Right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) commonly causes pragmatic language use impairments that are most apparent during discourse production. This webinar provides SLPs with guidance on discourse elicitation and evaluation using scripted tasks to help increase clinicians’ confidence when assessing and diagnosing communication impairments after right hemisphere stroke.
Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:
- Outline RHD discourse production characteristics
- Explain the functional impact of language production impairments
- Differentiate forms of discourse
- Describe methods for capturing discourse
- Describe methods for evaluating discourse production
Contents
- Discourse defined
- Discourse elicitation methods
- Right hemisphere
discourse skills
- Selecting and interpreting discourse tasks
Presenter Information
Jamila Minga, PhD,
CCC-SLP, is an assistant
professor and speech-language pathologist in the Department of Head and Neck
Surgery & Communication Sciences and the Department of Neurology, Stroke
and Vascular Neurology Division at Duke University School of Medicine. Her
primary research interests are adult neurogenic communication disorders following
stroke and stroke rehabilitation outcomes. Specifically, she is interested in
investigating the impact of right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) on pragmatic
communication performance and the development of population-sensitive measures
for determination of rehabilitation needs. Dr. Minga is co-developer of the
RHDBank and the RHDBank Protocol. It is her long-term research goal to
contribute to the increased recognition and distinction of the functional
impact of stroke based on hemisphere of lesion by developing a comprehensive
expertise in language production deficits and representative diagnostic markers
as a precursor for engineering assessments and treatment protocols to enhance
functional integration of persons with brain damage into their respective communities.
This goal stems from her clinical experience providing adult neurogenic
rehabilitation services in acute, subacute, and skilled rehabilitation
settings. Other research interests include cultural language analysis,
augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and health disparities.
Financial Disclosures:
- Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation
- Research shared in this presentation supported in part by NIH grants
awarded to the speaker
Nonfinancial Disclosures:
- Developer of RHDBank and
RHDBank protocol
Assessment Type
Self-assessment—Think
about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your
new knowledge.
To earn continuing
education credit, you must complete and submit the learning assessment by September 16, 2027.
Program History and CE
Information
Content origination date: September
14, 2022
End date: September 16, 2027
This course is offered
for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
