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Guendouzi, Jackie; Davis, Boyd H.; Maclagan, Margaret – Topics in Language Disorders, 2015
This article uses discourse analyses to examine the narrative styles produced by 2 women with a diagnosis of dementia. Because of constrained cognitive resources, people with dementia (PWD) often use alternative strategies to weave their stories into conversations. People with dementia have difficulty in initiating and maintaining a canonical…
Descriptors: Females, Dementia, Cognitive Processes, Communication Strategies
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Simmons-Mackie, Nina; Elman, Roberta J.; Holland, Audrey L.; Damico, Jack S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2007
A qualitative study of group therapy for aphasia was undertaken in order to discover interaction patterns and discourse management strategies that help define "social" or "conversation" group therapy for aphasia. Specifically, an analysis of the discourse of clients and therapists was conducted to identify patterns across therapists and settings.…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Group Therapy, Psychotherapy, Speech Therapy