Neurogenic Communication Disorders
A Functional Approach
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2011
374 pages
978-1-63853-338-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book is the first to fully define and describe the functional approach to neurogenic communication and swallowing disorders.
Featuring contributions from leading experts and researchers worldwide, this volume outlines diverse treatment and assessment strategies using the functional approach, also examining them from a consumer and payer perspective. These strategies are designed to improve the day-to-day life of patients, while providing third parties with the practical outcomes they seek.
This outstanding book is ideal for SLPs and graduate students in speech-language pathology programs.
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Section 1: Assessment of Functional Communication1. A Conceptual Framework for a Functional Approach to Acquired Neurogenic Disorders of Communication and Swallowing2. The Assessment of Activity Limitation in Functional Communication: Challenges and Choices3. Beyond Activity: Measuring Participation in Society and Quality of Life4. Perspectives and Priorities: Accessing User Views in Functional Communication Assessment5. Health Care Re-Structuring and its Focus on Functional Outcomes in the United States6. The Assessment of Functional Communication in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse PopulationsSection 2: Functional Communication Therapy Approaches7. Functional Communication in the Workplace: A Neglected Domain8. Forging Partnerships with Volunteers9. Finding, Defining, and Refining Functionality in Real Life for People Confronting Aphasia10. Social Approaches to the Management of AphasiaSection 3: Assessment and Treatment of Functional Communication in Specific Populations11. The Influence of Professional Values on the Functional Communication Approach in Aphasia12. Functional Communication in Cognitive Communication Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury13. A Framework for Assessment and Treatment of Functional Communication in Dementia14. Assessment and Treatment of Functional Communication in Dysarthria15. Assessment and Treatment of Functional Swallowing in Dysphagia16. Assessment and Treatment of Functional Communication Following Right Hemisphere DamageSection 4: Assessment and Treatment of Functional Communication in Different Settings17. A Socioenvironmental Approach to Functional Communication in Hospital In-Patients 18. Assessment and Treatment of Functional Communication in an Extended Care FacilitySection 5: Future Directions and Research Needs19. Future Directions and Research Issues in Functional Communication Assessment and Treatment
