EVIDENCE BASED TREATMENTS FOR WORD RETRIEVAL IMPAIRMENTS IN APHASIA

Course overview

This course reviews several perspectives that influence aphasia treatment for word retrieval impairments in aphasia, including the animal models of neuroplasticity, the World Health Organization (WHO) Model of Functioning, Disability, and Health, cognitive neuropsychological models of word retrieval, and methods of evidence based practice. Recent research will be highlighted contrasting restorative and reorganization approaches to the treatment of word retrieval impairments in stroke induced aphasia, including results of recent systematic reviews. Objective Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: Describe three components of the WHO model of disability State at least three principles of neuroplasticity in rehabilitation practice garnered from animal models Describe three key components of the cognitive neuropsychological model of word retrieval Describe at least three components of an unbiased systematic review Describe two restorative treatment approaches for addressing noun and verb retrieval impairments in aphasia Describe two reorganization approaches to word retrieval treatment implementing limb movements Additional Information This course is offered for 0.5 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level, Professional Area) Course Timeline: 5 Minutes: Introduction 20 Minutes: Principles of neuroplasticity in animal literature: implications for clinical practice 60 Minutes: Restorative semantic/phonological treatments for word retrieval in aphasi 20 Minutes: Error-less treatment of word retrieval impairments 40 Minutes: Other factors influencing generalization 30 Minutes: Reorganization approaches to word retrieval treatment 20 Minutes: Contrasting restorative and reorganization approaches in word retrieval 10 Minutes: Focus on constraint induced language therapy (CILT) for aphasia 20 Minutes: Evidence based practice and high quality systematic reviews 20 Minutes: Systematic Reviews reporting word retrieval outcomes 10 Minutes: Quality of systematic reviews in aphasia 10 Minutes: Discussion