Supported conversation for adults with aphasia: methods and resources for training conversation partners

Kagan, Aura

doi:10.1080/02687039808249575

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“…The research SLPs in this study were not only trained in ALA administration, but also were skilled in communication support. Although communication support is a widely used method of facilitating communication with people with aphasia (Alarcon & Rogers, 2010;Kagan, 1998;Kagan et al, 2001), the level of training of the SLPs in this study constitutes a potential limitation since practicing clinicians might not have similar training. Also, the current project did not address inter-rater reliability; varied levels of skill and the ability to implement the conversational script may affect agreement across raters.…”

Section: Limitations Of the Current Studymentioning

confidence: 82%

“…There is a growing literature describing methods of increasing communicative access for people with aphasia (e.g., Alarcon & Rogers, 2010;Kagan, Black, Duchan, Simmons-Mackie, & Square, 2001;Simmons-Mackie, Kagan, O ' Neill Christie, Huijbregts, McEwen, & Willems, 2007). For example, characteristics of aphasia-friendly printed materials and supports have been described (e.g., Hilari & Byng, 2001;Kagan, 1998;Rose, Worrall, & McKenna, 2003;Worrall, Rose, Howe, Brennan, Egan, Oxenham, et al, 2005). The ALA was designed with these principles in mind and in keeping with extensive experience in Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA TM ), a method designed to facilitate communication with people with aphasia (Kagan, 1998).…”

Section: Development Of the Assessment For Living With Aphasiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, characteristics of aphasia-friendly printed materials and supports have been described (e.g., Hilari & Byng, 2001;Kagan, 1998;Rose, Worrall, & McKenna, 2003;Worrall, Rose, Howe, Brennan, Egan, Oxenham, et al, 2005). The ALA was designed with these principles in mind and in keeping with extensive experience in Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA TM ), a method designed to facilitate communication with people with aphasia (Kagan, 1998). Furthermore, the intent of the ALA was to capture each person ' s subjective perceptions of life, a necessary element in devising person-centred goals.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Their aphasia experience ranged from 2 -20 years. All were trained in conversation support (i.e., Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia SCA ™ , Kagan, 1998) and all participated in ∼ 10 hours of preparation specifi c to the research protocol (e.g., administration of reference measures such as the Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale-39).…”

Section: Participants: Speech-language Pathologistsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The assessment for living with aphasia: Reliability and construct validity

Simmons‐Mackie

Kagan²,

Victor

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International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

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(2003) and Cruice, Hill, Worrall, and Hickson (2010) identifi ed factors such as engaging in meaningful activities, socializing with others, and having a positive outlook as aspects of QoL in aphasia. Additionally, there is increased awareness that improvements in a clinical setting do not necessarily result in improvements in daily life situations or life satisfaction; thus, there has been a call for interventions that positively and directly affect life quality (Cruice et al., 2003(Cruice et al., , 2005Holland & Thompson, 1998;Kagan & LeBlanc, 2002;LaPointe, 1999; LPAA Project Group, 2000;Ross, 2005;Ross & Wertz, 2003;Sarno, 2004;Simmons-Mackie, 2000, 2008Worrall & Holland, 2003). In order to devise interventions that address QoL, clinicians must understand the impact of communication diffi culties on the daily lives of clients with aphasia.

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Section: Development Of the Assessment For Living With Aphasiamentioning

confidence: 99%

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The assessment for living with aphasia: Reliability and construct validity

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“…Several recent studies (e.g., Hinckley & Packard, 2001;Kagan, 1998;Lyon et al, 1997;Rayner & Marshall, 2003) focused on integration in everyday life activities by training individuals with aphasia and their caregivers to initiate and maintain social connections. The aim of those studies is to promote reintegration of the patients into community life and to improve emotional well-being.…”

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Intensive language training in the rehabilitation of chronic aphasia: Efficient training by laypersons

Meinzer

Streiftau

Rockstroh

2007

J. Inter. Neuropsych. Soc.

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Intense language training has been found to be more efficient in the rehabilitation of chronic aphasia than treatment spread across time. Intense treatment, however, challenges personnel and financial resources of the health care system. The present study examined, whether laypersons can be trained to apply standardized language training for chronic aphasia with effects comparable to training by experts. Twenty individuals with chronic aphasia participated in the training, Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy (CIAT), which comprises communicative language games with increasing level of difficulty in a motivating context for 3 hr0day on 10 consecutive days. Following a random-control design, training was applied either by experienced therapists (n 5 10) or trained laypersons (n 5 10). Standardized language assessments revealed significant within-group improvements, however, between-group differences were not present. We conclude that a standardized training program, such as CIAT, can be efficiently accomplished by trained laypersons with results comparable to that of experienced therapists. (JINS, 2007, 13, 846-853.)

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