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Edwin Maas – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: The purposes of this review article were to provide an introduction to and "bird's-eye" overview of the current evidence base for treatment of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), identify some gaps and trends in this rapidly growing literature, and formulate some future research directions, in order to advance the evidence base…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Intervention, Children, Outcomes of Treatment
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Sarah-Maria Thumbeck; Philipp Schmid; Sophie Chesneau; Frank Domahs – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: People with aphasia (PWA) frequently experience difficulties in understanding longer written content such as paragraphs or books. Reading strategies are a promising approach to treat text-level reading comprehension deficits in PWA. Nevertheless, empirical evidence for their efficacy remains rare. Aims: The primary objective of this…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Program Effectiveness
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Savannah H. Cliatt; Hannah Krimm – Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders, 2025
The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in knowledge of post-stroke aphasia among students who watched an informational video (Kennedy et al., 2012a) created for this study compared to students who read an informational text (National Aphasia Association, n.d.). Participants included 136 undergraduate and graduate students who…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Program Effectiveness, Neurological Impairments, Aphasia
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Amanda Comer; Sarah Northcott; Nicholas Behn; Abi Roper; Niamh Devane; Katerina Hilari – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Stroke care in the UK was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many services switching to telehealth. Post-pandemic, a UK survey of speech and language therapists (SLTs) working with people with aphasia (PWA) showed the vast majority planned to continue to use telehealth alongside in-person intervention. Telehealth is…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Speech Language Pathology, Aphasia, Allied Health Personnel
Edie C. Sanders – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Prospective memory (PM), the ability to remember to execute an intention in the future, is critical for the performance of everyday tasks important for independence and quality of life. PM failures are associated with negative health, financial, and social outcomes, and are more frequent with increased age and can be even greater for older adults…
Descriptors: Memory, Older Adults, Cognitive Ability, Neurological Impairments
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Gary Robinaugh; Maya L. Henry; Robert Cavanaugh; Stephanie M. Grasso – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a self-administered naming treatment for one individual, B.N., presenting with semantic variant primary progressive aphasia (svPPA) and a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Method: Naming treatment included components of Lexical Retrieval Cascade Treatment and was…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Head Injuries, Brain, Naming
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Emilia Orologa; Kalliopi Tsakpounidou; Jan van der Merwe; Myrto Pyrrou; Hariklia Proios – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: Using the FAST (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) Heroes educational programme, this intervention sought to educate residents in a nursing home to recognise and recall the three main stroke symptoms and prepare them to act in an appropriate way, in the event of a stroke emergency. Design: Participatory action research. Setting: A nursing home…
Descriptors: Nursing Homes, Neurological Impairments, Brain, Older Adults
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Alonso-Campuzano, Cristina; Iandolo, Giuseppe; Filosofi, Fabio; Tardivo, Angela; Sosa-González, Noelia; Pasqualotto, Angela; Venuti, Paola – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Collaborative storytelling can be a helpful tool to promote cognitive and social skills in adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders. Aims: The current study aimed to explore the benefits of collaborative storytelling using traditional (TST), digital (DST), and tangible digital (TDST) methodologies. Materials and Methods: Fourteen…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Cooperation, Adolescents, Neurological Impairments
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E. Lydia Wu-Chung; Anthony K. Brandt; Melia E. Bonomo; Bryan T. Denny; Christof Karmonik; J. Todd Frazier; Karl Blench; Christopher P. Fagundes – Creativity Research Journal, 2024
Maintaining healthy cognitive functioning and delaying cognitive decline in cognitively intact and cognitively impaired adults are major research initiatives for addressing dementia disease burden. Music interventions are promising, non-pharmaceutical treatment options for preserving cognitive function and psychological health in older adults with…
Descriptors: Creativity, Music Activities, Neurological Impairments, Mild Disabilities
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Heather A. Shepherd; Jean-Michel Galarneau; Matthew Neill; Shazya Karmali; Kate Turcotte; Rylen A. Williamson; Stephanie Cowle; Alison Macpherson; Nick Reed; Kathryn J. Schneider; Kathy L. Belton; Isabelle Gagnon; Amanda M. Black; Carolyn A. Emery; Shelina Babul – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Background: Concussion education is recommended to increase concussion knowledge, beliefs, and reporting intentions. The Concussion Awareness Training Tool for Youth (CATT-Youth) is a 40-minute e-Learning module developed for high school-aged youth. Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate changes in concussion knowledge, beliefs, and reporting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Health Education
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Ching-Teng Yao – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are at increased risk of progression to dementia. Whether it is feasible to engage this population in expressive arts therapy and yield effects on cognition and depression for older adults with MCI remained unclear. The aim of this study examined the effects of expressive arts therapy on the…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Art Expression, Cognitive Processes, Neurological Impairments
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Seren Düzenli-Öztürk; Gülbin Ergin; Ayhan Çaglayan; Didem Çevik – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Purpose: This study aimed to assess final-year students in speech and language therapy (SLT), physiotherapy and rehabilitation (PT), and occupational therapy (OT) programs on their perceptions of teamwork in neurological rehabilitation, specifically focusing on the role of speech and language therapists (SLTs) in the team. Materials and Methods:…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Occupations Education, Student Attitudes
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Louise C. Keegan; Kelly Reilley; Molly Stover; Leanne Togher – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: There is a growing body of literature that indicates positive outcomes of group treatment approaches to intervention for communication difficulties in chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI). The published research to date examines face-to-face group intervention. Aim: This study draws on one of these approaches, 'Improving Natural Social…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Rehabilitation, Group Counseling