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1 online resource (xvi, 709 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-671) and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
This clinical guide strategically addresses scientific foundations, service delivery, international and multicultural perspectives, assessment, and treatment. Organized to maximize learning, the book is adaptable for multiple pedagogic methods for classroom-based courses, independent study, and online learning. This text provides clinicians and students a pathway for quality and effectiveness in clinical practice.--description provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Welcome and introduction. Welcome to the fantastic world of research and clinical practice in acquired neurogenic cognitive-linguistic disorders! ; Becoming the ultimate excellent clinician ; Writing and talking about people with disabilities -- Foundations for considering acquired neurogenic language disorders. Defining and conceptualizing aphasia ; The WHO ICF and its relevance to acquired neurogenic communication disorders ; Etiologies of acquired neurogenic language disorders ; Neurophysiology and neuropathologies associated with acquired neurogenic language disorders ; Neuroimaging and other instrumentation ; Language in the context of aging -- The nature of neurogenic disorders of cognition and language. Syndromes and hallmark characteristics of aphasia ; Cognitive-communicative disorders association with traumatic brain injury ; Cognitive-communicative disorders associated with right-hemisphere syndrome ; Cognitive-communicative disorders associated with dementia and other neurodegenerative conditions -- Delivering excellent services. Contexts for providing excellent services ; Engaging proactively in advocacy and legal and ethical concerns ; Global aspects of clinical aphasiology -- Assessment. Best practices in assessment ; Psychometric aspects of assessment and assessment processes ; Problem-solving approaches to differential diagnosis and confounding factors ; Test, scales, and screening instruments ; Discourse sampling and conversational analysis ; Documenting assessment results and considering prognosis -- Theories and best practices in intervention. Best practices in intervention ; Theories of intervention -- General treatment approaches. General approaches for enhancing cognitive-linguistic abilities ; Facilitating communication in people with dementia ; Counseling and life coaching ; Complementary and integrative approaches -- Specific treatment approaches. Promoting compensatory strategies in conversation ; Enhancing overall expressive language ; Improving word finding and lexical processing ; Improving syntax ; improving reading and writing. |
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Language disorders.
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Language disorders -- Treatment.
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Language Disorders -- physiopathology |
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Language Disorders -- therapy |
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Language Disorders -- diagnosis |
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Language Disorders |
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Troubles du langage.
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Troubles du langage -- Traitement.
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HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
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MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
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MEDICAL / Diseases
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MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
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MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
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Language disorders
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Language disorders -- Treatment
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hallowell, Brooke. Aphasia and other acquired neurogenic language disorders. San Diego, CA : Plural Publishing Inc., [2017] 9781597564779 (DLC) 2015037113 (OCoLC)922019600 |
| ISBN |
9781597569552 (electronic bk.) |
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1597569550 (electronic bk.) |
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9781597564779 (pbk.) |
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159756477X (pbk.) |
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AU@ 000068480617 |
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