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This newly revised and updated Fourth Edition continues to focus on speech therapy, addressing concerns that aid in the rehabilitation and recovery of aphasia patients. Topics include: assessment of language and communication, principles of language intervention, restorative approaches to language intervention, cognitive neuropsychological approach implications, functional intervention, and treatment for each syndrome. Other approaches and therapy for associated neuropathologies of speech and language related functions are also discussed. For more information, visit http://connection.LWW.com/go/chapey.
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New edition of a resource that brings together significant thoughts on the remediation of adult aphasic patients. Chapey (speech communication arts and sciences, Brooklyn College) presents 36 contributions that discuss basic considerations such as the incident of stroke and aphasia, the role of the aphasiologist, the neural basis of language assessment and intervention, and the assessment of language and communication; principles of language intervention; psychosocial and functional issues; traditional approaches to intervention; and remediation of disorders that frequently accompany or are related to or confused with aphasia (traumatic brain injury, right hemisphere damage, dementia, aphaxia, and dysarthria). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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