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10 Major Symptoms of Left vs. Right Brain Damage

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides simplified breakdown of the basic differences between left and right brain damage with a specific focus on aphasia, alexia, dyscalculia, apraxia, agnosia, left neglect, insight, inhibition, music, and symbols.
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Group Aphasia Therapy: Gardening Conversation Guide

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Many people enjoy gardening and sharing their tips and tricks with others. This group material provides guided questions with answer prompts to support this discussion. It also includes pictures of popular types of flowers, vegetables, and herbs for visual supports.
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Grief and Aphasia

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Grief is a natural emotion after a life-changing event like a stroke or brain injury. When a person experiences aphasia (loss of language abilities) the grief can be more socially isolating. This handout supports having a conversation about grief and aphasia. It provides some suggestions for aphasia friendly communication strategies. Depression is common for individuals after stroke/brain injury and it lists signs of depression loved one may notice that requires professional medical attention.
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Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondence Cards

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
472 grapheme-phoneme correspondence cards for speech-language pathologists and teachers targeting dyslexia and alexia through phonological awareness.
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Following Directions Task (Using iPad or iPhone)

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This structured therapy task targets auditory comprehension and the ability to follow directions through a series of verbal instructions that walks a patient through completing various functional tasks on an iPad or iPhone.
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Discourse Analysis and Aphasia Treatment

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides a visual of the Aphasia Institute’s Life Participation Approach to Aphasia and lists analyses that do and do not require transcription from the AphasiaBank website.
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Differential Diagnosis: Apraxia of Speech vs Aphasia with Phonemic Paraphasias

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Language impairments after brain injury can be difficult to tease out. In particular, apraxia of speech can often present in similar ways to aphasia with phonemic paraphasias. This clinical guide is meant to help speech-language pathologists more accurately diagnose these two impairments in order to better target treatment methods.
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Types of Naming

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
There are different ways to elicit a target word when a person has anomia or difficulty with word-finding. This handout provides a description of four different types of naming and a worksheet to target each type of naming.
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Copy and Recall Treatment (CART)

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Copy and Recall Treatment (CART) is a written language treatment created by the University of Arizona Aphasia Research Project. This material provides directions on how to complete CART based on their protocol and how to make this treatment more functional.
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Constraint-Induced Language Therapy (CILT) Task: Organizing a Workspace

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This task is designed for speech-language pathologists working with people on functional vocabulary and conversation using the constraint-induced language therapy model. Patients are challenged to place objects in a workspace according to how they are described.
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