice in acquired neurogenic communication disorders
- Becoming the ultimate excellent clinician
- Writing and talking about the people with whom we work
- Section II. Foundations for considering acquired neurogenic language disorders. Defining and conceptualizing aphasia
- The WHO ICF, human rights perspectives, and life participation approaches
- Etiologies of acquired neurogenic language disorders
- Neurophysiology and neuropathology of acquired neurogenic language disorders
- Neuroimaging and other neurodiagnostic instrumentation
- Aging, which is not a disorder, and its relevance to aphasiology
- Section III. Features, symptoms, and syndromes in the major categories of cognitive-linguistic disorders. Syndromes and hallmark characteristics of aphasia
- Cognitive-communicative challenges associated with traumatic brain injury
- Cognitive-communicative disorders associated with right hemisphere syndrome
- Cognitive-communicative disorders in primary progressive aphasia and dementia
- Section IV. Delivering excellent services. Contexts for providing excellent services
- Engaging proactively in advocacy and legal and ethical concerns
- Clinical aphasiology around the world
- Section V. Strategic and meaningful assessment. Best practices in assessment
- Psychometrics of assessment and components of assessment processes
- Problem-solving approaches to differential diagnosis and confounding factors
- Tests, scales, and screening instruments
- Discourse and conversation as vital aspects of assessment
- Documenting assessment results and considering prognosis
- Section VI. Theories and best practices in intervention. Best practices in intervention
- Treatment theories and types of treatment to enhance language and cognition across all people with neurogenic communication challenges
- Section VII. General approaches to treatment. General approaches for enhancing cognitive-linguistic abilities in traumatic brain injury, stroke survivors, and people with primary progressive aphasia and dementia
- Facilitating communication in people with primary progressive aphasia and dementia
- Counseling and life coaching
- Complementary and integrative approaches
- Section VIII. Specific treatment approaches. Specific approaches for promoting compensatory communication strategies
- Specific approaches for enhancing expressive language
- Specific approaches for improving word finding and lexical processing
- Specific approaches for improving syntax
- Specific approaches for improving reading and writing
- Epilogue.