Issue Editor Foreword: Communication Support for Adults Who Are Communication Vulnerable
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Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Issue Editor Foreword Source Type: research
From the Editors: Regarding Communication Support for Adults Who Are Communication Vulnerable
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Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: From the Editors Source Type: research
Continuing Education Instructions and Questions
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Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Continuing Education Instructions and Questions Source Type: research
Communication Supports for People With Motor Speech Disorders
This article emphasizes communication supports that can enhance participation, as described in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. The article begins with a discussion of partner and patient-reported assessments to evaluate participation levels and barriers to participation. Then, it provides an overview of communication supports for speakers with motor speech disorders, organized by the status of the disorder as stable, improving, or degenerative. The article includes nine case examples to illustrate principles and provide examples of how to address stable an...
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Person-Centered Memory and Communication Strategies for Adults With Dementia
The increasing incidence of aging adults with cognitive-communication impairments and demand for services that enhance the quality of life of this population necessitates examination of the evidence-based strategies that hold the most promise in producing desired quality-of-life outcomes. The adoption of person-centered care approaches in health care (Kitwood, 1997) allows for a better understanding of how to include the person with cognitive-communication impairment in the process of identifying communication needs, developing intervention approaches, and modifying strategies as needs change. The continuum of dementia sev...
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Communication Supports and Best Practices: Ensuring People With Aphasia Have an Effective Means of Expressing Needs and Wishes
This article summarizes how incorporating communication supports into varied forms of discourse and all aspects of aphasia rehabilitation and care aligns with best clinical practices and national accreditation requirements. (Source: Topics in Language Disorders)
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Supporting Patient Provider Communication Across Medical Settings
Medical errors and poor patient care have been impacted by communication failures despite mandates for effective patient–provider communication (The Joint Commission, 2010). There are a high number of communication vulnerable individuals in medical situations due to new medical conditions, preexisting conditions, and language differences, to name a few. The purpose of this article is to highlight strategies to support consistent, effective patient–provider communication in a medical setting. However, to guarantee patient–provider communication is consistent, policies and procedures must be in place to ensure appropri...
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Health Care Provider Accommodations for Patients With Communication Disorders
This article may also serve as a resource for speech–language pathologists providing in-services to their health care colleagues on this topic and to support interprofessional practices. (Source: Topics in Language Disorders)
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Issue Editor Foreword: Communication Support for Adults Who Are Communication Vulnerable
No abstract available (Source: Topics in Language Disorders)
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Issue Editor Foreword Source Type: research
From the Editors: Regarding Communication Support for Adults Who Are Communication Vulnerable
No abstract available (Source: Topics in Language Disorders)
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: From the Editors Source Type: research
Continuing Education Instructions and Questions
No abstract available (Source: Topics in Language Disorders)
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - July 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Continuing Education Instructions and Questions Source Type: research
Using Pretend Play to Promote Foundations for Text Comprehension: Examples From a Program for Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
This review article starts with an overview of changing education paradigms and the literature on cognitive and linguistic relationships in imaginative play related to comprehension of oral and written texts. Strategies for developing the cognitive and linguistic foundations for text comprehension through play are described. A review of current literature on children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) indicates that many of them are at risk for deficits in imaginative play and text comprehension related to deficits in language, cognition, theory of mind, and social–emotional skills. The article concludes with descript...
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - July 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
The Power of Symbolic Play in Emotional Development Through the DIR Lens
This article describes how symbols are formed and how emotional themes are symbolized whereby children reveal their understanding of the world, their feelings and relationships, and how they see themselves in the symbols they choose in play. The DIR (Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship) model provides the framework and context for understanding the unique profiles of all children, including those with autism, and the importance of elevating feelings and impulses to the level of symbolic ideas that support emotional and behavioral regulation. Children need play where interactive relationships with parents and...
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - July 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Play as Regulation: Promoting Self-Regulation Through Play
The nature of play and an overview of the stages of play in the first 5 years of childhood are discussed. The core features of sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic play are identified. Vignettes describing how play serves a regulatory function punctuate each section. A conceptual framework for the construct of regulation is presented and counterpointed against the primary sources of dysregulation in young children, including excessive psychosensory stimulation, states of intense emotional arousal, anxiety, and conditions of toxic stress. Factors are reviewed that contribute to the development of self-regulatory capacity,...
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - July 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Embracing the Potential of Play for Children on the Autism Spectrum: Facilitating the Earliest Stages of Developmental Integration
In this article, the breadth and depth of play as an integrating process for children with developmental challenges are explored. The fact that play is a source of developmental growth suggests that its role in intervention with children with language and communication disorders cannot be overstated. Several contemporary play-based intervention programs for children with autism spectrum disorders are briefly reviewed. Models of child development that emphasize developmental integration are discussed. Clinical vignettes, dilemmas, and scenarios illustrate how language interventions can be designed to address engagement and ...
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - July 1, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
