This is a service delivery model in aphasia which is more individual-centered and advocates the activities which are focused to improve the activity and participation of an individual from a holistic perspective.
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Discourse Elicitation in Aphasia: An Indian Framework
S. P. Goswami (All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, India), Brajesh Priyadarshi (All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, India), and Sharon Mathews (All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, India)
Copyright: © 2018
|Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4955-0.ch012
Abstract
Persons with aphasia (PWA) face varying difficulties of communication breakdown through different stages of recovery. With speech-language therapy, significant recovery may be seen at unitary levels, but the ultimate success of therapy is evident when the PWA uses all of the units as a whole and is able to communicate optimally to sustain social identities. An individualized intervention program as the focus, a protocol is proposed with seven semi-structured interviews aimed at eliciting discourse incorporating the philosophies of the social model, LPAA, SCA, AphasiaBank Protocol, and Protocol to Measure Participation of Persons with Aphasia. The interviews with the PWA and their communication partners in individual and joint sessions can help the clinician answer questions regarding the PWA's physical abilities, dietary issues, functional independence, personal traits, relationships at home, different social roles played, and subsequently plan a treatment program, and track the holistic recovery of the PWA.