The Aphasia Therapy File

Introduction. Section 1. Alternative Forms of Output. Introduction: When There's No Spoken Output. D. Harding, C.Pound, Needs, Function and Measurement: Juggling with Multiple Language Impairment. J. Hunt, Drawing on the Semantic System: The Use of Drawing as a Therapy Medium with a Woman with Severe Expressive Aphasia. R. Lawson, M. Fawcus, Increasing Effective Communication Using a Total Communication Approach. Section 2. Word Retrieval Therapies. Introduction: Therapies for Word Finding Utilising Orthographic Relay Strategies. J. Mortley, Evaluating the Efficacy of an Intensive Strategy Based Therapy Programme for Spelling Impairment. M. White-Thompson, Naming Therapy for an Aphasiac with Fluent Empty Speech. J. Sheriden, A Treatment Programme for an Impairment in Reading Function Words. Section 3. Beyond the Single Word Therapies. Introduction: Therapies Addressing the Impairments in Processing Verbs and Sentences. J. Marshall , Doing Something About Verbs and Sentences: Two Therapy Approaches. A. Greenwood, Early Stages in Treating a Person with Non-fluent Aphasia. J. Marshall, `Who Ends Up With the Fiver?' A Sentence Production Therapy. K. Swinburn, An Informal Example of a Successful Therapy or a Sentence Processing Deficit.