Week Nine Flashcards
1
Q
How might functional communication be assessed?
A
- Discourse or conversation analysis
- Narrative perspective (story retell, personal generation)
- Ratings scales of interactions (PWA and conversation partner)
*However these can be time consuming
But part of qualitative observations during an assessment and treatment phases
2
Q
What are four ways discourse/conversation can play a role in intervention?
A
- The focus of therapy is ON discourse (improve turn taking)
- Discourse provides the CONTEXT of therapy IN which specific aspects of language can be practiced (Improve lexical retrieval in role-play of service encounter)
- Specific aspects of language are being targeted FOR the outcome of eventual use in discourse (work on word retrieval in single-picture naming task measuring generalization story retell procedure)
- Discourse provides the medium through which psycho social consequences of language impairment can be managed (promote self-esteem in a group setting using life stories)
3
Q
What are some ways to teach discourse/conversation?
A
- Overt teaching of concepts
-Conversation level strategies with conversation partner
-Personal narratives
-Self monitoring tasks
- Story retell and discussion
