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Entering the Digital Therapy Room: Best Practices for Telepractice Interventions with School-Age Clients
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Bolden, William, III; Grogan-Johnson, Sue – Topics in Language Disorders, 2022
School-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) have been plunged into telepractice service delivery with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, this temporary shift to provide online instruction is not the same as fully implementing a telepractice service delivery model that is comparable with in-person service delivery. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Videoconferencing, Medicine
"It's Not the Asperger's That Causes the Anxiety, It's the Communication": Person-Centered Outcomes of Hope and Recovery in a Cultural-Clinical Borderland
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Walsh, Irene P.; Delmar, Patricia; Jagoe, Caroline – Topics in Language Disorders, 2018
This article focuses on a narrative account of a therapeutic journey experienced by 2 of the authors: an individual (P.D.) with a diagnosis in adulthood of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and a speech-language pathologist/researcher (I.W.). Instead of adopting a traditional expert clinician treating an impaired patient stance in a highly formalized…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Patients, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Counseling and Aphasia Treatment: Missed Opportunities
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Simmons-Mackie, Nina; Damico, Jack S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2011
During clinical interactions between speech-language pathologists and adults with aphasia, a variety of emotional issues arise. The literature suggests that while counseling is within the scope of practice, SLPs tend to avoid emotional issues in therapy (A. Holland, 2007a). The precise mechanisms employed for circumventing emotional issues in…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Adults, Communication Problems, Communication Disorders
Educating Clinicians for Meaningful, Relevant, and Purposeful Aphasia Group Therapy
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Glista, Sandra O.; Pollens, Robin D. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2007
An Aphasia Communication Enhancement program in which therapeutic roles are modified to include roles associated with a life participation approach to aphasia (LPAA) is discussed.
Descriptors: Aphasia, Group Therapy, Therapeutic Environment, Communication Disorders