Therapy Approaches

Question 1

CPT - Communication Partner Training

Answer 1

Medical/Social Model
Directed to family/friends of aphasia
Good for limited budget
Moderate-Severe Aphasia

Question 2

CDT - Communication Drawing Therapy

Answer 2

For non-fluent

Improves semantics & conceptual thoughts

Question 3

PACE - Promoting Aphasic’s Communicative Effectiveness

Answer 3

Multimodal
Social Model
4 Basic Principles:
- Equal Participation
- New Info Exchange
- Choice of Modality
- Natural Feedback

Question 4

Reminiscence Therapy

Answer 4

Informal
Social Model
Photos, Music

Question 5

Spaced Retrieval Therapy

Answer 5

Memory Intervention
Mild-Moderate Dementia
Retain & Recall Info
Cognitive Deficits
Orientation
Procedural Memory

Question 6

Word Finding Treatment

Answer 6

Anomic Aphasia
Functional Words
4 strategies - unstructured
1. word retrieval
2. gestural
3. response
4. elaboration training

Question 7

Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA)

Answer 7

TBI

Improve word retrieval in confrontational task & conversation

Question 8

Situational Therapy

Answer 8

Nonverbal means of comm for wernicke’s or expressive aphasia

Milieu

Question 9

TLS - Thematic Language Stimulation

Answer 9

Multimodal
Vocab
Functional Comm
Fluent Aphasia Mod-Sev with intact comm. & awareness

Question 10

CILT/CIAT - Constraint Induced Lang./Aphasia Therapy

Answer 10

Non-Fluent mod-sev

Oral skills with card games

Question 11

MIT - Melodic Intonation Therapy

Answer 11

Severe nonfluent aphasia
Lang through singing
Good aud. comp, poor verbal lang.
3 levels
No global aphasics
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