Index
Aphasia management during the early phases
Why reevaluate what we do?
“Early Phases of recovery” What is meant?
What is spontaneous recovery re: Aphasia?
More on spontaneous recovery
Spontaneous recovery --aphasia research
Traditional early treatment
What is neuroplasticity?
What is plasticity?
Some evidence relevant to this argument
Justification for this approach
Newly-aphasic people--medical considerations
Newly aphasic people--psychological considerations
Newly aphasic people--psychological considerations
Families of newly-aphasic people: psychological considerations
Families of newly-aphasic people: psychological considerations
Crisis model Webster and Newhoff (1981)
Ramifications of all of this
Assessment
An alternative
Some appropriate activities at impairment level
Some appropriate activities at impairment level(cont’d)
Some appropriate pragmatic/interactive activities
Timing
Documentation
Setting
Principles of management in acute care
Illustrate spontaneous recovery
Ground treatment in conversation
Some caveats
Counseling for patients and families in the early stages
Counseling for patients in the early stages
Counseling for patients in the early phases
Counseling for families in the early phases
Some family examples
Provide interactional models for family and patient
Final note