Aphasia therapy : historical and contemporary issues
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Aphasia therapy : historical and contemporary issues
（Psychology library editions, . Neuropsychology ; v. 7）
Routledge, 2019
- : pbk
Available at 2 libraries
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Originally published: Hove: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1987
Includes bibliographies and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Originally published in 1987, Aphasia Therapy surveys the approaches to aphasia treatment from throughout the world that have been taken both in the past and in the present day. The authors critically examine the assumptions underlying different approaches, and show their effects on modern clinical practices. Finally, the book offers new perspectives on some contemporary issues in aphasia therapy, the effectiveness of treatment, and the relationship between an analysis of a patient's problems and the processes of treatment.
Aphasia Therapy is divided into three parts: Part 1 illustrates some approaches to treatment in the period up to World War II - for instance, a didactic approach which emphasised the importance of repetition; the second part considers the different kinds of approaches to therapy that have developed since then - seven "schools" of treatment are identified; Part 3 considers whether there is evidence that treatment of aphasia is effective: the authors argue that in future, aphasia treatment must involve the development and evaluation of specific treatment methods that are theoretically motivated by a coherent analysis of the individual patient's problems.
Students, postgraduates, and practising clinicians in speech therapy will find this volume of great interest, as will neuropsychologists and clinical psychologists.
Table of Contents
Preface. Introduction. Section 1: Aphasia Therapies of the Past. Section 2: Competing Approaches to Treatment: Aphasia Therapy in Modern Times. Section 3: Contemporary Issues in Aphasia Therapy. Glossary. References. Indices.
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