Special Topics in Service Delivery and Advocacy for People With Aphasia
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This SIG 2 activity, participants explore aspects of service delivery and advocacy for
people with aphasia that are innovative and/or unique. The first article describes the
creation of community aphasia groups and includes guidance for creating aphasiafriendly materials for a variety of purposes. The second article describes the challenges
of people with aphasia in navigating the justice system and discusses strategies to
support their success within that unique environment. The third article describes the
nature of verbal short-term memory impairment in people with aphasia, methods of
assessment, and potential directions for treatment.
Learning
Outcomes
You
will be able to:
- describe the importance of creating accessible, aphasia-friendly materials to
ensure adequate communication of complex topics such as informed
consent, self-report survey questions, and research findings to individuals
with aphasia
- combine and integrate strategies to facilitate people with aphasia to be full
and equal participants in the justice system
- describe identify three aspects of verbal short-term memory that may be
targeted in therapy
Assessment
Type
Self-assessment—Think
about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your
new knowledge.
Articles
in This Course
- Designing and Implementing a Community Aphasia Group: An Illustrative Case Study of
the Aphasia Group of Middle Tennessee by Deborah F. Levy, Anna V. Kasdan, Katherine M. Bryan, Stephen M. Wilson, Michael de Riesthal, and Dominique P. Herrington, published in SIG 2, Volume 7, Issue 5,
October 20, 2022
- Court Access for People With Aphasia: A Review of Case Law From 1915 to 2021 by
Sue Sherratt, published in SIG 2, November 18, 2022
- Integrating Verbal Short-Term Memory Into the Assessment and Treatment of Aphasia
by Matthew J. Sayers, Wendy Greenspan, and Nadine Martin, published in SIG 2, October 28, 2022
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