Functional Communication Profile

Functional Communication Profile

Author: Larry I. Kleiman

Publisher:

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 59

ISBN-13: 9780760604922

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The profile is the result of a more than twenty-year project to develop a sensible and organized method of evaluating communication skills in individuals with developmental delays.


End-of-Life Care Considerations for the Speech-Language Pathologist

End-of-Life Care Considerations for the Speech-Language Pathologist

Author: Helen Sharp

Publisher: Plural Publishing

Published: 2024-01-11

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1635503337

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The crucial role of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in hospice and palliative settings receives a long-overdue focus in End-of-Life Care Considerations for the Speech-Language Pathologist, the fifth volume in Plural’s Medical Speech-Language Pathology book series. Seasoned clinicians provide a practical guide to the terminology, context, and knowledge needed to employ best practices and address the specific needs of patients nearing the end of life. As a profession, speech-language pathology focuses primarily on rehabilitation, with the expectation that patients’ function will improve with intervention. For patients with life-limiting conditions, SLPs play an important role in supporting patients’ communication, cognition, eating, drinking, and swallowing with an emphasis on quality of living. Clinical professionals require tailored resources to develop their knowledge and skills related to appropriate care and treatment in hospice and palliative care contexts, which have been hard to find until now. Nearly all patients experience difficulties with communication and eating as they near the end of life. Patients, family members, and professionals benefit if the patient can communicate their symptoms, indicate the effectiveness of symptom management strategies, participate in setting care goals, and engage in social-emotional and spiritual conversations with family and members of the care team. This book provides SLP professionals guidance in how to offer meaningful assessments and interventions that meet patients’ needs. The book contains case examples together with the latest research and contributing clinicians’ years of experience. Supported by these effective and thoughtful strategies, SLPs can offer both comfort and care for patients in their final days. Key Features: * An overview of and introduction to the key concepts and benefits of hospice and palliative care * Guidance on terminology and standard models of end-of-life care * Adult and pediatric case studies with frequently encountered scenarios * Chapters authored by a renowned team of contributors * Discussion of legal and ethical considerations * Practical techniques and strategies for assessment and intervention


BNVR

BNVR

Author: Pamela Butt

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 47

ISBN-13: 1351687069

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Special Features " Non-linguistic approach to testing problem-solving " Based on real-life situations " Indicates a cognitive as well as a linguistic deficit " Quick and easy " Colour photographs used as stimuli


Pragmatics in Speech and Language Pathology

Pragmatics in Speech and Language Pathology

Author: Nicole Müller

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9789027243386

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The selected contributions in this volume bring together applications of pragmatics in speech and language pathology, as well as discussions of the applicability of different theoretical strands of the study of human linguistic interaction and its cognitive bases to the field of communication disorders. The authors address practical issues in the classification, assessment and treatment of pragmatic disorders both in developmental and acquired contexts. Further major concerns are the theoretical foundations of clinical pragmatics (such as linguistic pragmatics, functional approaches to language analysis, and cognitive science), and the development of clinical pragmatics.


The Oxford Handbook of Aphasia and Language Disorders

The Oxford Handbook of Aphasia and Language Disorders

Author: Anastasia M. Raymer

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 0199772398

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The Oxford Handbook of Aphasia and Language Disorders' integrates neural and cognitive perspectives, providing a comprehensive overview of the complex language and communication impairments that arise in individuals with acquired brain damage.


Brain-Based Communication Disorders

Brain-Based Communication Disorders

Author: Leonard L. LaPointe

Publisher: Plural Publishing

Published: 2010-07-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1597567043

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Brain-Based Communication Disorders introduces the reader to the major clinically recognized types of acquired speech/language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders encountered by clinicians working with child and adult neurological cases. The text provides contemporary and state-of-the-art content on these disorders in terms of their neuropathological bases, clinical symptomatology, and prognosis. Basic anatomy and physiology of human communication and swallowing is introduced, as well as the neural mechanisms controlling speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing functions. In addition to the traditional acquired speech/language disorders of the nervous system (aphasia; neuromotor speech disorders) content including communication impairments caused by traumatic brain injury, multisystem blast injuries, and degenerative disorders of the nervous system is also provided. The reader is also introduced to the principles that govern the assessment and treatment for both pediatric and adult populations.


Speech and Language Disorders Associated with Subcortical Pathology

Speech and Language Disorders Associated with Subcortical Pathology

Author: Bruce E. Murdoch

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-03-25

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780470988206

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This book provides comprehensive coverage of speech and language disorders arising from pathological processes involving the subcortical structures of the brain. It gives an understanding of these disorders in terms of their neuropathological basis, clinical symptomatology and prognosis. A full discussion of contemporary models and theories of subcortical participation in speech and language processing is given, including discussion of the possible roles of structures such as the basal ganglia, subthalamic nucleus, thalamus and cerebellum. The book covers speech and language disorders associated with a variety of subcortical conditions, ranging from major degenerative conditions such as Parkinsons’ Disease, Huntington’s chorea and dystonia, through to acquired non-degenerative subcortical lesions arising from, for example, cerebrovascular accidents and sterotactic surgically induced lesions. In addition, a full description of the relevant assessment and treatment procedures currently recommended for use for each of the subcortical communication disorders is given.


Functional Assessment and Outcome Measures for the Rehabilitation Health Professional

Functional Assessment and Outcome Measures for the Rehabilitation Health Professional

Author: Glen E. Gresham

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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Practical and unique, this is the only book to cover the instruments used by all rehabilitation disciplines. And better yet, it's the only book to describe and/or display instruments -- more than 40 that are used in general rehabilitation. A leading-edge resource, Functional Assessment and Outcome Measures for the Rehabilitation Health Professional helps you select the best outcomes measurement instruments; assess and measure function in physical, social, emotional, and vocational areas; and plan targeted interventions to promote independent living. Readers learn how to choose the best of current functional assessment measures and recognize the advantages and disadvantages of functional assessment, disease-specific, and general health measures.


Assessment of Aphasia

Assessment of Aphasia

Author: Otfried Spreen

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0195140753

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For the past twenty years, Spreen and Risser have episodically reviewed the state of aphasia assessment in contemporary clinical practice. This book represents their most thorough effort. Taking a flexible assessment approach, the authors present dozens of tests for traditional use in the diagnosis of aphasia and in functional communication, childhood language development, bilingual testing, pragmatic aspects of language in everyday life, and communication problems in individuals with head injury or with lesions of the right hemisphere. The book is a thorough and practical resource for speech and language pathologists, neuropsychologists, and their students and tarinees.


Assessment in Neuropsychology

Assessment in Neuropsychology

Author: John R. Beech

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-08-27

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1134793774

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Assessment in Neuropsychology is a practical and comprehensive handbook for neuropsychologists and other professionals who use neuropsychological tests in their everyday work. Each chapter outlines assessment procedures for specific functions such as language, visual impairment and memory. Case studies are used to illustrate their applications, pointing the professional towards the most relevant assessments for their clients' needs, and where and how they can be acquired. Leonora Harding and John R. Beech also explore new developments in neurological and neuropsychological assessment and clarify legal issues. Assessment in Neuropsychology will be an invaluable sourcebook for clinical psychologists, neurologists and other professionals as well as those in training.