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Global Aphasia

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout defines global aphasia and provides some suggestions for care partners to help the person and reduce communication frustrations.
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Anomic Aphasia

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Anomic aphasia is one subtype under the aphasia umbrella. Through reading this handout, patients and family members will learn more about anomic aphasia and how some word-finding compensatory strategies can be used to help.
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Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST)

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) has been shown to improve generalization to untrained words. This resource explains what VNeST is, who the best candidates are, and steps for completion including adjustments and cueing that can be provided. A template and an example list of target verbs are included.
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Using Maps for Language Recovery

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This utilizes maps for different functional language activities targeting verbal expression, auditory comprehension, reading comprehension, and written expression. Includes a basic map and a more advanced map to serve different cognitive levels.
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Understanding and Explaining Test Scores with Use of a Bell Curve

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This resource provides education on terms related to testing, an area to discuss a patients’ strengths/weaknesses with them (or have them write their own for awareness), and a bell curve to explain results to patients and caregivers following evaluation.
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Two Language Tasks for Constraint-Induced Language Therapy (CILT)

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Constraint-induced language therapy relies on solely verbal communication, avoiding the use of compensatory strategies such as gesturing, drawing, writing, etc. The two tasks included in this product force patients to use only verbal language to either A) put pictures of objects in a particular order, or B) place objects in the correct location within a blank scene.
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Total Communication Approach

January 10, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Often the total communication approach is misunderstood by patients and family members because they say “I don’t want to give up on speaking.” This handout explains how these strategies actually help support spoken language and communication abilities.
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TED.com for Language Treatment

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
TED.com can be used as a language treatment tool for individuals with aphasia. The videos can be used to address verbal expression, auditory comprehension, written expression, and reading comprehension goals with familiar and new topics. This handout explains how to address the patient’s treatment goals with this online resource.
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